October has passed, and November is here – so what’s happening in the world of RISC OS meetings and events this month?
Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) meeting – 4th November, 7:45pm
WROCC usually meets up online, using Zoom, on the first Wednesday of each month, and the next meeting will feature the group’s own Chris Hughes taking a look at the two main centralised software distribution systems on RISC OS – the use of PackMan (and the RISC OS packaging system), and PlingStore (aka !Store).
Bristol RISC OS Users (BRU) – 12th November, 7:00pm-ish
BRU meets up on the second Thursday of every other month in The Open Arms pub, St Michael’s Hill, Bristol, aiming for around 7:00pm or so. The meetings are very informal, with no guest speakers, and instead are more like a group of people meeting up for a pint and a chinwag – and sometimes they even talk about RISC OS!
Wessex ARM User Group (WAUG) meeting – 14th November, 10:30am
WAUG usually meets online, using Zoom, on the second Saturday of the month. These meetings are much more informal than those with guest speakers, and are more a group of RISC OS users (or ex-users) who get together online and have a general discussion, which may not even touch much upon RISC OS itself.
Fireside chat for developers – 14th November, 7:45pm
These meetings, which are held online using Zoom, are for anyone with an interest in RISC OS development – be that the operating system itself, software for use on it, or anything tangential to that – and provide a way to get together and discuss any issues, seek (or offer) advice, and so on. They don’t feature guest speakers and have no set agenda, instead being guided by whatever the participants bring up.
RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL) meeting – 16th November, 7:45pm
ROUGOL usually holds hybrid meetings – on Zoom for the online cohort, and in a pub for the in-person cohort – on the third Monday of each month. A speaker for this meeting – if any – is yet to be arranged, but as the meeting takes place only a few days before the London Show, there’s a possibility that it could be a meeting about the show.
Looking ahead to December
Looking beyond this month, and into the next, November’s WROCC meeting will take place on 2nd December. WAUG’s meeting should take place on the morning of the 12th. No ROUGOL meeting is currently scheduled – there usually isn’t one in December due to the proximity of the regular meeting date to Christmas.
As ever, do not take these dates as being set in stone – everything is subject to change; if you are looking to attend any of these meetings and events, you should keep your eye on any mailing lists and forums relating to them, as well as on any outlets where announcements may appear.
