Hi all,
It was great to see so many of you a week or so ago at Wuthering Bytes and OSHCamp in Hebden Bridge. It was a sell-out and there were definitely more chairs in the hall compared to 2019. All the thanks and credit must go to Andrew Back who organised another wonderful weekend with a great lineup of speakers and workshoppes.
Several of you approached me over that weekend or have been in touch since to say that you really enjoyed the sense of community and to ask about the old meetups in London. It was clear that many people were out of contact with OSHUG and that communications have been sparse. This is my fault so I apologise.
Some of you will know that we used to co-organize meetups once a month in London with the BCS Open Source Specialist Group. The turnout was generally good and when lockdown happened in early March 2020 the meetings went online. For the first year things were well attended, seeing audience numbers more than double from the in-person meetups with attendees all over the country and speakers from Europe and occasionally the US or other places in the world. However, very few of these were advertised to the OSHUG membership base because announcements only went out when there was a very strong hardware focus. Moreover, although the attendance was incredibly high, the sense of community, especially the serendipitous interaction and networking, was completely absent.
Over the recent weekend, and since, people have spoken and it seems that there might be a renewed opportunity to do something about this. If you were one of those people, or have the same sentiments, I'd like to invite you to reply to this message on the mailing list so that we can get the discussion out into the open.
I'm in London so can help organise something here, including finding a venue, perhaps again at the BCS or maybe somewhere else. If anyone anywhere else in the country would like to do something similar then please also speak up.
It was great to see so many people in Hebden Bridge and hopefully see a few of you again soon!
Please reply to this message with your thoughts about a renewed set of meetups as well as where in the country you'd like to see them.
Hi Andy
It was great to interact at OSHUG. I help out at Leicester Hackspace and TNMOC, and I'm sure both organisations would like to keep up to date with OSHUG. I'm sure TNMOC at Bletchley Park would be a great place to have a meeting.
Www.tnmoc.org Www.leicesterhackspace.org.uk
Tony
On Wed, 6 Sept 2023, 09:12 Andy Bennett via oshug, oshug@oshug.org wrote:
Hi all,
It was great to see so many of you a week or so ago at Wuthering Bytes and OSHCamp in Hebden Bridge. It was a sell-out and there were definitely more chairs in the hall compared to 2019. All the thanks and credit must go to Andrew Back who organised another wonderful weekend with a great lineup of speakers and workshoppes.
Several of you approached me over that weekend or have been in touch since to say that you really enjoyed the sense of community and to ask about the old meetups in London. It was clear that many people were out of contact with OSHUG and that communications have been sparse. This is my fault so I apologise.
Some of you will know that we used to co-organize meetups once a month in London with the BCS Open Source Specialist Group. The turnout was generally good and when lockdown happened in early March 2020 the meetings went online. For the first year things were well attended, seeing audience numbers more than double from the in-person meetups with attendees all over the country and speakers from Europe and occasionally the US or other places in the world. However, very few of these were advertised to the OSHUG membership base because announcements only went out when there was a very strong hardware focus. Moreover, although the attendance was incredibly high, the sense of community, especially the serendipitous interaction and networking, was completely absent.
Over the recent weekend, and since, people have spoken and it seems that there might be a renewed opportunity to do something about this. If you were one of those people, or have the same sentiments, I'd like to invite you to reply to this message on the mailing list so that we can get the discussion out into the open.
I'm in London so can help organise something here, including finding a venue, perhaps again at the BCS or maybe somewhere else. If anyone anywhere else in the country would like to do something similar then please also speak up.
It was great to see so many people in Hebden Bridge and hopefully see a few of you again soon!
Please reply to this message with your thoughts about a renewed set of meetups as well as where in the country you'd like to see them.
-- andyjpb@ashurst.eu.org http://www.ashurst.eu.org/ http://www.gonumber.com/andyjpb 0x7EBA75FF _______________________________________________ oshug mailing list -- oshug@oshug.org To unsubscribe send an email to oshug-leave@oshug.org
Dear All,
I'll add a very positive "Yes" to more meetups.
My bias is towards using TNMOC as an excellent venue for ease of travel and central location.
Thanks for a very good well organized weekend and very good to catch up with people again.
Cheers, Martin
(Nottingham)
On 06/09/2023 09:23, Tony Abbey via oshug wrote:
Hi Andy
It was great to interact at OSHUG. I help out at Leicester Hackspace and TNMOC, and I'm sure both organisations would like to keep up to date with OSHUG. I'm sure TNMOC at Bletchley Park would be a great place to have a meeting.
Www.tnmoc.org http://Www.tnmoc.org Www.leicesterhackspace.org.uk http://Www.leicesterhackspace.org.uk
Tony
On Wed, 6 Sept 2023, 09:12 Andy Bennett via oshug, <oshug@oshug.org mailto:oshug@oshug.org> wrote:
Hi all, It was great to see so many of you a week or so ago at Wuthering Bytes and OSHCamp in Hebden Bridge. It was a sell-out
I echo Andy's thanks to Andrew Back for putting together another terrific Wuthering Bytes + OSHCamp.
I would come to OSHUG meetings in London or the southeast area. Living on the south coast, getting to a meeting anywhere else is more difficult because it requires getting through or around London.
-- Richard Miller
Hi Andy,
It was great to see you at Wuthering Bytes and OSHCamp and thanks Andrew for organising it.
I truly miss OSHUG meetings and I'm happy to help in any way I can.
I'm based in the South East, so London (BCS or similar) works for me. I personally think that's a good base if we want to try involving more people / expanding the community.
Kind regards, Ivan
On Wed, 6 Sept 2023 at 09:12, Andy Bennett via oshug oshug@oshug.org wrote:
Hi all,
It was great to see so many of you a week or so ago at Wuthering Bytes and OSHCamp in Hebden Bridge. It was a sell-out and there were definitely more chairs in the hall compared to 2019. All the thanks and credit must go to Andrew Back who organised another wonderful weekend with a great lineup of speakers and workshoppes.
Several of you approached me over that weekend or have been in touch since to say that you really enjoyed the sense of community and to ask about the old meetups in London. It was clear that many people were out of contact with OSHUG and that communications have been sparse. This is my fault so I apologise.
Some of you will know that we used to co-organize meetups once a month in London with the BCS Open Source Specialist Group. The turnout was generally good and when lockdown happened in early March 2020 the meetings went online. For the first year things were well attended, seeing audience numbers more than double from the in-person meetups with attendees all over the country and speakers from Europe and occasionally the US or other places in the world. However, very few of these were advertised to the OSHUG membership base because announcements only went out when there was a very strong hardware focus. Moreover, although the attendance was incredibly high, the sense of community, especially the serendipitous interaction and networking, was completely absent.
Over the recent weekend, and since, people have spoken and it seems that there might be a renewed opportunity to do something about this. If you were one of those people, or have the same sentiments, I'd like to invite you to reply to this message on the mailing list so that we can get the discussion out into the open.
I'm in London so can help organise something here, including finding a venue, perhaps again at the BCS or maybe somewhere else. If anyone anywhere else in the country would like to do something similar then please also speak up.
It was great to see so many people in Hebden Bridge and hopefully see a few of you again soon!
Please reply to this message with your thoughts about a renewed set of meetups as well as where in the country you'd like to see them.
-- andyjpb@ashurst.eu.org http://www.ashurst.eu.org/ http://www.gonumber.com/andyjpb 0x7EBA75FF _______________________________________________ oshug mailing list -- oshug@oshug.org To unsubscribe send an email to oshug-leave@oshug.org
I'd like to add my voice to the "yes" crowd.
I thoroughly enjoyed OSHCamp and Wuthering Bytes, and massive thanks to Andrew and the team for organising it. This was my first, but I've done C3 and EMF in the past. I'd forgotten how many wonderful impromptu conversations you get on the "hallway track" at events like this.
(If the person who said they'd bought some TV transmitters is out there, please feel free to email me, it was fascinating hearing you talk about your plans for those! I'm working on an analog + digital cable-TV headend as we speak, perhaps we can help each other out?)
London would be tricky to get to more than once or twice a year as I'm based in Leeds, but a more central location like TNMOC or (I may be biased as I say this) somewhere a little further north? Perhaps even in West Yorkshire, with a convenient rail or bus link to Leeds? :)
Regardless - money and time permitting, wherever the meets end up being, I'll try and make an appearance :)
I'm also involved in a few retrocomputing groups, and some have used Zoom to allow people who can't make it to the physical meeting to join in too. Maybe that's something that could be looked into?
Cheers Phil
On Wed, 6 Sept 2023 at 09:12, Andy Bennett via oshug oshug@oshug.org wrote:
Hi all,
It was great to see so many of you a week or so ago at Wuthering Bytes and OSHCamp in Hebden Bridge. It was a sell-out and there were definitely more chairs in the hall compared to 2019. All the thanks and credit must go to Andrew Back who organised another wonderful weekend with a great lineup of speakers and workshoppes.
Several of you approached me over that weekend or have been in touch since to say that you really enjoyed the sense of community and to ask about the old meetups in London. It was clear that many people were out of contact with OSHUG and that communications have been sparse. This is my fault so I apologise.
Some of you will know that we used to co-organize meetups once a month in London with the BCS Open Source Specialist Group. The turnout was generally good and when lockdown happened in early March 2020 the meetings went online. For the first year things were well attended, seeing audience numbers more than double from the in-person meetups with attendees all over the country and speakers from Europe and occasionally the US or other places in the world. However, very few of these were advertised to the OSHUG membership base because announcements only went out when there was a very strong hardware focus. Moreover, although the attendance was incredibly high, the sense of community, especially the serendipitous interaction and networking, was completely absent.
Over the recent weekend, and since, people have spoken and it seems that there might be a renewed opportunity to do something about this. If you were one of those people, or have the same sentiments, I'd like to invite you to reply to this message on the mailing list so that we can get the discussion out into the open.
I'm in London so can help organise something here, including finding a venue, perhaps again at the BCS or maybe somewhere else. If anyone anywhere else in the country would like to do something similar then please also speak up.
It was great to see so many people in Hebden Bridge and hopefully see a few of you again soon!
Please reply to this message with your thoughts about a renewed set of meetups as well as where in the country you'd like to see them.
-- andyjpb@ashurst.eu.org http://www.ashurst.eu.org/ http://www.gonumber.com/andyjpb 0x7EBA75FF _______________________________________________ oshug mailing list -- oshug@oshug.org To unsubscribe send an email to oshug-leave@oshug.org
Andy, and All,
Certainly an enjoyable time in Hebden Bridge after a gap of nearly 4 years.
Well Done Andrew and his team for creating such a memorable event. The attendance exceeded all expectations, proving that such an event was way overdue, and we all descended on HB to get our annual fix!
I would like to see some specialist events hosted at TNMoC or some of the other excellent Computing History museums, for example Cambridge or Manchester.
Liverpool, West Midlands and other regional cities are doing very interesting things in the OSH field.
Perhaps the idea of regional centres of excellence, might be one way to spread the coverage, and have greater accessibility for those that do not necessarily have the means to travel to London once a month.
These venues are generally reachable by train or car, for perhaps a long day visit, and a specialist tour and possibly demonstrations of the exhibits.
This would be very informative to learn how vintage construction techniques and use of wartime GPO and RADAR equipment led to the beginnings of the British Computer Industry.
For those that cannot attend in person, properly recorded Zoom presentations would at least give a flavour of the meet-ups.
Just my tuppence worth!
Ken
On Wed, 6 Sept 2023 at 09:12, Andy Bennett via oshug oshug@oshug.org wrote:
Hi all,
It was great to see so many of you a week or so ago at Wuthering Bytes and OSHCamp in Hebden Bridge. It was a sell-out and there were definitely more chairs in the hall compared to 2019. All the thanks and credit must go to Andrew Back who organised another wonderful weekend with a great lineup of speakers and workshoppes.
Several of you approached me over that weekend or have been in touch since to say that you really enjoyed the sense of community and to ask about the old meetups in London. It was clear that many people were out of contact with OSHUG and that communications have been sparse. This is my fault so I apologise.
Some of you will know that we used to co-organize meetups once a month in London with the BCS Open Source Specialist Group. The turnout was generally good and when lockdown happened in early March 2020 the meetings went online. For the first year things were well attended, seeing audience numbers more than double from the in-person meetups with attendees all over the country and speakers from Europe and occasionally the US or other places in the world. However, very few of these were advertised to the OSHUG membership base because announcements only went out when there was a very strong hardware focus. Moreover, although the attendance was incredibly high, the sense of community, especially the serendipitous interaction and networking, was completely absent.
Over the recent weekend, and since, people have spoken and it seems that there might be a renewed opportunity to do something about this. If you were one of those people, or have the same sentiments, I'd like to invite you to reply to this message on the mailing list so that we can get the discussion out into the open.
I'm in London so can help organise something here, including finding a venue, perhaps again at the BCS or maybe somewhere else. If anyone anywhere else in the country would like to do something similar then please also speak up.
It was great to see so many people in Hebden Bridge and hopefully see a few of you again soon!
Please reply to this message with your thoughts about a renewed set of meetups as well as where in the country you'd like to see them.
-- andyjpb@ashurst.eu.org http://www.ashurst.eu.org/ http://www.gonumber.com/andyjpb 0x7EBA75FF _______________________________________________ oshug mailing list -- oshug@oshug.org To unsubscribe send an email to oshug-leave@oshug.org
Hi All,
Slowly catching up...
It was really great to see folks once again at OSHCamp and WB, it had been far too long! Thank you also for the kind words.
Very cool to see the list being a bit more active and will try to do my bit in this respect.
Also great to hear that there is interest in hosting more meetups, both in London and outside of. Regarding the former, we used to move around quite a bit before the BCS became our latest home, and were hosted by BT, BBC and numerous other organisations in London, usually via a member or associate who worked there. Although perhaps not as convenient as having a regular base with a familiar AV setup, it did seem to sometimes draw in new people.
Regarding meetings outside of London, we have previously hosted events at Sheffield and Kent (Canterbury) universities, which worked well.
A mixture of both in and outside London events would be nice, but of course it all comes down to people taking the lead to organise. For events outside London I'd suggest a simple criteria along the lines of:
1. A local lead organiser (or one with local contacts) who is at least a member of this list
2. Commitment to publicise in the local area (could take some effort and can't assume people will just turn up and/or regular members will travel longer distances)
3. Liaise via the list to avoid clashes and to aim to keep events regularly spaced (probably not an issue right now!)
I can't think of anything else.
I'd like to thank everyone who spoke and hosted workshops at OSHCamp this year. In particular Alan, Omer and Aaron, who not only put a lot of effort into preparing their workshops, but also very generously sponsored the materials. A special thanks also to Kevin Murrell for being a most excellent compere.
Already started thinking about OSHCamp 2024 and will likely aim for the August bank holiday weekend again, which would make it Sat 24th & Sun 25th. We seem to get the best turn out when hosted in late August, though appreciate that it also doesn't work for some due to holidays. However, it does also have the benefit that if people wish, they can perhaps more easily take off a few days and turn it into a mini holiday — plus we are more likely to get better weather than going into September.
Best,
Andrew
PS. We had some nice feedback from Drink, where we hosted the social on the Saturday evening: they said we were a lovely bunch and were welcome back any time.
On 06/09/2023 17:31, Ken Boak via oshug wrote:
Andy, and All,
Certainly an enjoyable time in Hebden Bridge after a gap of nearly 4 years.
Well Done Andrew and his team for creating such a memorable event. The attendance exceeded all expectations, proving that such an event was way overdue, and we all descended on HB to get our annual fix!
I would like to see some specialist events hosted at TNMoC or some of the other excellent Computing History museums, for example Cambridge or Manchester.
Liverpool, West Midlands and other regional cities are doing very interesting things in the OSH field.
Perhaps the idea of regional centres of excellence, might be one way to spread the coverage, and have greater accessibility for those that do not necessarily have the means to travel to London once a month.
These venues are generally reachable by train or car, for perhaps a long day visit, and a specialist tour and possibly demonstrations of the exhibits.
This would be very informative to learn how vintage construction techniques and use of wartime GPO and RADAR equipment led to the beginnings of the British Computer Industry.
For those that cannot attend in person, properly recorded Zoom presentations would at least give a flavour of the meet-ups.
Just my tuppence worth!
Ken
On Wed, 6 Sept 2023 at 09:12, Andy Bennett via oshug oshug@oshug.org wrote:
Hi all, It was great to see so many of you a week or so ago at Wuthering Bytes and OSHCamp in Hebden Bridge. It was a sell-out and there were definitely more chairs in the hall compared to 2019. All the thanks and credit must go to Andrew Back who organised another wonderful weekend with a great lineup of speakers and workshoppes. Several of you approached me over that weekend or have been in touch since to say that you really enjoyed the sense of community and to ask about the old meetups in London. It was clear that many people were out of contact with OSHUG and that communications have been sparse. This is my fault so I apologise. Some of you will know that we used to co-organize meetups once a month in London with the BCS Open Source Specialist Group. The turnout was generally good and when lockdown happened in early March 2020 the meetings went online. For the first year things were well attended, seeing audience numbers more than double from the in-person meetups with attendees all over the country and speakers from Europe and occasionally the US or other places in the world. However, very few of these were advertised to the OSHUG membership base because announcements only went out when there was a very strong hardware focus. Moreover, although the attendance was incredibly high, the sense of community, especially the serendipitous interaction and networking, was completely absent. Over the recent weekend, and since, people have spoken and it seems that there might be a renewed opportunity to do something about this. If you were one of those people, or have the same sentiments, I'd like to invite you to reply to this message on the mailing list so that we can get the discussion out into the open. I'm in London so can help organise something here, including finding a venue, perhaps again at the BCS or maybe somewhere else. If anyone anywhere else in the country would like to do something similar then please also speak up. It was great to see so many people in Hebden Bridge and hopefully see a few of you again soon! Please reply to this message with your thoughts about a renewed set of meetups as well as where in the country you'd like to see them. -- andyjpb@ashurst.eu.org http://www.ashurst.eu.org/ http://www.gonumber.com/andyjpb 0x7EBA75FF _______________________________________________ oshug mailing list -- oshug@oshug.org To unsubscribe send an email to oshug-leave@oshug.org
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Andrew,
Glad that you have had time to "Decompress" from WB and OSHCamp.
Thank you, once again for putting together a great team that made the 3 days run seamlessly.
Great speakers on Friday and Saturday, plus all the Peeps that ran amazing workshops on the Sunday.
Al Wood and I thoroughly enjoyed our long weekend in HB. And our "garden shed" accommodation in Tod.
The future direction of OSHUG needs some serious discussion, but what you (and friends) have done in the last 14 years is exemplary.
Keep me informed.
All the best
Ken
On Thu, 21 Sept 2023 at 17:06, Andrew Back via oshug oshug@oshug.org wrote:
Hi All,
Slowly catching up...
It was really great to see folks once again at OSHCamp and WB, it had been far too long! Thank you also for the kind words.
Very cool to see the list being a bit more active and will try to do my bit in this respect.
Also great to hear that there is interest in hosting more meetups, both in London and outside of. Regarding the former, we used to move around quite a bit before the BCS became our latest home, and were hosted by BT, BBC and numerous other organisations in London, usually via a member or associate who worked there. Although perhaps not as convenient as having a regular base with a familiar AV setup, it did seem to sometimes draw in new people.
Regarding meetings outside of London, we have previously hosted events at Sheffield and Kent (Canterbury) universities, which worked well.
A mixture of both in and outside London events would be nice, but of course it all comes down to people taking the lead to organise. For events outside London I'd suggest a simple criteria along the lines of:
- A local lead organiser (or one with local contacts) who is at least a
member of this list
- Commitment to publicise in the local area (could take some effort and
can't assume people will just turn up and/or regular members will travel longer distances)
- Liaise via the list to avoid clashes and to aim to keep events
regularly spaced (probably not an issue right now!)
I can't think of anything else.
I'd like to thank everyone who spoke and hosted workshops at OSHCamp this year. In particular Alan, Omer and Aaron, who not only put a lot of effort into preparing their workshops, but also very generously sponsored the materials. A special thanks also to Kevin Murrell for being a most excellent compere.
Already started thinking about OSHCamp 2024 and will likely aim for the August bank holiday weekend again, which would make it Sat 24th & Sun 25th. We seem to get the best turn out when hosted in late August, though appreciate that it also doesn't work for some due to holidays. However, it does also have the benefit that if people wish, they can perhaps more easily take off a few days and turn it into a mini holiday — plus we are more likely to get better weather than going into September.
Best,
Andrew
PS. We had some nice feedback from Drink, where we hosted the social on the Saturday evening: they said we were a lovely bunch and were welcome back any time. On 06/09/2023 17:31, Ken Boak via oshug wrote:
Andy, and All,
Certainly an enjoyable time in Hebden Bridge after a gap of nearly 4 years.
Well Done Andrew and his team for creating such a memorable event. The attendance exceeded all expectations, proving that such an event was way overdue, and we all descended on HB to get our annual fix!
I would like to see some specialist events hosted at TNMoC or some of the other excellent Computing History museums, for example Cambridge or Manchester.
Liverpool, West Midlands and other regional cities are doing very interesting things in the OSH field.
Perhaps the idea of regional centres of excellence, might be one way to spread the coverage, and have greater accessibility for those that do not necessarily have the means to travel to London once a month.
These venues are generally reachable by train or car, for perhaps a long day visit, and a specialist tour and possibly demonstrations of the exhibits.
This would be very informative to learn how vintage construction techniques and use of wartime GPO and RADAR equipment led to the beginnings of the British Computer Industry.
For those that cannot attend in person, properly recorded Zoom presentations would at least give a flavour of the meet-ups.
Just my tuppence worth!
Ken
On Wed, 6 Sept 2023 at 09:12, Andy Bennett via oshug oshug@oshug.org wrote:
Hi all,
It was great to see so many of you a week or so ago at Wuthering Bytes and OSHCamp in Hebden Bridge. It was a sell-out and there were definitely more chairs in the hall compared to 2019. All the thanks and credit must go to Andrew Back who organised another wonderful weekend with a great lineup of speakers and workshoppes.
Several of you approached me over that weekend or have been in touch since to say that you really enjoyed the sense of community and to ask about the old meetups in London. It was clear that many people were out of contact with OSHUG and that communications have been sparse. This is my fault so I apologise.
Some of you will know that we used to co-organize meetups once a month in London with the BCS Open Source Specialist Group. The turnout was generally good and when lockdown happened in early March 2020 the meetings went online. For the first year things were well attended, seeing audience numbers more than double from the in-person meetups with attendees all over the country and speakers from Europe and occasionally the US or other places in the world. However, very few of these were advertised to the OSHUG membership base because announcements only went out when there was a very strong hardware focus. Moreover, although the attendance was incredibly high, the sense of community, especially the serendipitous interaction and networking, was completely absent.
Over the recent weekend, and since, people have spoken and it seems that there might be a renewed opportunity to do something about this. If you were one of those people, or have the same sentiments, I'd like to invite you to reply to this message on the mailing list so that we can get the discussion out into the open.
I'm in London so can help organise something here, including finding a venue, perhaps again at the BCS or maybe somewhere else. If anyone anywhere else in the country would like to do something similar then please also speak up.
It was great to see so many people in Hebden Bridge and hopefully see a few of you again soon!
Please reply to this message with your thoughts about a renewed set of meetups as well as where in the country you'd like to see them.
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Hi,
Thanks to everyone who engaged with this thread and apologies for the silence since. I've been travelling a lot the last few months but am now firmly back in the UK for Christmas.
Based on the feedback there seems to be some interest in events in a few cities.
Being based in London I'd like to propose some Christmas drinks in the Central London area.
If you'd like to come, please indicate your availability in this Doodle Poll: https://doodle.com/meeting/participate/id/dGYBZ60a
I've put a wide range of dates up until Christmas but traditionally OSHUG meetings have been on Thursday evenings. I've included afternoon slots for the weekends too if that's easier for people who have further to travel.
Once we have an idea of numbers and dates I'll try to find a suitable venue somewhere in Central London that's accessible via public transport.
To that end, please aim to respond as soon as possible.
I'd also like to invite people outside of London to step forward to organise something in their city. If events are successful then I'll try to convene a committee in the new year to discuss the organisation of more formal events.
I hope you can make it and look forward to seeing as many of you as possible!
On 2023-09-21 17:06, Andrew Back via oshug wrote:
Hi All,
Slowly catching up...
It was really great to see folks once again at OSHCamp and WB, it had been far too long! Thank you also for the kind words.
Very cool to see the list being a bit more active and will try to do my bit in this respect.
Also great to hear that there is interest in hosting more meetups, both in London and outside of. Regarding the former, we used to move around quite a bit before the BCS became our latest home, and were hosted by BT, BBC and numerous other organisations in London, usually via a member or associate who worked there. Although perhaps not as convenient as having a regular base with a familiar AV setup, it did seem to sometimes draw in new people.
Regarding meetings outside of London, we have previously hosted events at Sheffield and Kent (Canterbury) universities, which worked well.
A mixture of both in and outside London events would be nice, but of course it all comes down to people taking the lead to organise. For events outside London I'd suggest a simple criteria along the lines of:
- A local lead organiser (or one with local contacts) who is at least
a member of this list
- Commitment to publicise in the local area (could take some effort
and can't assume people will just turn up and/or regular members will travel longer distances)
- Liaise via the list to avoid clashes and to aim to keep events
regularly spaced (probably not an issue right now!)
I can't think of anything else.
I'd like to thank everyone who spoke and hosted workshops at OSHCamp this year. In particular Alan, Omer and Aaron, who not only put a lot of effort into preparing their workshops, but also very generously sponsored the materials. A special thanks also to Kevin Murrell for being a most excellent compere.
Already started thinking about OSHCamp 2024 and will likely aim for the August bank holiday weekend again, which would make it Sat 24th & Sun 25th. We seem to get the best turn out when hosted in late August, though appreciate that it also doesn't work for some due to holidays. However, it does also have the benefit that if people wish, they can perhaps more easily take off a few days and turn it into a mini holiday — plus we are more likely to get better weather than going into September.
Best,
Andrew
PS. We had some nice feedback from Drink, where we hosted the social on the Saturday evening: they said we were a lovely bunch and were welcome back any time. On 06/09/2023 17:31, Ken Boak via oshug wrote:
Andy, and All,
Certainly an enjoyable time in Hebden Bridge after a gap of nearly 4 years.
Well Done Andrew and his team for creating such a memorable event. The attendance exceeded all expectations, proving that such an event was way overdue, and we all descended on HB to get our annual fix!
I would like to see some specialist events hosted at TNMoC or some of the other excellent Computing History museums, for example Cambridge or Manchester.
Liverpool, West Midlands and other regional cities are doing very interesting things in the OSH field.
Perhaps the idea of regional centres of excellence, might be one way to spread the coverage, and have greater accessibility for those that do not necessarily have the means to travel to London once a month.
These venues are generally reachable by train or car, for perhaps a long day visit, and a specialist tour and possibly demonstrations of the exhibits.
This would be very informative to learn how vintage construction techniques and use of wartime GPO and RADAR equipment led to the beginnings of the British Computer Industry.
For those that cannot attend in person, properly recorded Zoom presentations would at least give a flavour of the meet-ups.
Just my tuppence worth!
Ken
On Wed, 6 Sept 2023 at 09:12, Andy Bennett via oshug oshug@oshug.org wrote:
Hi all,
It was great to see so many of you a week or so ago at Wuthering Bytes and OSHCamp in Hebden Bridge. It was a sell-out and there were definitely more chairs in the hall compared to 2019. All the thanks and credit must go to Andrew Back who organised another wonderful weekend with a great lineup of speakers and workshoppes.
Several of you approached me over that weekend or have been in touch since to say that you really enjoyed the sense of community and to ask about the old meetups in London. It was clear that many people were out of contact with OSHUG and that communications have been sparse. This is my fault so I apologise.
Some of you will know that we used to co-organize meetups once a month in London with the BCS Open Source Specialist Group. The turnout was generally good and when lockdown happened in early March 2020 the meetings went online. For the first year things were well attended, seeing audience numbers more than double from the in-person meetups with attendees all over the country and speakers from Europe and occasionally the US or other places in the world. However, very few of these were advertised to the OSHUG membership base because announcements only went out when there was a very strong hardware focus. Moreover, although the attendance was incredibly high, the sense of community, especially the serendipitous interaction and networking, was completely absent.
Over the recent weekend, and since, people have spoken and it seems that there might be a renewed opportunity to do something about this. If you were one of those people, or have the same sentiments, I'd like to
invite you to reply to this message on the mailing list so that we can get the discussion out into the open.
I'm in London so can help organise something here, including finding a venue, perhaps again at the BCS or maybe somewhere else. If anyone
anywhere else in the country would like to do something similar then please also speak up.
It was great to see so many people in Hebden Bridge and hopefully see a few of you again soon!
Please reply to this message with your thoughts about a renewed set of meetups as well as where in the country you'd like to see them.
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Hello again,
I'll pick a date for some Christmas Drinks in London based on the poll answers later today so please fill it in if you haven't had a chance already.
Thanks to everyone who engaged with this thread and apologies for the silence since. I've been travelling a lot the last few months but am now firmly back in the UK for Christmas.
Based on the feedback there seems to be some interest in events in a few cities.
Being based in London I'd like to propose some Christmas drinks in the Central London area.
If you'd like to come, please indicate your availability in this Doodle Poll: https://doodle.com/meeting/participate/id/dGYBZ60a
I've put a wide range of dates up until Christmas but traditionally OSHUG meetings have been on Thursday evenings. I've included afternoon slots for the weekends too if that's easier for people who have further to travel.
Once we have an idea of numbers and dates I'll try to find a suitable venue somewhere in Central London that's accessible via public transport.
To that end, please aim to respond as soon as possible.
I'd also like to invite people outside of London to step forward to organise something in their city. If events are successful then I'll try to convene a committee in the new year to discuss the organisation of more formal events.
I hope you can make it and look forward to seeing as many of you as possible!
On 2023-09-21 17:06, Andrew Back via oshug wrote:
Hi All,
Slowly catching up...
It was really great to see folks once again at OSHCamp and WB, it had been far too long! Thank you also for the kind words.
Very cool to see the list being a bit more active and will try to do ...
Hi,
Thanks to everyone who contributed to the poll.
Monday 18th December between 18:00 and 21:00 came out on top. I've also spoken with the one responder who didn't select that date and they have told me they will be able to make it afterall. So I guess it's unanimous!
Please put this date in your diaries.
I'll find a venue and confirm the exact details but we'll definitely do something in Central London on Monday 18th December between 18:00 and 21:00.
On Thursday, 7 December 2023 09:40:42 GMT, Andy Bennett via oshug wrote:
Hello again,
I'll pick a date for some Christmas Drinks in London based on the poll answers later today so please fill it in if you haven't had a chance already.
Thanks to everyone who engaged with this thread and apologies for the silence since. I've been travelling a lot the last few months but am now firmly back in the UK for Christmas.
Based on the feedback there seems to be some interest in events in a few cities.
Being based in London I'd like to propose some Christmas drinks in the Central London area.
If you'd like to come, please indicate your availability in this Doodle Poll: https://doodle.com/meeting/participate/id/dGYBZ60a ...
Hi Andy,
I talked with Alan Wood yesterday about Monday 18th "Christmas Drinks" and discussed possible central venues.
The Coal Hole at 91,92 The Strand served us well for many years when we used to meet at the BCS (before it moved). It's an easy stroll to Embankment tube and also Charing Cross and Waterloo.
It has a large upstairs seating area which would accommodate us well.
Just my 2 cents.... or should that be 4.5816075944727485980280760913389e-7 bitcoins worth
hope to see you on 18th, best regards
Ken
On Fri, 8 Dec 2023 at 11:50, Andy Bennett via oshug oshug@oshug.org wrote:
Hi,
Thanks to everyone who contributed to the poll.
Monday 18th December between 18:00 and 21:00 came out on top. I've also spoken with the one responder who didn't select that date and they have told me they will be able to make it afterall. So I guess it's unanimous!
Please put this date in your diaries.
I'll find a venue and confirm the exact details but we'll definitely do something in Central London on Monday 18th December between 18:00 and 21:00.
On Thursday, 7 December 2023 09:40:42 GMT, Andy Bennett via oshug wrote:
Hello again,
I'll pick a date for some Christmas Drinks in London based on the poll answers later today so please fill it in if you haven't had a chance already.
Thanks to everyone who engaged with this thread and apologies for the silence since. I've been travelling a lot the last few months but am now firmly back in the UK for Christmas.
Based on the feedback there seems to be some interest in events in a few cities.
Being based in London I'd like to propose some Christmas drinks in the Central London area.
If you'd like to come, please indicate your availability in this Doodle Poll: https://doodle.com/meeting/participate/id/dGYBZ60a ...
-- Best wishes, @ndy
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Thank you for orchestrating this Andy - looking forward to the meet up on the 18th!
Best, Omer.
On Sun, 10 Dec 2023 at 10:26, Ken Boak via oshug oshug@oshug.org wrote:
Hi Andy,
I talked with Alan Wood yesterday about Monday 18th "Christmas Drinks" and discussed possible central venues.
The Coal Hole at 91,92 The Strand served us well for many years when we used to meet at the BCS (before it moved). It's an easy stroll to Embankment tube and also Charing Cross and Waterloo.
It has a large upstairs seating area which would accommodate us well.
Just my 2 cents.... or should that be 4.5816075944727485980280760913389e-7 bitcoins worth
hope to see you on 18th, best regards
Ken
On Fri, 8 Dec 2023 at 11:50, Andy Bennett via oshug oshug@oshug.org wrote:
Hi,
Thanks to everyone who contributed to the poll.
Monday 18th December between 18:00 and 21:00 came out on top. I've also spoken with the one responder who didn't select that date and they have told me they will be able to make it afterall. So I guess it's unanimous!
Please put this date in your diaries.
I'll find a venue and confirm the exact details but we'll definitely do something in Central London on Monday 18th December between 18:00 and 21:00.
On Thursday, 7 December 2023 09:40:42 GMT, Andy Bennett via oshug wrote:
Hello again,
I'll pick a date for some Christmas Drinks in London based on the poll answers later today so please fill it in if you haven't had a chance already.
Thanks to everyone who engaged with this thread and apologies for the silence since. I've been travelling a lot the last few months but am now firmly back in the UK for Christmas.
Based on the feedback there seems to be some interest in events in a few cities.
Being based in London I'd like to propose some Christmas drinks in the Central London area.
If you'd like to come, please indicate your availability in this Doodle Poll: https://doodle.com/meeting/participate/id/dGYBZ60a ...
-- Best wishes, @ndy
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Likewise, thanks for arranging!
Cheers, Julius
On Sun, 10 Dec 2023, 4:53 pm Omer Kilic via oshug, oshug@oshug.org wrote:
Thank you for orchestrating this Andy - looking forward to the meet up on the 18th!
Best, Omer.
On Sun, 10 Dec 2023 at 10:26, Ken Boak via oshug oshug@oshug.org wrote:
Hi Andy,
I talked with Alan Wood yesterday about Monday 18th "Christmas Drinks" and discussed possible central venues.
The Coal Hole at 91,92 The Strand served us well for many years when we used to meet at the BCS (before it moved). It's an easy stroll to Embankment tube and also Charing Cross and Waterloo.
It has a large upstairs seating area which would accommodate us well.
Just my 2 cents.... or should that be 4.5816075944727485980280760913389e-7 bitcoins worth
hope to see you on 18th, best regards
Ken
On Fri, 8 Dec 2023 at 11:50, Andy Bennett via oshug oshug@oshug.org wrote:
Hi,
Thanks to everyone who contributed to the poll.
Monday 18th December between 18:00 and 21:00 came out on top. I've also spoken with the one responder who didn't select that date and they have told me they will be able to make it afterall. So I guess it's unanimous!
Please put this date in your diaries.
I'll find a venue and confirm the exact details but we'll definitely do something in Central London on Monday 18th December between 18:00 and 21:00.
On Thursday, 7 December 2023 09:40:42 GMT, Andy Bennett via oshug wrote:
Hello again,
I'll pick a date for some Christmas Drinks in London based on the poll answers later today so please fill it in if you haven't had a chance already.
Thanks to everyone who engaged with this thread and apologies for the silence since. I've been travelling a lot the last few months but am now firmly back in the UK for Christmas.
Based on the feedback there seems to be some interest in events in a few cities.
Being based in London I'd like to propose some Christmas drinks in the Central London area.
If you'd like to come, please indicate your availability in this Doodle Poll: https://doodle.com/meeting/participate/id/dGYBZ60a ...
-- Best wishes, @ndy
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Hi,
That's a great suggetion, thanks Ken!
I have been in touch with them but they haven't confirmed the booking and weren't picking up the phone when I called them several times yesterday.
I'll let you know if I hear anything more but, whether we have a booking or not, I think we should probably just turn up there and find some space.
On 2023-12-10 10:26, Ken Boak via oshug wrote:
Hi Andy,
I talked with Alan Wood yesterday about Monday 18th "Christmas Drinks" and discussed possible central venues.
The Coal Hole at 91,92 The Strand served us well for many years when we used to meet at the BCS (before it moved). It's an easy stroll to Embankment tube and also Charing Cross and Waterloo.
It has a large upstairs seating area which would accommodate us well.
Just my 2 cents.... or should that be 4.5816075944727485980280760913389e-7 bitcoins worth
hope to see you on 18th, best regards
Ken
On Fri, 8 Dec 2023 at 11:50, Andy Bennett via oshug oshug@oshug.org wrote:
Hi,
Thanks to everyone who contributed to the poll.
Monday 18th December between 18:00 and 21:00 came out on top. I've also spoken with the one responder who didn't select that date and they have told me they will be able to make it afterall. So I guess it's unanimous!
Please put this date in your diaries.
I'll find a venue and confirm the exact details but we'll definitely do something in Central London on Monday 18th December between 18:00 and 21:00.
On Thursday, 7 December 2023 09:40:42 GMT, Andy Bennett via oshug wrote:
Hello again,
I'll pick a date for some Christmas Drinks in London based on the poll answers later today so please fill it in if you haven't had a chance already.
Thanks to everyone who engaged with this thread and apologies for the silence since. I've been travelling a lot the last few months but am now firmly back in the UK for Christmas.
Based on the feedback there seems to be some interest in events in a few cities.
Being based in London I'd like to propose some Christmas drinks in the Central London area.
If you'd like to come, please indicate your availability in this Doodle Poll: https://doodle.com/meeting/participate/id/dGYBZ60a ...
-- Best wishes, @ndy
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Hi,
The Coal Hole have just confirmed our booking.
It's upstairs as Ken suggested between 18:00 and 21:00 this coming Monday (tomorrow).
I hope to see as many of you there as possible, otherwise have a great Christmas and hopefully see you in the New Year.
I'll get there a few minutes early to secure the space.
On Saturday, 16 December 2023 15:41:09 GMT, Andy Bennett wrote:
Hi,
That's a great suggetion, thanks Ken!
I have been in touch with them but they haven't confirmed the booking and weren't picking up the phone when I called them several times yesterday.
I'll let you know if I hear anything more but, whether we have a booking or not, I think we should probably just turn up there and find some space.
On 2023-12-10 10:26, Ken Boak via oshug wrote:
Hi Andy,
I talked with Alan Wood yesterday about Monday 18th "Christmas Drinks" and discussed possible central venues.
The Coal Hole at 91,92 The Strand served us well for many years when we used to meet at the BCS (before it moved). It's an easy stroll to ...
On 17-12-2023 15:03, Andy Bennett via oshug wrote:
Hi,
The Coal Hole have just confirmed our booking.
It's upstairs as Ken suggested between 18:00 and 21:00 this coming Monday (tomorrow).
Hi Andy,
Sorry I can't join you, but best wishes from Southampton to the OSHUG community. I hope you organize more meetups, so I can join in the future.
Best wishes,
Jeremy
I hope to see as many of you there as possible, otherwise have a great Christmas and hopefully see you in the New Year.
I'll get there a few minutes early to secure the space.
On Saturday, 16 December 2023 15:41:09 GMT, Andy Bennett wrote:
Hi,
That's a great suggetion, thanks Ken!
I have been in touch with them but they haven't confirmed the booking and weren't picking up the phone when I called them several times yesterday.
I'll let you know if I hear anything more but, whether we have a booking or not, I think we should probably just turn up there and find some space.
On 2023-12-10 10:26, Ken Boak via oshug wrote:
Hi Andy,
I talked with Alan Wood yesterday about Monday 18th "Christmas Drinks" and discussed possible central venues.
The Coal Hole at 91,92 The Strand served us well for many years when we used to meet at the BCS (before it moved). It's an easy stroll to ...
Hi Andy,
Unfortunately, I won't be able to make it tonight but I'm looking forward to the next meet up.
Kind regards, Ivan
On Mon, 18 Dec 2023 at 14:15, Jeremy Bennett via oshug oshug@oshug.org wrote:
On 17-12-2023 15:03, Andy Bennett via oshug wrote:
Hi,
The Coal Hole have just confirmed our booking.
It's upstairs as Ken suggested between 18:00 and 21:00 this coming Monday (tomorrow).
Hi Andy,
Sorry I can't join you, but best wishes from Southampton to the OSHUG community. I hope you organize more meetups, so I can join in the future.
Best wishes,
Jeremy
I hope to see as many of you there as possible, otherwise have a great Christmas and hopefully see you in the New Year.
I'll get there a few minutes early to secure the space.
On Saturday, 16 December 2023 15:41:09 GMT, Andy Bennett wrote:
Hi,
That's a great suggetion, thanks Ken!
I have been in touch with them but they haven't confirmed the booking and weren't picking up the phone when I called them several times yesterday.
I'll let you know if I hear anything more but, whether we have a booking or not, I think we should probably just turn up there and find some space.
On 2023-12-10 10:26, Ken Boak via oshug wrote:
Hi Andy,
I talked with Alan Wood yesterday about Monday 18th "Christmas Drinks" and discussed possible central venues.
The Coal Hole at 91,92 The Strand served us well for many years when we used to meet at the BCS (before it moved). It's an easy stroll to
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Hello again,
It was great to see so many of you last night.
There was a good chat about Open Hardware things, microprocessors, manufacturing and other topics.
We also talked about putting together some more regular meetings in London. I'll keep you posted as we develop the details but if you want to be involved, please do let me know.
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and hopefully see you all soon.
The Coal Hole have just confirmed our booking.
It's upstairs as Ken suggested between 18:00 and 21:00 this coming Monday (tomorrow).
I hope to see as many of you there as possible, otherwise have a great Christmas and hopefully see you in the New Year.
I'll get there a few minutes early to secure the space.
On Saturday, 16 December 2023 15:41:09 GMT, Andy Bennett wrote:
Hi,
That's a great suggetion, thanks Ken!
I have been in touch with them but they haven't confirmed the booking and weren't picking up the phone when I called them several times yesterday.
I'll let you know if I hear anything more but, whether we have a booking or not, I think we should probably just turn up there and find some space.
On 2023-12-10 10:26, Ken Boak via oshug wrote: ...
Hey all, I think you have your wires (or email addresses) crossed. I don't think I'm the "Andy" you think I am - I'm not involved with OSHUG, more of a bystander. I don't mind, but the right Andy probably isn't getting the messages!
Regards, Andy D'Arcy Jewell
On Wed, 6 Sept 2023 at 09:12, Andy Bennett via oshug oshug@oshug.org wrote:
Hi all,
It was great to see so many of you a week or so ago at Wuthering Bytes and OSHCamp in Hebden Bridge. It was a sell-out and there were definitely more chairs in the hall compared to 2019. All the thanks and credit must go to Andrew Back who organised another wonderful weekend with a great lineup of speakers and workshoppes.
Several of you approached me over that weekend or have been in touch since to say that you really enjoyed the sense of community and to ask about the old meetups in London. It was clear that many people were out of contact with OSHUG and that communications have been sparse. This is my fault so I apologise.
Some of you will know that we used to co-organize meetups once a month in London with the BCS Open Source Specialist Group. The turnout was generally good and when lockdown happened in early March 2020 the meetings went online. For the first year things were well attended, seeing audience numbers more than double from the in-person meetups with attendees all over the country and speakers from Europe and occasionally the US or other places in the world. However, very few of these were advertised to the OSHUG membership base because announcements only went out when there was a very strong hardware focus. Moreover, although the attendance was incredibly high, the sense of community, especially the serendipitous interaction and networking, was completely absent.
Over the recent weekend, and since, people have spoken and it seems that there might be a renewed opportunity to do something about this. If you were one of those people, or have the same sentiments, I'd like to invite you to reply to this message on the mailing list so that we can get the discussion out into the open.
I'm in London so can help organise something here, including finding a venue, perhaps again at the BCS or maybe somewhere else. If anyone anywhere else in the country would like to do something similar then please also speak up.
It was great to see so many people in Hebden Bridge and hopefully see a few of you again soon!
Please reply to this message with your thoughts about a renewed set of meetups as well as where in the country you'd like to see them.
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Thanks Andy Bennet for bringing OSHUG meetings up, I am interested in both attending and talking at any such meetings, I am also up for meetings outside of London in addition to BCS based ones. It is definitely a good idea to also perhaps include other orgs, companies and hackspaces to help host meetings as we have done in the past, I guess the best way to start is come up with the next meeting venue candidate and perhaps a talks theme?
On Wed, Sep 6, 2023 at 7:16 PM Andy DʼArcy Jewell via oshug oshug@oshug.org wrote:
Hey all, I think you have your wires (or email addresses) crossed. I don't think I'm the "Andy" you think I am - I'm not involved with OSHUG, more of a bystander. I don't mind, but the right Andy probably isn't getting the messages!
Regards, Andy D'Arcy Jewell
On Wed, 6 Sept 2023 at 09:12, Andy Bennett via oshug oshug@oshug.org wrote:
Hi all,
It was great to see so many of you a week or so ago at Wuthering Bytes and OSHCamp in Hebden Bridge. It was a sell-out and there were definitely more chairs in the hall compared to 2019. All the thanks and credit must go to Andrew Back who organised another wonderful weekend with a great lineup of speakers and workshoppes.
Several of you approached me over that weekend or have been in touch since to say that you really enjoyed the sense of community and to ask about the old meetups in London. It was clear that many people were out of contact with OSHUG and that communications have been sparse. This is my fault so I apologise.
Some of you will know that we used to co-organize meetups once a month in London with the BCS Open Source Specialist Group. The turnout was generally good and when lockdown happened in early March 2020 the meetings went online. For the first year things were well attended, seeing audience numbers more than double from the in-person meetups with attendees all over the country and speakers from Europe and occasionally the US or other places in the world. However, very few of these were advertised to the OSHUG membership base because announcements only went out when there was a very strong hardware focus. Moreover, although the attendance was incredibly high, the sense of community, especially the serendipitous interaction and networking, was completely absent.
Over the recent weekend, and since, people have spoken and it seems that there might be a renewed opportunity to do something about this. If you were one of those people, or have the same sentiments, I'd like to invite you to reply to this message on the mailing list so that we can get the discussion out into the open.
I'm in London so can help organise something here, including finding a venue, perhaps again at the BCS or maybe somewhere else. If anyone anywhere else in the country would like to do something similar then please also speak up.
It was great to see so many people in Hebden Bridge and hopefully see a few of you again soon!
Please reply to this message with your thoughts about a renewed set of meetups as well as where in the country you'd like to see them.
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Hi everybody
A am interested in the meetups. Not living near London, I would be interested in online meetings. Has zoom been tried? not only for presentations but also as a virtual pub.
Cheers Chris
Rather than Zoom...
Can we go open source with such as JitSi?... Or similar?
However, for online events, I'll admit that my preference is to download and watch the video recording at my leisure whenever after the event!
For one thought:
Do we have some welcoming Makerspaces as a more distributed list of venues?
Cheers, Martin
On 22/09/2023 11:18, Chris via oshug wrote:
Hi everybody
A am interested in the meetups. Not living near London, I would be interested in online meetings. Has zoom been tried? not only for presentations but also as a virtual pub.
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On Wed, 6 Sept 2023 at 09:12, Andy Bennett via oshug oshug@oshug.org wrote:
Hi all,
It was great to see so many of you a week or so ago at Wuthering Bytes and OSHCamp in Hebden Bridge. It was a sell-out and there were definitely more chairs in the hall compared to 2019. All the thanks and credit must go to Andrew Back who organised another wonderful weekend with a great lineup of speakers and workshoppes.
Several of you approached me over that weekend or have been in touch since to say that you really enjoyed the sense of community and to ask about the old meetups in London. It was clear that many people were out of contact with OSHUG and that communications have been sparse. This is my fault so I apologise.
Some of you will know that we used to co-organize meetups once a month in London with the BCS Open Source Specialist Group. The turnout was generally good and when lockdown happened in early March 2020 the meetings went online. For the first year things were well attended, seeing audience numbers more than double from the in-person meetups with attendees all over the country and speakers from Europe and occasionally the US or other places in the world. However, very few of these were advertised to the OSHUG membership base because announcements only went out when there was a very strong hardware focus. Moreover, although the attendance was incredibly high, the sense of community, especially the serendipitous interaction and networking, was completely absent.
Over the recent weekend, and since, people have spoken and it seems that there might be a renewed opportunity to do something about this. If you were one of those people, or have the same sentiments, I'd like to invite you to reply to this message on the mailing list so that we can get the discussion out into the open.
I'm in London so can help organise something here, including finding a venue, perhaps again at the BCS or maybe somewhere else. If anyone anywhere else in the country would like to do something similar then please also speak up.
If there's sufficient interest in Wales then I have a place that could be used for occasional meetups...
It was great to see so many people in Hebden Bridge and hopefully see a few of you again soon!
Please reply to this message with your thoughts about a renewed set of meetups as well as where in the country you'd like to see them.
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