On 2003.08.19 13:53, Syd Hancock wrote:
Or do you mean have a joint meeting every six months with transport arranged? That could be interesting, provided there was enough transport and people turned up in time for the lifts :-)
I'd be interested to know why people are put off going to meetings that are far away from home.
Is it the cost, the time, the need to drive or some combination?
Car sharing could be an answer to two of those particularly where there is a cluster of people together in the same place, e.g. Norwich. There is a meeting transport page already (http://www.alug.org.uk/contrib/?MeetingTransport), though at the moment MJR seems to be the only person using it.
I live in Felixstowe. For most meetings I will need to travel past Ipswich and will be happy to give a lift to anyone nearby or on the route.
I would be sad to see a situation where people were asked to decide which of two meetings to attend as I think it would encourage parochialism. The plan with a three month rotation of Norwich, Syleham and another venue looks good to me.
Steve.