Re: UKHA 2005 - dates?

[Stuart Grimshaw <stuart.grimshaw@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 14:28:11 -0000, Mark McCall
<lists@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Do we have any potential dates for UKHA 2005.
>
> Ian, I have been thinking about this over the last week or so too,
seeing if
> I can muster the enthusiasm to organize another one again.
>
> The work involved in last years meet was not insignificant, and
sometimes I
> really wondered why I was doing it.  Graham also takes on the
substantial
> risk of putting up the finances for the venue.

Just to echo my thoughts when we talked about it the other day, have
things really moved on that much since 2004? Are there really that
many amazing new things that would justify having a full blown meet
again?

> With this years "proper" Smart Home show at the NEC in
April...
>
> http://www.smarthomeshow.co.uk/
>
> ... I had thought of perhaps moving our meet to there.  Visiting the
show
> where no doubt Clipsal etc will have stands, and staying in a local
hotel
> where we can continue with the social aspect of the get-together.

I think this is a great idea, we get the best of both worlds, seeing
clipsal et all at the show, then doing "show & tell" (steady
Phil!!)
back at the hotel afterwards .

The most enjoyable thing about ukha2004 for me was meeting everyone,
having a drink and shooting the shit late into the night.

The hotel had better have a bar that stays open later than the last
one though :-)

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-S