[ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour Nottingham
I am pleased to announce the next Happy Hour will be in Nottingham, event page and signup sheet here: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-uk/1373/detail/ The first two happy hour events have been great fun, a chance to get together with people who you might know online, and a chance to meet new people. The Nottingham Hour will provisionally be at the Round House pub http://www.theroundhousenottingham.co.uk/ which used to be part of the old General Hospital. I am just waiting for confirmation from the pub that it has wheelchair access to the bar and toilets because following a chat online the other day we decided the happy hour tour should only go to pubs that have suitable facilities for all users of Ubuntu. Alan. -- The Open Learning Centre is rebranding, find out about our new name and look at http://libertus.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour - Nottingham for November?
On 24/09/11 21:08, Liam Proven wrote: If there are enough numbers for regular monthly meets in any part of the country, do go for it! yes, I would love to see the Happy Hour tour leave regular meetups in its wake, and we will no doubt be revisiting the London area at some stage. I think a regular monthly meetup in London on a weekday as an after work social thing would be great. I think you need to decide if the focus should be Ubuntu, Linux distros, Free Software or general geekyness, not to exclude people but to define your target audience and work out how you are going to let them know the time and place. I am slightly torn. Whereas distro wars can be fun for a laugh, I'd not want to see acrimony break out in the pub. But OTOH, frankly, all FOSS users are in a bit of a minority. One could ask if running a FOSS CMS on Windows or something would qualify, but frankly, if you're interested enough to turn up then I personally would say that's enough. I reckon open it up to any and all Linux (BSD, etc.) users, try to find people via Lonix and GLLUG as well, and then hope that it spreads by word of mouth and on fora, IRC and so on. So what about we start simple with the ubuntu-uk mailing list and have a Ubuntu London Happy Hour using the Ubuntu UK wiki for planning? Then once we've done a couple and we got the basics right, invite Lonix, GLLUG and others to the party? If we're thinking the FOSS community, we could also send invite to the LibreOffice mailing list and other similar groups. Cheers, Bruno -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour - Nottingham for November?
On Sat, 24 Sep 2011, Alan Bell wrote: > . . . and quite possibly in Nottingham on the 10th November. There's a public inquiry about the attempts to stop-up the footbridge over Nottingham midland railway station on 8/9 November 2011, so I'll quite possibly be around. -Paul -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour - Nottingham for November?
On 24 September 2011 21:03, Alan Bell wrote: > On 24/09/11 18:10, Liam Proven wrote: >> >> I am all for a roaming nationwide event, but I personally can't afford >> to just nip up to Nottingham for a drink. > > lack of commitment there Liam :) Sorry! :¬) >> If there are enough numbers >> for regular monthly meets in any part of the country, do go for it! >> > yes, I would love to see the Happy Hour tour leave regular meetups in its > wake, and we will no doubt be revisiting the London area at some stage. I > think a regular monthly meetup in London on a weekday as an after work > social thing would be great. I think you need to decide if the focus should > be Ubuntu, Linux distros, Free Software or general geekyness, not to exclude > people but to define your target audience and work out how you are going to > let them know the time and place. I am slightly torn. Whereas distro wars can be fun for a laugh, I'd not want to see acrimony break out in the pub. But OTOH, frankly, all FOSS users are in a bit of a minority. One could ask if running a FOSS CMS on Windows or something would qualify, but frankly, if you're interested enough to turn up then I personally would say that's enough. I reckon open it up to any and all Linux (BSD, etc.) users, try to find people via Lonix and GLLUG as well, and then hope that it spreads by word of mouth and on fora, IRC and so on. -- Liam Proven • Info & profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/lproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lpro...@gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AIM/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven • MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • ICQ: 73187508 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour - Nottingham for November?
On 24/09/11 18:10, Liam Proven wrote: I am all for a roaming nationwide event, but I personally can't afford to just nip up to Nottingham for a drink. lack of commitment there Liam :) If there are enough numbers for regular monthly meets in any part of the country, do go for it! yes, I would love to see the Happy Hour tour leave regular meetups in its wake, and we will no doubt be revisiting the London area at some stage. I think a regular monthly meetup in London on a weekday as an after work social thing would be great. I think you need to decide if the focus should be Ubuntu, Linux distros, Free Software or general geekyness, not to exclude people but to define your target audience and work out how you are going to let them know the time and place. Alan. -- Libertus Solutions http://libertus.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour - Nottingham for November?
On 24 September 2011 16:48, Alan Bell wrote: > thanks, and yes it was fun! lets do it again, in fact lets do it: > > in the same place on 13th October for the London release party of Ubuntu > 11.10 http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-uk/1283/detail/ > > in Farnborough on 20th October > http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-uk/1277/detail/ > > in Blackpool Pleasure beach for a big unconference > http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-uk/1286/detail/ > > . . . and quite possibly in Nottingham on the 10th November. > > If you are in the Nottingham area and that date doesn't work for you then > right now is the time to squeal! If there are no objections we will settle > on a pub and put that up on the LoCo directory site during the week. (... He said, subtly.) :¬) I am all for a roaming nationwide event, but I personally can't afford to just nip up to Nottingham for a drink. If there are enough numbers for regular monthly meets in any part of the country, do go for it! -- Liam Proven • Info & profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/lproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lpro...@gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AIM/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven • MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • ICQ: 73187508 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour - Nottingham for November?
Might come down to Nottingham for that one :) Daniel On 24 September 2011 16:48, Alan Bell wrote: > thanks, and yes it was fun! lets do it again, in fact lets do it: > > in the same place on 13th October for the London release party of Ubuntu > 11.10 http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-uk/1283/detail/ > > in Farnborough on 20th October > http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-uk/1277/detail/ > > in Blackpool Pleasure beach for a big unconference > http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-uk/1286/detail/ > > . . . and quite possibly in Nottingham on the 10th November. > > If you are in the Nottingham area and that date doesn't work for you then > right now is the time to squeal! If there are no objections we will settle > on a pub and put that up on the LoCo directory site during the week. > > Alan. > > -- > Libertus Solutions http://libertus.co.uk > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Happy Hour - Nottingham for November?
thanks, and yes it was fun! lets do it again, in fact lets do it: in the same place on 13th October for the London release party of Ubuntu 11.10 http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-uk/1283/detail/ in Farnborough on 20th October http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-uk/1277/detail/ in Blackpool Pleasure beach for a big unconference http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-uk/1286/detail/ . . . and quite possibly in Nottingham on the 10th November. If you are in the Nottingham area and that date doesn't work for you then right now is the time to squeal! If there are no objections we will settle on a pub and put that up on the LoCo directory site during the week. Alan. -- Libertus Solutions http://libertus.co.uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
