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What are people's thoughts on having a meetup in a month or so - say the weekend of 19-20 August? Orderinchaos 18:03, 21 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Good Idea - place, time, etc ? Satu Suro 00:10, 22 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

interesting Gnan garra 00:23, 22 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sure somewhere warm, preferably with a fire & a liquor licence... Dan arndt (talk) 04:59, 22 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Where would be a good place? Orderinchaos 09:14, 22 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Count me in. Might I suggest the cafe at the state library as a suitable venue? — Sam Wilson ( Talk • Contribs ) … 11:37, 26 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

On consensus of several of the participants, the discussion was archived as - a - it wasn't leading to a meetup per the topic of this page and - b - strayed into a range of other topics best kept to a meetup rather than public online discussion. Orderinchaos 10:56, 26 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

suggestion[edit]

It is clear that some soapboxing has broken out here - and I must apologise for being involved - I do think we need to get back to focus on whether a general social meetup is possible in August without anything on the agenda other than a catchup and meetup - anything further really needs to be pursued elsewhere Satu Suro 10:11, 26 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, absolutely. Let's just have a nice, non-political, get-together. I brought up the library only because it's a nice cafe, and we all like the sort of place it is (politics aside)! They do have lots of PD stuff, and they've never minded me sitting there with a digital camera photographing stuff; so I might go and do a bit more of that, one side or t'other of the meetup. ;-) — Sam Wilson ( Talk • Contribs ) … 10:47, 26 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I have enough on my plate at work so my preference is a social gathering & besides SatuSuro owes me a beer. Dan arndt (talk) 02:18, 28 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

venue[edit]

Any suggestions? Preferably somewhere not too expensive which sells beer :p Orderinchaos 03:29, 8 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'd vote for Little Creatures again! But perhaps somewhere in the city would be better, from the transport point of view. I don't know Perth pubs. — Sam Wilson ( Talk • Contribs ) … 03:57, 10 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Someone really has to stick his/her head out at some stage, and suggest a pub in Perth, so here goes - I think the nearest pub to the State Library that bears any resemblance to Little Creatures is the Brass Monkey. What about that? Bahnfrend (talk) 05:26, 10 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Great. 4PM Saturday August 20th (to pluck a slightly random time out of the aether)? — Sam Wilson ( Talk • Contribs ) … 05:43, 10 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think that the Great Western (Brass Monkey) Hotel would be a great venue - close to public transport & parking... Dan arndt (talk) 07:47, 10 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The only problem with Brass Monkey (having been at one meetup there in 2007) is that it's rather loud / difficult to hold a conversation there. Looking at other places, though, everything is incredibly expensive or is out of the way, so it may well be the only choice. I'd also propose slightly earlier - say 2:30pm on Saturday. Orderinchaos 13:27, 10 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Given that it's this weekend, and it'd be good to get word out to people who aren't watching this page — is there consensus for 2:30PM on the 20th at the Brass Monkey? — Sam Wilson ( Talk • Contribs ) … 06:35, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I can support that. If someone comes up with something better, they'd better be quick :) Orderinchaos 06:47, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I can't make until about 4pm - so hopefully you'll stick around for a couple of hours before I get there. Dan arndt (talk) 07:22, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

We all tend to be fashionably late no matter what time is agreed upon, so that's fine :) Orderinchaos 07:26, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, absolutely. It's a pub! ;-) — Sam Wilson ( Talk • Contribs ) … 07:32, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Spam![edit]

I just spammed pretty much everyone in Category:Wikipedians in Perth; hope no one minds. :-) I left out users who hadn't contributed for more than a couple of years. — Sam Wilson ( Talk • Contribs ) … 08:03, 17 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There are probably quite a few people in Category:Wikipedians in Western Australia who are also from Perth, but are not in the Perth subcat. Graham87 15:01, 17 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I figured there might be, but there's lots more users there, and now I'll have to check for duplicates; I might do it this afternoon. :-) What is the quick way to do this sort of invitation? — Sam Wilson ( Talk • Contribs ) … 05:09, 18 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

IIRC you could use AWB to send out all the invitations relatively quickly. Graham87 09:47, 18 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]