Hi guys. I've been in touch with the conference room coordinator this morning & have provisionally booked an additional room (Conference Room 1) for the day. Now we need to decide whether we want/need it. Personally, I think it would be sad to have to limit numbers, though admittedly the interest this has generated certainly surpasses what previous UK meet threads have suggested (which is great!). Conference Room 1 is fairly sizeable as well, and is the only one available, so I suspect it could certainly allow us to go as far as we want with this meet. Obviously, there's a cost implication, an extra £180. I'll discuss with our sponsor first, but as this almost doubles the initial figure, it would be entirely reasonable if us attendees were required to stump up for the extra room. I'll update you on that soon.
I'm planning on visiting the hotel next Monday (28th Sep). I may or may not get a chance to see both rooms (as at least one of them is in use that day), but I'll be meeting with the technical chap at the hotel to sort out power issues. Having not seen the hotel or the rooms yet, it's hard for me to visualise how tight we are going to be on space in the one room, though from Doug's comments I suspect we are looking at a cap on attendees from now if we don't take on the extra room.
Raffle-wise, great idea. Throw some more thoughts out there & I'm sure we can come up with something.
With regards to new Headfi members posting their intent to attend, in fairness that is what we've requested...that anyone wishing to attend must register here and post their intent. I do understand the concern though, and frankly I share it. I think it comes down to a simple decision...do we allow non current Head-Fi members to attend at all? As you'll have seen earlier in the thread, the meet has been advertised on a few other forums, so we were bound to see new people appear. If this is uncomfortable, I suggest those threads be updated to that effect. From my point of view, I think perhaps a few new members might be ok, but I'll start to worry if loads want to attend (remember, everyone has to be pre-registered on this thread). But, I understand that even one unknown might be too many for some, so please just let us know your thoughts guys. The most important thing here is that the established Headfi members, who are of course making the meet worth attending, feel comfortable & secure on the day.
Anyway, I'm really looking forward to this meet
. Cheers. Mark.
I'm planning on visiting the hotel next Monday (28th Sep). I may or may not get a chance to see both rooms (as at least one of them is in use that day), but I'll be meeting with the technical chap at the hotel to sort out power issues. Having not seen the hotel or the rooms yet, it's hard for me to visualise how tight we are going to be on space in the one room, though from Doug's comments I suspect we are looking at a cap on attendees from now if we don't take on the extra room.
Raffle-wise, great idea. Throw some more thoughts out there & I'm sure we can come up with something.
With regards to new Headfi members posting their intent to attend, in fairness that is what we've requested...that anyone wishing to attend must register here and post their intent. I do understand the concern though, and frankly I share it. I think it comes down to a simple decision...do we allow non current Head-Fi members to attend at all? As you'll have seen earlier in the thread, the meet has been advertised on a few other forums, so we were bound to see new people appear. If this is uncomfortable, I suggest those threads be updated to that effect. From my point of view, I think perhaps a few new members might be ok, but I'll start to worry if loads want to attend (remember, everyone has to be pre-registered on this thread). But, I understand that even one unknown might be too many for some, so please just let us know your thoughts guys. The most important thing here is that the established Headfi members, who are of course making the meet worth attending, feel comfortable & secure on the day.
Anyway, I'm really looking forward to this meet
. Cheers. Mark.
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