[Menai-LUG] Informal Gathering

[Mark Jones]

Ok, It's that time of the month again for the North Wales LUG's.
There's no agenda, no set topic for discussion, simply to come and
have a chat (and a burger or two) on Saturday, 26th September at
12:30, there is a Barbeque and Live Music event that starts at 1pm, so
it will give us half an hour to have a chat, then get food and enjoy
the music.
The Venue for this (mayhem/enjoyment) is Bar Uno, which is on the
Ffriddoedd Road site of Bangor University. Alternately if anybody has
any better suggestions for a Saturday Lunchtime venue in Bangor please
let me know.

I'll provide directions there on Monday/Tuesday as I will have moved
in to my hall (Enlli) by then.

Please note that I will not answer my emails until Monday (as I am
moving to Bangor) unless they are marked as High (Urgent) priority, if
you require a quick response please send them directly to me as Urgent
and I will read them (i'm sure that everybody else won't suddenly want
an influx of urgent mail so please send theirs as normal).

Mark Jones
mark at welshdragon.headweb.co.uk

[Tim Pierz-Fennell]

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:01:43 +0100On Friday, 18 September 2009 03:05,

Post by Mark Jones
Ok, It's that time of the month again for the North Wales LUG's.
There's no agenda, no set topic for discussion, simply to come and
have a chat (and a burger or two) on Saturday, 26th September at
12:30, there is a Barbeque and Live Music event that starts at 1pm,
so it will give us half an hour to have a chat, then get food and
enjoy the music.
The Venue for this (mayhem/enjoyment) is Bar Uno, which is on the
Ffriddoedd Road site of Bangor University. Alternately if anybody
has any better suggestions for a Saturday Lunchtime venue in Bangor
please let me know.

I'd make a suggestion for a meeting that wasn't a Saturday lunchtime.
The problem in Bangor, however, is that most of the pubs fill up with
noisy students every evening, so there really aren't many alternative
venues, although I know of at least one licenced caf? that would open
up for a reasonably sized group.

So, the suggestion to avoid one of these crowded evening pubs is ... a
noisy Saturday Students' bar. We might get about half an hour before
the music starts, but I doubt if that would be quiet enough to have a
group conversation. And then the rather non-vegetarian food starts
(I've never seen much point in burning vegetables on a grill),
accompanied by music that's not to everyone's tastes (especially
those over 35).

At least Bangor is nearby for me, and I'll not go much out of my way
if I decide to cycle into Morrisons to do my weekly shopping on the
Saturday rather than in the week. So, I might turn up this time,
assuming it isn't cancelled like the one in Llandudno Junction last
month.

[Mark Jones]

I'll have a look at/contact the Pubs mentioned, and see whether
they'll be open. The other alternative is looking at venues in
Llanfairfechan/Caernarfon/Menai Bridge, although the latter two don't
have direct train access.
I'd chosen Bar Uno as it has free wi-fi, and was close to my Hall, But
as has been said, it is the welcome week, and so will probably be
packed!