Re: [Leica] meeting in London

["Simon Lamb" <simon@sclamb.com>]

Matt

The upstairs bar in The Cock (200 yards up Great Portland Street from the
Oxford Street end) is usually fairly quiet early in the evening.  7pm on 2
Nov is fine with me.

Simon

Matt Morgan
> To all interested in a London LUG Meeting
>
> Well, the ball seems to be rolling and we've already outgrown the
membership
> limits at my club. We're not quite ready to hire the Albert Hall, but I
> guess the most important next question for venue is what do we want to do?
>
> By this I mean, if we're meeting for the first time and want to talk,
maybe
> show some prints (Don't have to!), and find a table or space big enough
for
> six or seven, then noisy, busy Soho/Covent Garden pubs without seating
might
> not be the ideal situation. (Actually, I've just thought of a pub in
Covent
> Garden that might suit, so I'll check it out later today).
>
> However, there should be quieter pubs in close range. Simon, isn't there a
> couple at the back of Oxford Circus that might be right?
>
> I'm assuming, for a first meeting, that it's best to just have a social
> drink etc., rather than booking a dinner? But I don't mind either way.
>
> Anyway, the present interested parties are:
>
> Matt Morgan
> Simon Lamb
> Brian Stevens
> Brian Downie
> Fred Schwab
> Howard Fairbrass(?)
> Gerry Walden
> (And we need a cardboard cut-out of Dr Joseph Yao so he can be here in
> spirit).
>
> Date wise, I suggest lets be specific and then adjust. So, Thursday 2nd
> November at 7:00. What do you think?
>
> Matt.
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