Well, following this we had our first East London Wiki Meetup <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/East_London/1> last Wednesday. We met in Waitrose which is very quiet on a Wednesday evening. It is also cheap if you have a Waitrose card, which means that you can get a free coffee paying the cost of a cake which can be less than the price of the coffee.
Five of us gathered and I feel that we all generally enjoyed the occasion. We are planning another in Stratford Westfield <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westfield_Stratford_City> in July. My feeling is that London is such a big city that it could support a number of new initiatives like this at different points of the compass, while keeping the regular meetup as a pub lunch in Pederel's Oak. I will keep my eyes open to see if anyone else steps forward on this. all the best Fabian > On 02 June 2015 at 18:32 "leu...@fabiant.eu" <leu...@fabiant.eu> wrote: > > Whilst I take Fae's point, I don't think we need to call closing time on > meeting in pubs, but rather innovate other places to meet. And yes, this has > been discussed for ages, but all it needs is for someone to find a venue and > start organising a meet up, rather than talk about it. > > all the best > > Fabian (User:Leutha) > > > > On 15 May 2015 at 16:18 Fæ <fae...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > After having been discussed with many non-pub suggestions raised in > > the past few years, I'd really like to see this change. I hope the > > survey supports that viewpoint. > > > > People have many reasons for not wanting to meet in pubs, not just > > religious. I've been teetotal for the last 15 years, and after sadly > > supporting two relatives who eventually died from medical conditions > > made much worse by never giving up drinking alcohol, I really don't > > want to be part of encouraging others to have the same lifestyle. I > > have never liked being near people affected by booze, they spook me a > > little due to being unpredictable. I guess many who are not big butch > > men like me, find the environment intimidating even on a quiet day or > > in a quiet pub. > > > > Call closing time on this tradition, we know better. > > > > Fae > > > > On 15 May 2015 at 12:31, Gordon Joly <gordon.j...@pobox.com> wrote: > > > > > >> Of course, it’s not mandatory to drink while in a pub. ;) > > >> > > >> Joe > > >> > > >> -- > > >> *Joe Sutherland* > > >> http://jossu.co.uk > > > > > > Yes, but I had a birthday party in a pub and a Muslim friend refused to > > > join us. > > > > > > Gordo > > -- > > fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia UK mailing list > > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk >
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