Wikipedia talk:Meetup/Perth/7

What are people's thoughts on having a meetup in a month or so - say the weekend of 19-20 August? Orderinchaos 18:03, 21 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Good Idea - place, time, etc ? SatuSuro 00:10, 22 July 2011 (UTC)


 * interesting Gnangarra 00:23, 22 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Sure somewhere warm, preferably with a fire & a liquor licence... Dan arndt (talk) 04:59, 22 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Where would be a good place? Orderinchaos 09:14, 22 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Count me in. Might I suggest the cafe at the state library as a suitable venue? &mdash; Sam Wilson ( Talk &bull; Contribs ) &hellip; 11:37, 26 July 2011 (UTC)


 * On consensus of several of the participants, the discussion was archived as - a - it wasn't leading to a meetup per the topic of this page and - b - strayed into a range of other topics best kept to a meetup rather than public online discussion. Orderinchaos 10:56, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

suggestion
It is clear that some soapboxing has broken out here - and I must apologise for being involved - I do think we need to get back to focus on whether a general social meetup is possible in August without anything on the agenda other than a catchup and meetup - anything further really needs to be pursued elsewhere SatuSuro 10:11, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, absolutely. Let's just have a nice, non-political, get-together.  I brought up the library only because it's a nice cafe, and we all like the sort of place it is (politics aside)!  They do have lots of PD stuff, and they've never minded me sitting there with a digital camera photographing stuff; so I might go and do a bit more of that, one side or t'other of the meetup.  ;-) &mdash; Sam Wilson ( Talk &bull; Contribs ) &hellip; 10:47, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I have enough on my plate at work so my preference is a social gathering & besides SatuSuro owes me a beer. Dan arndt (talk) 02:18, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

venue
Any suggestions? Preferably somewhere not too expensive which sells beer :p Orderinchaos 03:29, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I'd vote for Little Creatures again! But perhaps somewhere in the city would be better, from the transport point of view.  I don't know Perth pubs.  &mdash; Sam Wilson ( Talk &bull; Contribs ) &hellip; 03:57, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Someone really has to stick his/her head out at some stage, and suggest a pub in Perth, so here goes - I think the nearest pub to the State Library that bears any resemblance to Little Creatures is the Brass Monkey. What about that? Bahnfrend (talk) 05:26, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Great. 4PM Saturday August 20th (to pluck a slightly random time out of the aether)? &mdash; Sam Wilson ( Talk &bull; Contribs ) &hellip; 05:43, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I think that the Great Western (Brass Monkey) Hotel would be a great venue - close to public transport & parking... Dan arndt (talk) 07:47, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
 * The only problem with Brass Monkey (having been at one meetup there in 2007) is that it's rather loud / difficult to hold a conversation there. Looking at other places, though, everything is incredibly expensive or is out of the way, so it may well be the only choice. I'd also propose slightly earlier - say 2:30pm on Saturday. Orderinchaos 13:27, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

Given that it's this weekend, and it'd be good to get word out to people who aren't watching this page — is there consensus for 2:30PM on the 20th at the Brass Monkey? &mdash; Sam Wilson ( Talk &bull; Contribs ) &hellip; 06:35, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I can support that. If someone comes up with something better, they'd better be quick :) Orderinchaos 06:47, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I can't make until about 4pm - so hopefully you'll stick around for a couple of hours before I get there. Dan arndt (talk) 07:22, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
 * We all tend to be fashionably late no matter what time is agreed upon, so that's fine :) Orderinchaos 07:26, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Yeah, absolutely. It's a pub!  ;-)  &mdash; Sam Wilson ( Talk &bull; Contribs ) &hellip; 07:32, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

Spam!
I just spammed pretty much everyone in Category:Wikipedians in Perth; hope no one minds. :-) I left out users who hadn't contributed for more than a couple of years.  &mdash; Sam Wilson ( Talk &bull; Contribs ) &hellip; 08:03, 17 August 2011 (UTC)


 * There are probably quite a few people in Category:Wikipedians in Western Australia who are also from Perth, but are not in the Perth subcat. Graham 87 15:01, 17 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I figured there might be, but there's lots more users there, and now I'll have to check for duplicates; I might do it this afternoon. :-)  What is the quick way to do this sort of invitation?  &mdash; Sam Wilson ( Talk &bull; Contribs ) &hellip; 05:09, 18 August 2011 (UTC)


 * IIRC you could use AWB to send out all the invitations relatively quickly. Graham 87 09:47, 18 August 2011 (UTC)