I would come down south to Manchester and bring the big rig for an at least sizable if not large meet, and would B&B or similar or perhaps pawn somebodies floorspace.
If this is looking to be a real practicality for, say, 6-10 people, and it is a matter of simply picking a date because a venue is easily sorted and then the bill divvied up before we go to the pub. Then I suggest trying to decide on a date and pushing hard forward and just doing it.
2nd and 3rd weeks in august I can't do. Also cant do the week around the 13th July. Or the 3rd or 4th week in September. Just to show my cards in this game.
I hope we can do some kind of event given this enthusiasm. A meet doesnlt have to be big. Both Scotland meets were pretty small affairs but very good nevertheless. We do not have to psudo-canjam in order to mvoe forward. It is far better to do many small meets and after them, build slowl onwards, instead of just jumping in the deep end.
I leave the call to those of the Manchester shout. But I'm certainly well up for making my way towards any proper meet almost anywhere in the UK.