Funnily enough Sean and I had a few quick words about this and other things, I'll post something up after I go make some angry phone calls!
The one thing we both agreed on instantly is it has to be somewhere where the entry cost is low. Dundee's scene has a very high student density and as such disposable income isn't maybe what it is in other parts. As such ideally it should be hosted at a place where entry is at a minimum, or where it's on a deposit which isn't too high that we need to be charging a lot to recoup the initial payment, or at best somewhere which will let us use them for free! ( If such a place exists ).
In this case, whilst we have contacts in the student unions, I think it would be very worthwhile examining the potential of being able to host our own events in one of these studenty type establishments, Unions I think they're called....., if they would allow GA to host one outwith other endorsed events like WASD or DeeCon.
I'm saying this as a bit of a pipe dream. I used to run GIG at Abertay so I know that Unions can generally be a bit difficult with their own in house stuff without even getting to external events, but as far as locations with low financial barriers, reasonably priced consumables, good amounts of space and ready to be used for events like this; they're pretty much ideal.
Like I said, I'll post some more in a bit.
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