[Menai-LUG] Meeting/Seminar

A couple of weeks ago I raised this on these lists.  Anglesey Business Cent=
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is willing to do a deal on the room, but I get no vibes re doing anything=20
much beyond this.  By a process of inexorable logic, I conclude as follows:=
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getting a decent programme needs a decent number of attendees to make it=20
worthwhile -> getting a decent number of attendees may be more likely in=20
Llandudno/Colwyn Bay -> places there will cost significant amounts of dosh =
=2D>=20
to cover this I need more attendees -> to do this I need a bigger event.

This is not an entirely welcome conclusion, because it points to (in effect=
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doing a mini-expo, which is a lot of organising, and needs to end up with m=
e=20
not being out of pocket.  So it's risky.  The other alternative is to have =
a=20
few presenters making a trip to Anglesey to speak to what may turn out to b=
e=20
a limited number of people, which is less risky, but will still take a good=
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bit of organising to do right.

So I suppose I'm soliciting responses on whether I should (a) do nothing, (=
b)=20
go for small meeting, or (c) go for larger meeting.

As regards (c), I would be thinking along the following lines:
=2D venue with exhibition/stand area, presentation area, and "business" are=
a;
=2D one day, 10am-4pm;
=2D "stands" to be low-tech; ie FOSDEM or computer fair-style - a table wit=
h=20
some space around it;
=2D stands to be free, but donations accepted;
=2D 4 presentation tracks: business (deployment, office stuff, servers),=20
multimedia (edutainment, games, music, etc), home (office suites, email,=20
internet, etc), Welsh (software in Welsh, how to get more of it, etc);
=2D =C2=A34 for anyone (=C2=A32 if booked in advance), =C2=A340 for busines=
s track (=C2=A320 if=20
booked in advance) - these might not be remotely sustainable, so more info =
is=20
needed;
=2D presenters to have travel expenses paid, and equal share of any profits=
 (if=20
I see any!);
=2D date in October, to give more time for organising and publicity;
=2D all screens to be running Linux;
=2D basic (ie no stuff like RAID, or 3D drivers) installations done for ?Ub=
untu=20
and ?openSUSE, at a fee of =C2=A310.

Sounds pretty onerous, but not impossible in theory.

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Pob hwyl / Best wishes

Kevin Donnelly

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