UK CFC Meet up?

[Mise]

London would be the ideal place......and Mise is the only guy who's a Londoner, I think.

I think there are other londoners, but I'm the best.

 

[nonconformist]

Though I could theoretically train to London in the morning, and back at night, something tells me that my level of soberiety would be lowered enough to warrant another plan

 

[nonconformist]

I think there are other londoners, but I'm the best.

Aren't you just

But with regards to people in education, there's a half term coming up in october, so do you Uni guys and you workers have that holiday?

 

[farting bob]

I think weekends or xmas would be a good time to meet up, as long as we dont have to buy presents for each other, unless you all like fridge magnets.

 

[nonconformist]

I think a holiday, or several day recess would be best, frankly.

 

[privatehudson]

How about you all come to Australia instead

Why go to Australia? If I wanted to meet Aussies I'd just go into the bars in town

Me too mate (Lancashire)

Which bit?

In response to Rik's points:

Yeah, my main problem with London is that it's too damn expensive to stay a weekend in the capital. I'd have to get a loan or something

Rambuchan, my mum warned me about meeting up with strange men on the internet.

My mum just questions me for hours about the Women I meet... especially if they're single and my age for some reason

But with regards to people in education, there's a half term coming up in october, so do you Uni guys and you workers have that holiday?

You might, we people who actually do some work for a living don't necessarily though

 

[nonconformist]

I do work for a living.

I work for your livings.

 

[privatehudson]

*grumbles* damn students *mutters*

 

[farting bob]

I prefere the term "tax dodging leech" thankyou.

 

[col]

Scarborough is nice at this time of year... and cheap

 

[farting bob]

Scarborough isnt nice any time of the near, but it is cheap, i'l give you that.
How about brighton? I can get there for free, and it can be kinda fun.

 

[ComradeDavo]

It must be London!

Anyway, time to compile some sort of list of people intrested, and then we can work out details. This list is baed on comments so far in this thread.....

-Me
-Mise
-feline_dacat (I know she hasn't actually posted in this thread yet but she does live with Mise! plus she keeps saying 'Dave come visit again!')
-nonconformist
-Rambuchan
-farting_bob maybe
-Captain_Carnage if he's in the country (January)
-Stormbind maybe
-kittenofchaos maybe (and thus privatehudson maybe...I think)
-Lozzy_Ozzy maybe (and no, we are not going to Northampton)

Others intrested please say so, and what sort of dates and activities* would be good

*I think it's a given alcohol will be involved

 

[nonconformist]

I'm in, though I'm attempting to get a job, which I'll have to find a way around.

As for activities, I'm sure that going to pubs and maybe to a central London park will be fun.

Where abouts in London is Mise based?

 

[Lozzy_Ozzy]

I was kidding about the Northampton thing .

I know no one would want to go there .

I will come depending on when it is, and what we are doing (accomadation etc.).

 

[farting bob]

feline lives with mise??? damn, musta missed that memo.
I wonder if we could convince some of the frenchies to come visit engerlund...
Oh and keep in mind that some bars and clubs wont like us underage folk drinking in there, which could be a pain, depending on how much drinking is to be idone.

 

[privatehudson]

kittenofchaos maybe (and thus privatehudson maybe...I think)

That depends on arrangements that can be made. Besides, why would you want me there, I'm just a pain in the butt

 

[Sophie 378]

I might just come ... but I'm one of those weirdies who's managed to get to age 21 without yet liking alcohol, cigs, modern music or even coffee ! But anyway, you folks have a good party!

 

[farting bob]

What do you do with yourself sophie??? no drinking, music or coffee??? (i dont smoke either so i'll let you off that 1).
Anyway, im sure other people might not get completely drunk, so you wouldnt be alone

 

[Sophie 378]

I drink tea, I listen to Mozart, and I play Civ, what more could anyone want?

 

[Stapel]

lurker's comment: I've had some get-togethers with CFC-members. Last one was in Stuttgart. I'm posting this to give you some tips.

First: decide on a location. You need someone with enough room who opens up his/her house for the guests. Without it, I think the chances of it happening are slim. Hotel cost just might tip the balance to "No" for many.
Second: decide on the date(s). Of course the host has a big say in this. My experience is that get-togethers starting of Friday-evening work out fine. The timespan is not too long nor too short and most people can make themselves available over the weekend.
Third: decide on activities you want to do / undergo. Clubbing, games, Civ in a LAN-game, chat&talk, whatever. This will give the interested people the knowledge they need to make the decision if the time + travelcost is worth it.
Fourth: Let the interested people "sign up". If there are too few, adjust the point 2 and perhaps 3. If there are too many, the host should "remove" people, or adjust points 1,2 and 3.
Fifth: make agreements about "who pays for what" and "Who brings what". Having this settled before the get-together itself prevent unnnessecary stress and irritation.

You don't need to organise travel-planning; the guests will do that themselves.

Good luck

Having attended (and sometimes organsised) nine (semi-)CFC get-togethers, including the one in Stuttgart, I have more tips:

Is it going to be a pub-strolling-day/weekend, or civ-playing weekend?
The two London get-togethers I have attended were pub-visiting only.

I guess best would be to collect in a bar, stay together for the day (noon on a saturday worked out fine twice), and let all go wherever they want around 11pm.
Sleeping places should be organised on a personal basis.