Hi all again -

Well, at least I didn't miss much while I was away! :-)

Can we pick this up again? Where we were at when I left was picking a date and place for an informal meet-up. Looking through the Doodle poll (http://doodle.com/98u89hyei8r24dus), the most favoured dates were:

Saturday, 4th September
Friday, 24th September
Saturday, 25th September

IMHO the 4th of September is now too short notice - though we might be able to get away with it if we really hit the ground running. That would leave either Friday the 24th or Saturday the 25th.

Like I said before, I'd favour a Saturday meet-up for several reasons (mainly because it would allow those working Monday-Friday from outside of Dublin to travel up and return in the same day and to avoid an evening). However, I am more concerned about making this happen than to be precious about having to take time off work to meet up on a Friday evening.

So, can I suggest either:

Friday, 24th September: 7:00pm(?) in Dún Laoghaire (dinner?, pub?, tour still possible?)
Saturday, 25th September: 2:00pm lunch in a Dún Laoghaire restaurant followed by casual chat in a nearby pub (with a possible private tour of the Maritime Museum as a treat)

Clem, are you still OK to arrange a venue?

There was also talk of pre-meet-ups at regional locations. I'm based in Cork. Aisling was one person who expressed an interest in a Cork meet. Annette also express interest in a Cavan/cross-border meet-up. Should we work on making these happen in advance?

Regards,

Oliver