On 5 May 2012 21:12, HJ Mitchell hjmitchell@ymail.com wrote:
As I think I said somewhere before, there isn't going to be a perfect date. So far, the morning after the AGM has more "yes"s than any other date, and several of the proposed alternatives clash with meetups/events in Liverpool, Monmouth, and Cambridge.
The morning after the AGM has the most yes's, but the morning of the 27th has the most yes's and (yes)'s. There are a lot of people that have expressed an interest in going that haven't voted yet, so I'd like to give it another 24 hours before we make a final decision.
I just put every weekend this month (apart from this one) up there. I know there are clashes (I included the afternoon after the AGM, which clases with a London meetup, so Liverpool, Monmouth and Cambridge shouldn't feel that I'm discriminating against them), but I thought it best to just a wide choice and see what works best for people.
Being Coventry-based, travelling to one end of the country (Liverpool) and travelling to the other end (London) the next day isn't a prospect that fills me with joy. I'd do it if I had to to, but holding a meeting on a morning when I'm in London and free, and when a lot of other people not based in London will be in London because of the AGM makes a lot of sense.
Yes, it does make sense, but there are already 5 people on the talk page on wiki apologising that they can't make that day and 2 people that have posted as attending but have said they would much rather it was on a different day.
Whatever the date, there are options other than attending in person - I'd be quite happy for a handful of people to participate via Skype, any action points/decisions will be posted on the UK chapter wiki, and WMUK has the technology to webcast it live if there's demand.
Yes, we should try and include people by remote as much as possible.