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Enjoying our meet up at the Art Gallery cafe

For details of previous meetups please see Wikipedia:Meetup/Brisbane.

Look for this T-shirt!
  • When: 11am 21st November, 2015
  • Where: Qld Art Gallery Café (not to be confused with the GOMA Restaurant or GOMA Cafe Bistro)
  • Why: Everyone had a lovely time at the previous meet and many people were interested in doing it again.
  • How to find us - Either ask the staff for the table booked in the name of Raymond. Or wander about looking for a table that has some people wearing Wikipedia T-shirts (see photo). It's not that big a place, you should find us without difficulty.

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Wow! A great turnout. There was a bit of coming and going but I think there were 13-14 people there overall. Too many to get a chance to talk to everyone! Some photos were taken so hopefully they will be uploaded shortly. Thanks for coming every one and I look forward to meeting you all again! Kerry (talk) 03:03, 22 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for coming everyone. I really enjoyed meeting you or chatting with you again. Take care, happy editing and hope to see you again soon! Myrtle Myrtlegroggins (talk) 03:25, 22 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Me, too. The first time that I met fellow Wikipedians in "flesh and blood". Thanks for organising! :-) For the next meeting, I would propose a venue that is quieter (I could hardly understand some people) and perhaps less expensive, too. Perhaps just some little place off the beaten track in Brisbane. EvMsmile (talk) 01:06, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

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Venue/Date

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A few of us at today's meetup had a brief chat about potential times and locations. We tentatively seemed to be all happy with a date in late November or early December. The first Saturday in December is the 5th, which should allow us to call it an end of year/Christmas event, while hopefully being early enough that people won't be off on holidays or busy with other summer projects.

We also talked a bit about a possible location. The SLQ café is a nice place, but a few people felt it was a little on the dear side, and that it might be nice to move around and not go to the same place every time. User:Kgbo suggested the QAG Café as another possible venue, on my way home I went and took some snaps and it certainly has a lovely ambience.

I'm not particularly fussed on the date so long as it's after mid-November, but if a meet before that suits everyone fine then please don't hold off purely on my account. Lankiveil (speak to me) 10:12, 22 August 2015 (UTC).[reply]

Any date after mid November will be fine.

Café at the Queensland Art Gallery is my favourite

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OK, I'll put a concrete proposal on the table. 11am Sat 21 November at the Qld Art Gallery Cafe (do not be confused with the GOMA Restaurant or GOMA Cafe Bistro). Kerry (talk) 01:02, 23 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
(Address) of Queensland Art Gallery -

Melbourne St & Grey St , South Brisbane (Next building of State Libray QLD) - around 50 meters from South Brisbane Train Station - Parking : Manning St or Merivale St (around 5-10 minutes walk ) Goodtiming8871 (talk) 18:18, 20 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

My experience is that the last few weekends in November are a fantastic time for meetups of all kinds - the weather is great, and Christmas Parties have yet to kick off. However, for me at least, it means it gets booked out quick, and this weekend (and the one prior, and saturday after) are out for me. However, don't let me put you off. It's a great time of the year for a reason! :) --.../NemoThorx (talk • Contributions) 05:28, 23 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Partners

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I'm certainly interested. Robert Forster is playing in town the same night, which adds to the appeal. But may I ask, do non-wikipedian partners normally come to these events? Do they enjoy them? Doctorhawkes (talk) 02:17, 18 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Non-wikipedian friends/relatives/etc are welcome, but not many come so it's hard to say if they would enjoy the meetup. We talk about a range of stuff both Wikipedia-related and non-Wikipedia related. But, as our next meetup is at the Qld Art Gallery which is very centrally located with the Modern Art Gallery, Queensland Museum, Qld State Library, Southbank, the convention centre and the Brisbane CBD all very close by (walking distance, see this map, there's plenty of other things for your partner to do nearby. Your partner can drop in and out of our meetup as much or as little as desired (we won't be offended). If your partner is not familiar with Brisbane, there are a range of free walking tours with the Brisbane Greeters (pre-booking required). Kerry (talk) 03:44, 18 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Duration of meeting

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Finally tomorrow is the date of event... I was waiting for this event for three months. There are some VIP (Very Important Person) who is helping millions, on the event Please let me know about the normal duration of meeting tomorrow as I can stay there around 10:30-12:00 .... Anyone could be there early ?

From Indooroopilly ..goodtiming8871 .09:39, 20 November 2015 (UTC)

@Goodtiming8871: There is no set time, but the last meetup went around three hours from memory... of course if you can't stay the whole time you're welcome to leave. Myself I'll probably have to leave early-ish as I have to get back home to prepare for another engagement. Lankiveil (speak to me) 10:25, 20 November 2015 (UTC).[reply]

Attending

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  1. Lankiveil (speak to me) 10:13, 22 August 2015 (UTC). Although I have a commitment that evening on the Gold Coast so I might not be able to stick around long.[reply]
  2. Myrtlegroggins (talk) 11:39, 22 August 2015 (UTC) Me too, but turns out I'll be about half an hour late.[reply]
  3. Shujen Chang (talk) 03:09, 23 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Kgbo Kgbo (talk) 04:59, 24 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Kerry (talk) 02:49, 27 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  6. EvMsmile - looking forward to meeting you all; might be a tad late, driving down from the Sunshine Coast, will hopefully find the café alright, just looked at all the maps, should be fine. EvMsmile (talk) 12:45, 20 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Bidgee (talk) 09:14, 12 October 2015 (UTC) (Unable to make it, on call with the RFS Thurs-Fri and in Temora on the Sat)[reply]
  8. Shiftchange (talk) 23:42, 17 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  9. RockerballAustralia (talk) 23:49, 17 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  10. IndooroopillyllAustralia Thank you for time and date Goodtiming8871 (talk)
  11. Dmol Hoping to get there, subject to a house move in next weeks.--Dmol (talk) 22:19, 1 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  12. Anthony Staunton (talk) 02:52, 11 November 2015 (UTC) Will try to make it from the Sunshine Coast.[reply]
  13. XxLolliexX I will not be able to come :(( Sorry for the inconvenience. Please talk to me if you have any questions. :))
  14. Dingarwil (talk) look forward to meeting you all.
  15. Commander Keane (talk) 05:39, 17 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  16. Vynwood (talk) 04:12, 18 November 2015 (UTC) I might check it out![reply]
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