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Today's Topics:
1. Meeting this Saturday (Chris)
2. Re: Meeting this Saturday (Peter Hemmings)
3. Re: Idea for one of the meetings (David Smith)
4. Re: Idea for one of the meetings (Amias Channer)
5. new PC setup help pleasse? (Mik Phelps)
6. Re: Idea for one of the meetings (Zak Wilcox)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 07:36:00 +0100
From: Chris <cshorler@googlemail.com>
To: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group <Bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: [bristol] Meeting this Saturday
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I think it's the forth Saturday tomorrow? Knights Templar near Temple Meads.
I look forward to a bit of discussion on a more formal event as proposed earlier this week!
Chris
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 08:33:33 +0100
From: Peter Hemmings <peter@hemmings.eclipse.co.uk>
To: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] Meeting this Saturday
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On 24/04/15 07:36, Chris wrote:
> I think it's the forth Saturday tomorrow?
Yep!
Knights Templar near Temple Meads.
>
> I look forward to a bit of discussion on a more formal event as proposed earlier this week!
Here is my 2p's worth from our recent experiences!:
A cheap or free venue close to centre needs to be found and funded if
necessary.
One person need to co-ordinate everything.
MOST IMPORTANT, it needs to be advertised widely!
I am not sure if I will be at the KT tomorrow.
>
> Chris
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 09:11:26 +0000
From: David Smith <David.Smith@imgtec.com>
To: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] Idea for one of the meetings
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From: bristol-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk [mailto:bristol-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Ignacio Jordi Atienza
> Maybe it could be interesting to try a more structured approach some time, perhaps booking a meeting room for a couple of hours, where everybody who feels like it could present something Linux related they want (a pet project of them, a demo of some program...). I know I would like to see something like that.
>
> The "mingle" meetings in the Knight's Templar are great fun, but the fact that they are atomized into tables makes you always lose part of the action. In addition, the place is noisy, which makes communication a bit hard, especially when English is not your first language, as in my case.?As a bonus, meetings room offer non-spamified wifi, sometimes screen projectors... Maybe it could be nice to start a bit earlier, with this structured part, and then moving to the usual jam at the Templars... armed with as many laptops as we can carry, as usual :)
>
> Anyways, I don't know if this is a happy idea or not, let me know what you think; (maybe, even, the idea is not new and it's something you've tried before?)
It's been suggested before, but never really got off the ground. Basically, the main issues are around organisation - someone needs to work out the dates and arrange the "speakers", and book the room. Also, you need to have a certain minimum number of people agree to turn up - at the moment, the KT meetings are convenient because it doesn't matter whether 2 or 20 people turn up. If you book a meeting room for, say, ?50, then that's not too bad between 20 people, but if only 2 turn up, it's a bit much to ask those two people to cover the room fee between them.
The KT meetings have got a bit more difficult over the years as the KT tends to be busier on Saturdays than it was. When we first started having meetings there, it was ideal because it was typically mostly deserted, so we often had the whole raised area to ourselves.
FWIW, my opinion is the same as it's ever been - if you (and/or someone else) want to organise it, go ahead. BBLUG has never had a formal organisational structure, so things get organised (or don't) when people decide to do them. If I have the time available, I might even come along :)
I also have a DLP projector + screen if it's of any use.
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 10:31:32 +0100
From: Amias Channer <me@amias.net>
To: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] Idea for one of the meetings
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Hello Luggers,
As i've said before , i would love for bblug to meet anywhere else but that
horrible pub.
Bristol hackspace at bv studios could be a possible venue , see
http://bristol.hackspace.org.uk
Possibly even somewhere at the watershed or hamilton house could be found.
An option i've seen work for various groups in london is for a company that
employs one of the
members of the group is persuaded to offer the use of its office on
saturday. (mine is too small)
I would be up for attending monthly or bimonthly tech meets where
lightining talks might be given
or group hacking/installing sessions could occur. I don't have time to
organise it myself tho.
Cheers
Amias
On 24 April 2015 at 10:11, David Smith <David.Smith@imgtec.com> wrote:
> From: bristol-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk [mailto:
> bristol-bounces@mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Ignacio Jordi Atienza
> > Maybe it could be interesting to try a more structured approach some
> time, perhaps booking a meeting room for a couple of hours, where everybody
> who feels like it could present something Linux related they want (a pet
> project of them, a demo of some program...). I know I would like to see
> something like that.
> >
> > The "mingle" meetings in the Knight's Templar are great fun, but the
> fact that they are atomized into tables makes you always lose part of the
> action. In addition, the place is noisy, which makes communication a bit
> hard, especially when English is not your first language, as in my case. As
> a bonus, meetings room offer non-spamified wifi, sometimes screen
> projectors... Maybe it could be nice to start a bit earlier, with this
> structured part, and then moving to the usual jam at the Templars... armed
> with as many laptops as we can carry, as usual :)
> >
> > Anyways, I don't know if this is a happy idea or not, let me know what
> you think; (maybe, even, the idea is not new and it's something you've
> tried before?)
>
> It's been suggested before, but never really got off the ground.
> Basically, the main issues are around organisation - someone needs to work
> out the dates and arrange the "speakers", and book the room. Also, you
> need to have a certain minimum number of people agree to turn up - at the
> moment, the KT meetings are convenient because it doesn't matter whether 2
> or 20 people turn up. If you book a meeting room for, say, ?50, then
> that's not too bad between 20 people, but if only 2 turn up, it's a bit
> much to ask those two people to cover the room fee between them.
>
> The KT meetings have got a bit more difficult over the years as the KT
> tends to be busier on Saturdays than it was. When we first started having
> meetings there, it was ideal because it was typically mostly deserted, so
> we often had the whole raised area to ourselves.
>
> FWIW, my opinion is the same as it's ever been - if you (and/or someone
> else) want to organise it, go ahead. BBLUG has never had a formal
> organisational structure, so things get organised (or don't) when people
> decide to do them. If I have the time available, I might even come along :)
>
> I also have a DLP projector + screen if it's of any use.
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 10:58:28 +0100
From: Mik Phelps <ha1ry.g1t@mypostoffice.co.uk>
To: bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk
Subject: [bristol] new PC setup help pleasse?
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Hi, could anyone on here be able to help me for say a couple or three
hours during this weekend here please, South West Bath, to get a New PC
up and running with an openSUSE install?
Have sort of hit a brick wall with getting this 'beast;
up and running, also am not well which doesn?t help.
PC is an Asus B85 mothrer-board with a quad core Processor, 32Gbb of
RAM, SSD boot drive and then two Server type disk drives, also a dual
monitor display....etc.
Please Email for phone for contact info
many thanks in advance
Mik
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 11:16:29 +0100
From: Zak Wilcox <iwilcox@iwilcox.me.uk>
To: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] Idea for one of the meetings
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Ignacio wrote:
> Maybe it could be interesting to try a more structured approach some
> time, perhaps booking a meeting room for a couple of hours, where
> everybody who feels like it could present something Linux related
> they want (a pet project of them, a demo of some program...).
I'd like this. I'd expect there'd be a limit on how often we could do
this before running out of willing speakers with things they felt like
talking about, but that's OK. Perhaps that's the best place to start:
encourage lurking-but-willing presenters to say how many potential
presentation-minutes are out there sitting wasted, both one-offs and
regular (but wouldn't they have replied to this already?). Worry about
attendance and venues after we're sure there's something to present.
David Smith wrote:
> If you book a meeting room for, say, ?50, then that's not too bad
> between 20 people, but if only 2 turn up [...]
I suspect structured meetings would be more popular, based on anecdotal
evidence. Another group I go to has ~4--8 people for the social meets
but ~30 for more structured talks. The curious could probably click
around a few technical meetup.com groups to confirm or reject this,
since they expose RSVP numbers which are reasonably accurate.
meetup.com might be worth considering for marketing too, but they start
charging over something like 50 on-paper members (even if none of them
ever turn up to anything).
> I also have a DLP projector + screen if it's of any use.
That could mean we can get away with a cheaper room. Some PFI-enslaved
taxpayer-funded organisations pay per meeting and get charged
substantially more for a room with even a whiteboard, which might be
indicative of venue providers' pricing more generally.
Amias Channer wrote:
> Bristol hackspace at bv studios could be a possible venue, see
> http://bristol.hackspace.org.uk
It's not very big --- AIUI Dorkbot (the parent organisation) typically
holds its own meetings at the Watershed instead --- but it's probably
friendlier to organise with than other options.
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