Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Meetup Venues

2014-09-30 Thread Richard Symonds
I could volunteer for one at spotlight - given that it's nextdoor to my house... Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Developme

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Meetup Venues

2014-09-30 Thread Gordon Joly
On 30/09/14 12:41, Jon Davies wrote: > > Or a local secondary school where again the students could be invited along. Spotlight, for example? http://wearespotlight.com/ Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wik

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Meetup Venues

2014-09-30 Thread Jon Davies
How about Sure Start Centres - often empty at the weekend. I used to run them and if a trusted outside organisation offered to do some training for the parents it mught be a good contra deal. Depends on making a relationship with the local manager. Or a local secondary school where again the stude

[Wikimediauk-l] Meetup Venues

2014-09-30 Thread Fabian Tompsett
I think we need to look at the sort of things we want out of a venue: - Not too noisy - Decent food/drink, but not too expensive - Spacious rather than cramped (particularly important for people with children) - Ideally, a children's play area attached - Near railway station for

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Server Downtime

2014-09-30 Thread Richard Symonds
I've just been told that this was completed overnight. On 29 Sep 2014 22:46, "Thomas Morton" wrote: > Due to a security vulnerability in Xen, Rackspace are updating all of > their servers (not just Wikimedia UK’s) which has necessitated a restart of > all their servers. > > This is currently affe