UK meetup? (on hold)

[swimmingbird]

Hey guys! I'm currently in Milan for work for the next month or so and was thinking of visiting the UK on one of my many free weekends... just wondering if there would be any interest for a meetup for geekhackers maybe in the next month or so on one of the weekends? Would be great to meet all you fine fellows 

On hold for the time being

[rowdy]

I think someone tried to organise a UK meetup a while back.  Not sure if it went anywhere, but I don't recall seeing any pictures, so maybe not.

[swimmingbird]

I think someone tried to organise a UK meetup a while back.  Not sure if it went anywhere, but I don't recall seeing any pictures, so maybe not.

The US ones seem to be so successful! Wonder why there hasn't been a good UK one yet (please correct me if I'm wrong)

[joey]

I'd be up for it

[swimmingbird]

I'd be up for it

I'm going to through out a hypothetical date of the weekend of the 17th/18th October - if anyone is interested let me know 

[zombimuncha]

I'll try to make it, if it's in London.
I think the reason the last attempt failed was because the venue was a gaming convention.

[Fire Brand]

I would love to but BUT that weekend I have plans with people :c and London would be too far for me anywhere it would need to be like the midlands for me to make it :/ I think bunny was wanting to do a meet up but I don't think anything happened of it as that was listed for August :X

[swimmingbird]

I would love to but BUT that weekend I have plans with people :c and London would be too far for me anywhere it would need to be like the midlands for me to make it :/ I think bunny was wanting to do a meet up but I don't think anything happened of it as that was listed for August :X

I'm pretty flexible on the date - any weekend in october would work for me
If anyone is interested please post what date would work best and if london would be alright for the meetup

[baldgye]

I'm game

Though London would be a hassle to get to and expensive to stay the night, me and bunny chatted about August but with him moving house and his little nipper on the way it just never happened (which makes sense lol)

But yeah I'm down for anything in the Midlands as I'm in Brum City Center, still need to go for a drink with Katty actually..

[zombimuncha]

17th/18th October is the quarter finals of the world cup. I'm out unless it's a combined keyboard and rugby-watching meetup, or we're done by 8pm (New Zealand match starts at 8pm)

[baldgye]

A meet up during a world cup weekend game would be horrendous, especially in London lol

[BunnyLake]

im happy to host one in brighton at any time

[swimmingbird]

im happy to host one in brighton at any time

I'd be happy to do Brighton

[katushkin]

But yeah I'm down for anything in the Midlands as I'm in Brum City Center, still need to go for a drink with Katty actually..

Plz.

[swimmingbird]

But yeah I'm down for anything in the Midlands as I'm in Brum City Center, still need to go for a drink with Katty actually..

Plz.

It would be great to get everyone in the same place but it seems like people in the midlands can't really make it down south.... not sure what to do... midlands meetup and then south meetup?

[baldgye]

But yeah I'm down for anything in the Midlands as I'm in Brum City Center, still need to go for a drink with Katty actually..

Plz.

It would be great to get everyone in the same place but it seems like people in the midlands can't really make it down south.... not sure what to do... midlands meetup and then south meetup?

I can make it down south, its just me and katy literally live in the same city

[swimmingbird]

But yeah I'm down for anything in the Midlands as I'm in Brum City Center, still need to go for a drink with Katty actually..

Plz.

It would be great to get everyone in the same place but it seems like people in the midlands can't really make it down south.... not sure what to do... midlands meetup and then south meetup?

I can make it down south, its just me and katy literally live in the same city

should I organise a playdate? 

[iri]

But yeah I'm down for anything in the Midlands as I'm in Brum City Center, still need to go for a drink with Katty actually..

Plz.

It would be great to get everyone in the same place but it seems like people in the midlands can't really make it down south.... not sure what to do... midlands meetup and then south meetup?

yeah and do one in wales for me please

[zombimuncha]

Seems like people are unwilling to travel for just a "meetup." So maybe it should be more of a KeyCon type of thing, with presentations and giveaways and whatnot.

[baldgye]

I'd be down, hell me and katty are meeting up in brum next week... it's just planning it and tbh I'd rather go somewhere nice rather than london haha

[suicidal_orange]

I'm kinda interested but I'm in the south west so as expected, nowhere near anyone else.

I've lugged a suitcase of headphone related stuff to London and Manchester on the train before but would need more padding for my little keyboard collection.  Oh and it would have to be long enough to justify a night or two in a hotel...

[foxer]

I'd be down for this but hell to London. Midlands would be perfect. I'd sleep at baldgye's.

[Fire Brand]

I'd be down for this but hell to London. Midlands would be perfect. I'd sleep at baldgye's.

BALDGYES BEEN CHEATING ON ME?!?!

But yeah as with what foxer said something slightly further north than London would be a lot better.

[BunnyLake]

i can only do it down south what with the baby about to drop

but im happy to host and make arrangements, i can put a few people up if need be, brighton is like half an hour out of london, on the sea, lots to do etc

but yeah, sadly i have to count myself out of anywhere else

[baldgye]

I'd be down for this but hell to London. Midlands would be perfect. I'd sleep at baldgye's.

Aww yeah only got one bed tho

I'd be down for this but hell to London. Midlands would be perfect. I'd sleep at baldgye's.

BALDGYES BEEN CHEATING ON ME?!?!

But yeah as with what foxer said something slightly further north than London would be a lot better.

I'm very liberal








But I'm down for doin something with folk and I think we should try and get bunny involved, given everything he has done, I'm down for a weekend in Brighton

[zombimuncha]

I'm up for a trip to Brighton, given enough advance notice.
When's the baby due? Maybe we should wait until Bunny's had a chance to re-learn the art of sleeping.

[BunnyLake]

I'm up for a trip to Brighton, given enough advance notice.
When's the baby due? Maybe we should wait until Bunny's had a chance to re-learn the art of sleeping.

the baby is due anyday, but its no problem if its local to me to make time as long as its not within the next week

ill even bring goodies for everyone

[baldgye]

ill even bring goodies for everyone

RITE THATS IT EVERYONE TO BRIGHTON

[swimmingbird]

Ok so I'm still thinking of maybe doing 2 meetups - both on the same weekend. I'm thinking the first one will be in Brighton on a Saturday (maybe the 17th of October or possibly the 24th depending on what works for everyone) and then one on the Sunday for our more northerly friends that can't make it down

Thoughts?

[baldgye]

I'm going to have to work out when I'm available but I'm down for that

[swimmingbird]

I'm going to have to work out when I'm available but I'm down for that

Sweet - does anyone know of a good calendar tool that we could use to see which dates work for which people?

[BunnyLake]

the 24th is the best for me out of those dates, and teh weekend of the 17th i have a show

[zombimuncha]

what sort of hours are we thinking? Day trip or overnight?

[baldgye]

what sort of hours are we thinking? Day trip or overnight?

I was thinking to go down Saturday morning and stop over the Saturday night in a hotel or something, but I don't know the area

I can't do the 24th (that weekend) as turns out I've got family stuff going on, but the following weekend is good for me... if that, helps? lol

[swimmingbird]

what sort of hours are we thinking? Day trip or overnight?

I was thinking to go down Saturday morning and stop over the Saturday night in a hotel or something, but I don't know the area

I can't do the 24th (that weekend) as turns out I've got family stuff going on, but the following weekend is good for me... if that, helps? lol

Can't really do the following weekend as I'm headed back to Australia on the 30th

[baldgye]

what sort of hours are we thinking? Day trip or overnight?

I was thinking to go down Saturday morning and stop over the Saturday night in a hotel or something, but I don't know the area

I can't do the 24th (that weekend) as turns out I've got family stuff going on, but the following weekend is good for me... if that, helps? lol

Can't really do the following weekend as I'm headed back to Australia on the 30th

haha typical! alright let me try and figure some **** out when I'm not at work
(but it's not a pre-requisite that I come, I'd like like too  )

[BunnyLake]

my show is on the night of the 17th

so i can do anytime but then

[swimmingbird]

what sort of hours are we thinking? Day trip or overnight?

I was thinking to go down Saturday morning and stop over the Saturday night in a hotel or something, but I don't know the area

I can't do the 24th (that weekend) as turns out I've got family stuff going on, but the following weekend is good for me... if that, helps? lol

Can't really do the following weekend as I'm headed back to Australia on the 30th

haha typical! alright let me try and figure some **** out when I'm not at work
(but it's not a pre-requisite that I come, I'd like like too  )

It would be good to get as many people as possible
I know nothing about setting up these kinds of things - anybody got a preference on time of day/ location etc?

[swimmingbird]

Actually Bunny you would probably know best on what the best spot would be considering you live there

[BunnyLake]

Actually Bunny you would probably know best on what the best spot would be considering you live there

location is easy but it would be sorta number dependent on where i would suggest, so get that kinda thing locked in, and i can work it out from there

once we have some people locked, perhaps start a skype  group chat or something, as im rubbish at checking the forum

[swimmingbird]

Actually Bunny you would probably know best on what the best spot would be considering you live there

location is easy but it would be sorta number dependent on where i would suggest, so get that kinda thing locked in, and i can work it out from there

once we have some people locked, perhaps start a skype  group chat or something, as im rubbish at checking the forum

Sounds good - doesn't seem like many people have seen this thread or maybe they aren't interested but I'd like to get some more people involved

[Hzza]

Nice, I'd be up for a meet up for sure. 24th is the day before our daughters birthday so I'll try and swing a day trip down to the coast . Brighton's so close though I could more or less do whenever.

[joey]

24th is fine for me

[swimmingbird]

Alright I'll set the 24th in Brighton as the tentative date for now
I'll post a google form in a second so we can get an idea of numbers and so forth

[BunnyLake]

Alright I'll set the 24th in Brighton as the tentative date for now
I'll post a google form in a second so we can get an idea of numbers and so forth

we need to get baldy in

[RabRhee]

Where is this... Brighton? Is it anywhere near the north coast of Scotland?

Yeah yeah, ok, I know. Ah well, I can't go, not least because of the 1400 mile round trip. Have fun, I shall expect to see pictures of trainers, exotic takeaway food, and pasty keyboard freaks to beat the best of the US meets

[baldgye]

The reason I 'couldn't' make it is that my gf has a pretty important exam on the Monday and so if I came I'd be flying solo and might have to drive back later on the Saturday and it's a 7 hour round trip, let me have a think

if anyone wants to add me on skype I'm either bald_gye or baldgye I cant remember lol... all I know is that Jinro is my profile pic, coz he's so dreamy 

[swimmingbird]

Okay.. interest form is here

[swimmingbird]

Quick update everyone - spoke with baldgye earlier and he might be able to do the 24th if we start a bit earlier - maybe around lunch time - I'm not too sure what we will do yet but please chuck out suggestions if you have any

[katushkin]

I find it funny that an Aussie is organising the UK meetup

I might be able to come, I would probably drive down, but it's quite a way.