General Chat

Birmingham sounds great to me £10 in post Jim!! Lots of Hotels run special offers for conferances an overnighter could be fun but most would need time to save up and late spring would give us time. Mind you wouldnt mind a bit of sun Hrmmm Spain Italy well mustnt daydream!! look forward to wherever sandra

Hi all, What we are trying to do at present is test the water re a Venue. One there is a general consensus we can approach GC. It has been suggested that there will be a Family History Fair at Loughborough University in July/Aug which we may be able to attend and suggest that GC take a Stand there. Jim

RAY - That is a brilliant idea - well done! I with you on that!

Rays idea sounds good but will take a bit more organising to find locations that could support a large number of people and satellite links, tv crews etc. For instance our local meeting was in a garden centre which wouldn't be practical. Perhaps it should be South, East, West, North and Scotland, rather than local. i.e. Birmingham, Southampton/Bournemouth, Manchester, and Scotland. All these have airports and are easy to drive to. You have to consider the people who live in Cornwall as well as those in Scotland. Ann Glos

sounds good i live in the midlands birmingham would be easy for me - i would go by train instead of car and london would also be ok in fact any big city with a train station however if it was combined with the Loughborough uni event that would be brilliant as i live very close - however thats selfish of me but it is in the midlands lou

dare i day i have to disagree (sorry) its just ive met some nice people in the two meetings i have been to and it wont be the same trying to be with everyone through satelite link would rather see them in person but will go along with what the final agreement is

I know Jin specifies UK but what's wrong with Perth in Western Australia. It has two airports and is close to lots of things (the bush and the ocean for example and also ME!!) Plus this time of the year you can all bring your bathers and sun cream. What more could you possibly want?

I think I have a good idea! We could ask GC to put together one of those pop up vote polls that you get on some sites. It would pop up as you log in - only for a couple of weeks! That would solve any debates, as the city with most votes would win. We would just need to list about 5/6 choices. Edinburgh most definitely being one of them as I know many of you have Scottish ancestors. New Register House in Edinburgh has a facility there that most of your researching England/Wales/Ireland have never seen the likes of. We could arrange a block booking there for the evening. You would be suitably impressed. Edinburgh is a very beautiful city with loads of history and lots of places to see and things to do. I think we have more hotels here that we know what do to with :o)) We also need to think of the many Scottish members who live right in the north of Scotland even from some of the Islands. Regards Margaret

We have some nice caravan/camp sites - would be a laugh. I think Colin mentioned(on Saturday at Webbs) a holiday camp - how about Butlins for a weekend somewhere - all the entertainment you want then. Hope no one has already said this. Byeee Jude