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.
I'd like to try moving round a bit and maybe theming a few events - a
joint Wikimedia UK/Bangla Wikipedia meetup at the
http://www.eastlondonmosque.org.uk/facilities would be interesting. If
the chapter were willing to fund it we could use this for some really
interesting outreach work.
WSC
On 16 May 2011 22:45, James Forrester <james(a)jdforrester.org> wrote:
On 16 May 2011 21:51, Lewis Cawte
<lewiscawte(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
I don't know, I'm 14, (15 in September),
I live in Brighton, so it
wouldn't be too hard to get there, but the idea of getting lost in
London by myself scares me, and going unaccompanied into the pub (the
regular venue I believe)... I guess I like the hackathon because theres
a fair amount of time for talks and bugsmashing as well, and there are
lots of techy people in one room...
As the organiser of the London meetups, I should throw in here that
I've been mindful of the lack of variation in venues and a worry that
as a pub, the location discourages some of our community - I'd be
happy to move it to another spot if that would work better for people
(Lewis and others). :-)
J.
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