London Meet [May 2014]

Hey all,

I really enjoyed the London meet in September, even though it took a few of us a while to realise who we were (I had been standing beside several members for a good hour) and I've decided to try and set another one up.

Update: 23/03/14

As some of us are unavailable in April, I have decided to postpone the meet until mid-late May. The date is yet to be decided, but it will likely be on any of these weekends:

17th/18th May
24th/25th May
31st May/1st June

Update: 02/04/14

The venue is also still up for discussion. The George On The Strand have confirmed that they are unavailable due to refurbishment. I have also found this website which has pubs with function rooms close to the busier stations:

http://www.traditionalpubslondon.co.uk/

All ideas and suggestions welcome

waylander said:

The George is being refurbished so may not be available for a while.

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Bugger, I didn't know that. I guess the venue is up for discussion also.

mirandashell said:

I've opened a seperate thread for it so as not to derail JF's. Sorry mate!

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Fiend!

I doubt I'll be able to make it to the Birmingham meet It's a bit too far for me. Hope all goes well though

Is it safe to say April 12th? Or should we give it a bit more time and see what happens. No one has replied in a month, but my last thread didn't really kick off until about a week before.

Also, I (being the lazy bastard I am) haven't yet found a new venue, so if anyone can think of any we can look into it. Function rooms optional (I'll probably forget to book it anyways lol).

I am a terrible planner.

lisalulu09 said:

Hi, what does this meet involve?

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Showing up. Literally, you can stay for as long or as short as you like. Last time, even though I hosted it, I left sometime late afternoon. To my knowledge, the meet continued for a good few hours after that.

Mr Flibble said:

We always talk shit.

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And sometimes we even talk about writing!

eyeblink said:

The 12th coincides with the meeting of the writers group shara refers to above. But if that's best for the majority, some of us will be coming along afterwards, i.e. earlyish evening.

The 5th or the 26th is entirely free for me, personally. But go with the majority.

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Perhaps the later the better? We still have plenty of time to book a date, I suppose what we really need is a venue. Shall we keep it in the same kind of area? Or would somewhere like Victoria/Waterloo be easier for people to get to as they are the major stations.

I'm starting to see a pattern of people who can't make it in April. How would people feel about pushing the meet back a few weeks so we can to accommodate as many people as possible? Somewhere in the middle of May, for instance.

Everyone has a say in wheres and whens