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National Social Sat 18th August
After a few weeks of posting I'd love to meet some of the people on this forum, several of whom live at opposite ends of the country from me.
So...
How about a mass meet up on Saturday August 18th (had to specify date if not location), probably involving camping somewhere mid-way up the country and easily accessible e.g. Milton Keynes or Birmingham.
Daft idea?
Let me know if you're up for it, in which case I'll investigate venues. I'm assuming it would need to be child friendly, but let me have views on that as well, either's fine with me.
So...
How about a mass meet up on Saturday August 18th (had to specify date if not location), probably involving camping somewhere mid-way up the country and easily accessible e.g. Milton Keynes or Birmingham.
Daft idea?
Let me know if you're up for it, in which case I'll investigate venues. I'm assuming it would need to be child friendly, but let me have views on that as well, either's fine with me.
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As Meldy says, it has been tried before. Earlier this year it was suggested having a black tie do (in MK funnily enough). Initial response was good, however when it came to coughing up the money, the response wasn't enough to make it a goer. The venue had already been booked and had to be cancelled.
Also, last year, it was suggested to meet around a race (New Forest Half and Full Marathon). Again, everyone said it was a great idea but no-one booked.
To organise it properly, would probably take 6 months and would be a fair bit of work.
I'd go though.
Also.. mid-August is mid-holiday time for many people... that would cut out some people.
Personally, the idea is interesting but the feasibility of making it success is probably low.. there are are lots and lots of regular socials already and it is far more practical to just turn up at a few smaller functions to meet people rather than trying to get everyone together...
What do people think?
I shan't be offended if this isn't a goer, but it's worth a try!
Sinewaif, great idea if you can pull it off. I'd be up for it (assuming we're free that weekend, but I'm not sure we are!!)
I'm a new broom that hasn't had bristles worn off yet, but I understand the feeling from other stuff I've done
If your keeping a list of possibilties, email me more dets when you know whats what and I'l let you know.
Before you commit yourself to ferrying folks around, I'd suggest that you contact Coops10 (a very amiable forumite, if a wee bit leery, with a cracking line in disgusting jokes!) to get an idea of numbers that he had interested in the black tie affair. If memory serves me correctly, there were well over 100. So, do you really want to be doing all that driving? And would the pub be big enough to cope if you got that many coming? Think about trying to get the powers that be at RW Towers on board. Or get some nice big running company to "sponsor" the event.
cos it was expensive when you added up hotel / meal cost etc
and i SO don't do black tie things :-)
generally i think a mass get together is a great idea
I really like the idea of prodding RW into organising something, though, I think I'll get e-mailing.