Hi all,
Unfortunately we've drawn a blank with finding a suitable free venue in Birmingham, so we've decided to move to plan B, which is Manchester.
Does anyone have any contacts - for instance at the University - which would enable them to book a room for free on Saturday 25th or Sunday 26th April?
If so please could you reply to the list or to me directly asap.
regards,
Andrew
I can do it, but I can't book it now (room bookings at UMSU only go 28 days in advance). What capacity do you want?
Dev
2009/3/7 Andrew Turvey raturvey@yahoo.co.uk
Hi all,
Unfortunately we've drawn a blank with finding a suitable free venue in Birmingham, so we've decided to move to plan B, which is Manchester.
Does anyone have any contacts - for instance at the University - which would enable them to book a room for free on Saturday 25th or Sunday 26th April?
If so please could you reply to the list or to me directly asap.
regards,
Andrew
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2009/3/7 Sarah McCulloch sarahmcculloch@gmail.com
I can do it, but I can't book it now (room bookings at UMSU only go 28 days in advance). What capacity do you want?
Dev
How sure are you that you can get a room, Sarah? (I haven't tried the uni yet - though I may be able to get something myself.) I also tried other function room options in central Manchester - I'm getting a 50-70 price range - which seems out of our league, right?
Cormac
Like I said in my previous email, I'm a cardholder, so I just have to send in the booking when it lets me 28 days in advance.
Dev
2009/3/11 Cormac Lawler cormaggio@gmail.com
2009/3/7 Sarah McCulloch sarahmcculloch@gmail.com
I can do it, but I can't book it now (room bookings at UMSU only go 28 days in advance). What capacity do you want?
Dev
How sure are you that you can get a room, Sarah? (I haven't tried the uni yet - though I may be able to get something myself.) I also tried other function room options in central Manchester - I'm getting a 50-70 price range - which seems out of our league, right?
Cormac
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Great! So, one concern expressed yesterday was - if you were somehow unable to make it that day (due to sickness or whatever) - whether there would be a problem with non-"cardholders" turning up for the room? If not, and if people are happy to have the AGM in Manchester, I suggest we simply finalise the date, publicise the venue (UMSU), and leave the selection of the room itself to Sarah. Is that agreeable to all? Cormac
2009/3/11 Sarah McCulloch sarahmcculloch@gmail.com
Like I said in my previous email, I'm a cardholder, so I just have to send in the booking when it lets me 28 days in advance.
Dev
2009/3/11 Cormac Lawler cormaggio@gmail.com
2009/3/7 Sarah McCulloch sarahmcculloch@gmail.com
I can do it, but I can't book it now (room bookings at UMSU only go 28 days in advance). What capacity do you want?
Dev
How sure are you that you can get a room, Sarah? (I haven't tried the uni yet - though I may be able to get something myself.) I also tried other function room options in central Manchester - I'm getting a 50-70 price range - which seems out of our league, right?
Cormac
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Nope, once the room's booked people can just turn up, I don't need to be there. Even if I can't make it I'll try and make sure there are signs up for people so you can all find the room. Should be all fine. :)
Sarah
2009/3/11 Cormac Lawler cormaggio@gmail.com
Great! So, one concern expressed yesterday was - if you were somehow unable to make it that day (due to sickness or whatever) - whether there would be a problem with non-"cardholders" turning up for the room? If not, and if people are happy to have the AGM in Manchester, I suggest we simply finalise the date, publicise the venue (UMSU), and leave the selection of the room itself to Sarah. Is that agreeable to all? Cormac
2009/3/11 Sarah McCulloch sarahmcculloch@gmail.com
Like I said in my previous email, I'm a cardholder, so I just have to send in the booking when it lets me 28 days in advance.
Dev
2009/3/11 Cormac Lawler cormaggio@gmail.com
2009/3/7 Sarah McCulloch sarahmcculloch@gmail.com
I can do it, but I can't book it now (room bookings at UMSU only go 28 days in advance). What capacity do you want?
Dev
How sure are you that you can get a room, Sarah? (I haven't tried the uni yet - though I may be able to get something myself.) I also tried other function room options in central Manchester - I'm getting a 50-70 price range - which seems out of our league, right?
Cormac
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We wont be sending the official notice out now till next week, so that the Board has got time to finalise the resolutions, but you're welcome to go ahead and publicise the date and location - Sunday 26th April at University of Manchester Students Union.
Please get as many people as you can to come along!
Andrew
On Mar 11, 12:12 pm, Cormac Lawler cormag...@gmail.com wrote:
Great! So, one concern expressed yesterday was - if you were somehow unable to make it that day (due to sickness or whatever) - whether there would be a problem with non-"cardholders" turning up for the room? If not, and if people are happy to have the AGM in Manchester, I suggest we simply finalise the date, publicise the venue (UMSU), and leave the selection of the room itself to Sarah. Is that agreeable to all? Cormac
2009/3/11 Sarah McCulloch sarahmccull...@gmail.com
Like I said in my previous email, I'm a cardholder, so I just have to send in the booking when it lets me 28 days in advance.
Dev
2009/3/11 Cormac Lawler cormag...@gmail.com
2009/3/7 Sarah McCulloch sarahmccull...@gmail.com
I can do it, but I can't book it now (room bookings at UMSU only go 28 days in advance). What capacity do you want?
Dev
How sure are you that you can get a room, Sarah? (I haven't tried the uni yet - though I may be able to get something myself.) I also tried other function room options in central Manchester - I'm getting a 50-70 price range - which seems out of our league, right?
Cormac
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Speaking personally, this is a major PITA. I may not be able to fund train tickets to Manchester, so I suppose I'll be on the coach.
Joy!
2009/3/7 Andrew Turvey raturvey@yahoo.co.uk:
Hi all,
Unfortunately we've drawn a blank with finding a suitable free venue in Birmingham, so we've decided to move to plan B, which is Manchester.
Does anyone have any contacts - for instance at the University - which would enable them to book a room for free on Saturday 25th or Sunday 26th April?
If so please could you reply to the list or to me directly asap.
regards,
Andrew
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2009/3/7 Andrew Turvey raturvey@yahoo.co.uk:
Hi all,
Unfortunately we've drawn a blank with finding a suitable free venue in Birmingham, so we've decided to move to plan B, which is Manchester.
Have you looked at non-free venues? A function room in a pub probably wouldn't cost all that much, we don't need much more than that. B'ham is better located than Manchester.
2009/3/8 Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com:
Have you looked at non-free venues? A function room in a pub probably wouldn't cost all that much, we don't need much more than that. B'ham is better located than Manchester.
Function rooms in pubs are frequently free if you ask nicely. Certainly WMUK v1 never paid for use of the function room of whatever that pub was in Borough.
- d.
Personally, I think a meeting in a pub or even a pub room gives a very different impression to a meeting in a university room, and we need to bear that in mind. Imagine giving a presentation or holding hustings.
Although we're only small now, I hope this is the start of something big. I say let's start as we mean to go on!
On Mar 8, 12:42 am, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote:
2009/3/8 Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com:
Have you looked at non-free venues? A function room in a pub probably wouldn't cost all that much, we don't need much more than that. B'ham is better located than Manchester.
Function rooms in pubs are frequently free if you ask nicely. Certainly WMUK v1 never paid for use of the function room of whatever that pub was in Borough.
- d.
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As we currently are, the AGM is basically going to be a friendly chat round a table. Given this, holding it in a pub does rather make sense to me.
T
-----Original Message----- From: wikimediauk-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk-l- bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of AndrewRT Sent: 08 March 2009 16:11 To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] AGM in Manchester
Personally, I think a meeting in a pub or even a pub room gives a very different impression to a meeting in a university room, and we need to bear that in mind. Imagine giving a presentation or holding hustings.
Although we're only small now, I hope this is the start of something big. I say let's start as we mean to go on!
On Mar 8, 12:42 am, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote:
2009/3/8 Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com:
Have you looked at non-free venues? A function room in a pub probably wouldn't cost all that much, we don't need much more than that. B'ham is better located than Manchester.
Function rooms in pubs are frequently free if you ask nicely. Certainly WMUK v1 never paid for use of the function room of whatever that pub was in Borough.
- d.
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2009/3/8 AndrewRT raturvey@yahoo.co.uk:
Personally, I think a meeting in a pub or even a pub room gives a very different impression to a meeting in a university room, and we need to bear that in mind. Imagine giving a presentation or holding hustings.
*Function room* of a pub - they are specifically designed for holding functions, an AGM is a function. I don't think we would have any problem giving presentations and hustings in a function room. Gathering around a table in the main part of a pub is definitely a last resort, it wouldn't work very well, but a function room is very different.
At 16:22 +0000 8/3/09, Thomas Dalton wrote:
2009/3/8 AndrewRT raturvey@yahoo.co.uk:
Personally, I think a meeting in a pub or even a pub room gives a very different impression to a meeting in a university room, and we need to bear that in mind. Imagine giving a presentation or holding hustings.
*Function room* of a pub - they are specifically designed for holding functions, an AGM is a function. I don't think we would have any problem giving presentations and hustings in a function room. Gathering around a table in the main part of a pub is definitely a last resort, it wouldn't work very well, but a function room is very different.
That is very, very true.
Gordo
At 00:42 +0000 8/3/09, David Gerard wrote:
2009/3/8 Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com:
Have you looked at non-free venues? A function room in a pub probably wouldn't cost all that much, we don't need much more than that. B'ham is better located than Manchester.
Function rooms in pubs are frequently free if you ask nicely. Certainly WMUK v1 never paid for use of the function room of whatever that pub was in Borough.
- d.
The Royal Oak.
Gordo
The Board was very clear to me - only free or nearly free (i.e. <£10) would do!
If we're not able to get a free room, I guess we can start looking at non-free ones.
On Mar 8, 12:38 am, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote:
2009/3/7 Andrew Turvey ratur...@yahoo.co.uk:
Hi all,
Unfortunately we've drawn a blank with finding a suitable free venue in Birmingham, so we've decided to move to plan B, which is Manchester.
Have you looked at non-free venues? A function room in a pub probably wouldn't cost all that much, we don't need much more than that. B'ham is better located than Manchester.
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At 13:19 +0000 7/3/09, Andrew Turvey wrote:
Hi all,
Unfortunately we've drawn a blank with finding a suitable free venue in Birmingham, so we've decided to move to plan B, which is Manchester.
Does anyone have any contacts - for instance at the University - which would enable them to book a room for free on Saturday 25th or Sunday 26th April?
If so please could you reply to the list or to me directly asap.
regards,
Andrew
Does
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetings/2009_AGM/Notice
need an update?
Gordo
On Mar 9, 8:15 am, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote:
At 13:19 +0000 7/3/09, Andrew Turvey wrote:
Hi all,
Unfortunately we've drawn a blank with finding a suitable free venue in Birmingham, so we've decided to move to plan B, which is Manchester.
Does anyone have any contacts - for instance at the University - which would enable them to book a room for free on Saturday 25th or Sunday 26th April?
If so please could you reply to the list or to me directly asap.
regards,
Andrew
Does
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetings/2009_AGM/Notice
need an update?
Gordo
Yes - are you volunteering :) It's only a draft at present - will be finalised when we book the venue.
regards,
Andrew
At 14:57 -0700 9/3/09, AndrewRT wrote:
On Mar 9, 8:15 am, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote:
At 13:19 +0000 7/3/09, Andrew Turvey wrote:
Hi all,
Unfortunately we've drawn a blank with finding a suitable free venue in Birmingham, so we've decided to move to plan B, which is Manchester.
Does anyone have any contacts - for instance at the University - which would enable them to book a room for free on Saturday 25th or Sunday 26th April?
If so please could you reply to the list or to me directly asap.
regards,
Andrew
Does
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetings/2009_AGM/Notice
need an update?
Gordo
Yes - are you volunteering :) It's only a draft at present - will be finalised when we book the venue.
regards,
Andrew
Errr.... I thought notice of an AGM was a legal... notice?
Gordo
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