Category: Ideas and Suggestions

February shropgeek meetup


Monday, January 25th, 2010

Snowy Ludlow - Photographed by Zach BeauvaisThe ‘geeky new year celebration’ has been and gone. It was a great success (despite the snow) and massive thanks go to @zbeauvais and his wife for allowing us to crash their house and also ply us with mulled wine and mince pies! ~ grin!

As always, there were some great topics discussed. Including the new iSlate, varying service levels of ISP’s in Shropshire, and most importantly Zach’s rebellious days when he had a more ‘alternative’ look. I’m saying nothing else except until I see photographic proof I don’t believe it! ~ grin!

We are now looking toward the next meetup  and have decided it
is going to be on
February 5th 2010 at The Admiral Benbow in Shrewsbury.

For directions from the train station click here

As always, anyone is welcome and we can promise beer and good conversation!

The previous meetup in Shrewsbury was a great success and the venue was excellent. With that in mind, and our apparent inability to regularly organize things in advance, we are thinking about either always meeting at the same place or alternating between the same place in Ludlow and the same in Shrewsbury. Or maybe setting the first friday of every month as @shropgeek night (and then rearrange if people can’t make it).

Everybody leads a busy life these days and we are no different. We have been guilty in the past of missing a meetup some months because we are all were to busy to organize anything. So any suggestions on the best way to organize a regular monthly meetup is appreciated. Let me know your thoughts.

Thanks

Kirsty


A ‘geeky’ christmas do…


Saturday, November 28th, 2009

geek_christmas_card-p137912411218698094qi0i_400So…

We want to arrange a ‘shropgeek’ christmas do.  This is open to any that would like to attend, you don’t have to be a geek or from Shropshire, as long as you are able to attend you are welcome.

This was @leunix’s last suggestion for shropgeek before he passed away and therefore we want to go all out to do his idea justice. Therefore we are looking for ideas of what to do, a venue and when. All suggestions will be seriously considered.

Personally, I’m thinking that as all of the ‘shropgeeks’ have been ridiculously busy recently it would be worth having a normal meetup at the beginning of December and then hold a bigger event during the holiday period between christmas and the new year. This way we don’t clash with every bodies christmas work do’s.

What does everybody think? Where should it be held? What sort of event should we hold and who would like to come?

Please comment below with all ideas and suggestions.

Thanks

Kirsty