[ANNOUNCE] Nottingham meet - information
Mike Knell
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Hi all,
As has previously been mentioned, AFP-Nottingham 1.0 is to be held on
Saturday 19 October, sometime from 7:30pm onwards.
I've now found out that this weekend is also the weekend of the
Nottingham Beer Festival -- 300 beers and hours of fun for all the
family. So, what I'd like to suggest is..
Either..
a) We forget the beer festival and go to the pub anyway
b) A hardened bunch meet up earlier on and go to the beer festival,
with the meet proper being held in a pub somewhere.
c) The entire meet happens at the festival.
So..
a) would be a shame, as I'm certain there are many afpers out there
who enjoy getting drunk whilst pretending to be sampling lots
of beers and making learned comments like "mmmm, nice fruity
flavour and a good finish".
b) seems like a good compromise to me -- finding places to hold meets
in the midst of a packed beer festival is probably rather hard, so
adjourning to the pub later on would be easy.
c) Not a good idea - see b).
I therefore suggest that we convene at 5:15 outside the Victoria Leisure
Centre (opening time is 5:30) for those interested in sampling beers,
and then at 7:30 for the actual meet which will be held in some pub
somewhere. Lots of people seem to want to go to the Trip to Jerusalem,
but it's closing four days after the meet for a 4-month refit and will
probably be absolutely *packed*. I'll ponder some locations and let
you know at a later date -- suggestions are welcome.
Could people who are considering turning up for one, the other, or both
of the sub-meets (particularly the beer festival bit) drop me some mail
so I have an idea of numbers. Stick "AFPMEET" in the Subject: header so
it gets siphoned off into the right mailbox.
Oh, limited crash space (in Beeston) is available - first come, first
served, bring your own sleeping bag.
Mike
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