The meeting yesterday evening at the Forum in Norwich seemed to go very well. Nine people in attendance and lots of chat both social and technical. Always good to put faces to names and to meet a few new people. Present were Keith, Ian, Graham, Colin, Jonathan, Mark, Syd, Bill and an anonymous stuffed penguin plus the chap who didn't like the beer - sorry I didn't catch your name, you can kick me next time :-)
General opinion seemed to be to do it again next month - perhaps some more discussion on list needed re possible choices of venue and date.
For example, how would people feel about meeting on a monday even though it clashes with IRC? Would missing irc once a month, for those who participate, be a major problem?
Would a venue where kit could be set up be better or was the sit-and-chat atmosphere of the Forum bar preferred? Of course we can always try a few different venues over the first few months - I'm a great believer in trying things out.
Anyway, must dash, train to catch to Cornwall. Very interested to know what anyone else thought about the meet.
Syd
Syd Hancock syd@toufol.com wrote:
The meeting yesterday evening at the Forum in Norwich seemed to go very well. Nine people in attendance and lots of chat both social and technical. Always good to put faces to names and to meet a few new people. Present were Keith, Ian, Graham, Colin, Jonathan, Mark, Syd, Bill and an anonymous stuffed penguin plus the chap who didn't like the beer - sorry I didn't catch your name, you can kick me next time :-)
That'd be me, the beer wasn't too bad, the prices where silly though ;)
Brett.
Syd Hancock syd@toufol.com wrote:
For example, how would people feel about meeting on a monday even though it clashes with IRC? Would missing irc once a month, for those who participate, be a major problem?
If it's a Monday, I won't be there. Make of that what you will. I liked the Forum bar as a venue (good beer IMO), but it may be better to alternate between an "informal sit and chat" venue and somewhere that kit can be set up.
Enjoy Cornwall,
On Fri, May 02, 2003 at 05:45:46PM +0100, Syd Hancock wrote:
The meeting yesterday evening at the Forum in Norwich seemed to go very well. Nine people in attendance and lots of chat both social and technical. Always good to put faces to names and to meet a few new people. Present were Keith, Ian, Graham, Colin, Jonathan, Mark, Syd, Bill and an anonymous stuffed penguin plus the chap who didn't like the beer - sorry I didn't catch your name, you can kick me next time :-)
Thats good, not a bad turnout at all really.
General opinion seemed to be to do it again next month - perhaps some more discussion on list needed re possible choices of venue and date.
I could be tempted to perhaps get a train over from here and then I could beer too :)
For example, how would people feel about meeting on a monday even though it clashes with IRC? Would missing irc once a month, for those who participate, be a major problem?
Ummm, mondays are bad as thats the day I have to fix all the kit that fell over on the weekend. Also I kinda like Irc meetings.
Adam
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