On 17/05/11 23:20, Michael Peel wrote: > On 17 May 2011, at 13:58, Marco Chiesa wrote: > >> On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 2:37 PM, WereSpielChequers >> <werespielchequ...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> The current arrangements suit me, but I'm conscious that under 18s and >>> moslems are unlikely to come to a pub. Having a loo that weelchair >>> users can't use doesn't help either. The advantage of a pub is that >>> provided you have a few drinkers such as myself the venue is free, but >>> with the current state of Wikimedia UK funds I think we might be able >>> to get some grant money to sometimes hire a different venue. >>> >> Have you ever tried contacting town councils to get a room for free? >> Or maybe schools / colleges / university whose spaces are tipically >> less used on weekends? Normally, it's mostly a question of finding the >> right person to talk to. >> Marco > In general, trying to get a room for free is a very good approach - but if it > doesn't work out, then I can't see a reason why WMUK couldn't provide funds > to hire the venue, particularly if there is an obvious benefit such as the > "joint Wikimedia UK/Bangla Wikipedia meetup" that WereSpielChequers suggested. > > BTW, I've previously tried to get a free room at the university I work at on > a weekend for the WMUK AGM in 2009, but failed to get it for free because > they would have to charge to open up the building on a Saturday (we had a > lack of money at the time of this AGM). We ended up in a good room in a > nearby pub that we hired for free - but again, it was not disabled-friendly > and had several other flaws as a meeting place. Moral of the story: there are > many obstacles that can present themselves when trying to get a room for > free, and sometimes the best way to get around them in this > business-orientated world is with some amount of money.... > > Thanks, > Mike > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org Hmm, maybe we should start drafting some ideas on the chapter site, even if its under my user: namespace or something, like links to venues and whatever... then someone could present it at the AGM if they needed to/wanted to..
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