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When we announced the two meets @QWales suggested we might like to hold one in Cardiff. His employers Atradius have kindly offered us the use of some meeting rooms in their offices in Cardiff Bay. I visited them in April and met the building services manager who is keen to support employees interests and liked the idea of the cafe holding a meet at the offices.
There were two small conditions, one being that if we are serving food we use their on site caterers and the second that we make a small donation to their two charities of the year. I will have to confirm the charities but one I think was in respect of children's cancer.
I have been discussing this with Aldevis and we are both keen if possible to make this a slightly different event to the previous two. We would like to try and get some suppliers of instruments and sax related stuff and possibly a tech or two there. We are thinking of perhaps shorter workshops with possibly more than Aldevis running them. The premises are bigger than the last two locations and we would have 3 meeting rooms and a large communal area we could occupy plus the entrance which has possibilities too.
We are in a catch twenty two situation in that if we start talking to suppliers they may want to know numbers attending before committing and obviously members will want to know who is attending before booking.
So in time honoured tradition I have set a little poll to gauge interest here first, If you select answer 2 3 or 4 please post additional detail in the thread.
Please feel free to post any comments and suggestions, if you are a tech, supplier or teacher and interested in getting involved please post on the thread or PC me.
Once we know numbers and levels of interest and what you want out of it we will put a programme together.
Facts so far:
It will be held sometime Mid Sept - Mid Nov
It will most likely be a Sunday but I will probably be there from Saturday so we could have a social evening beforehand. There are lots of nice bars restaurants and hotels in the Bay area.
We have to vacate the building by 6.00 but we can have it all day.
On site car parking will be available.
Cost will be kept as low as possible but will be determined when we have numbers but is unlikely to be less than the previous two but will include lunch and refreshments throughout the day.
Numbers will be limited, yet to be determined.
We may open it up to local non members
If I think of anything else I will post again
Jx
PS @c9off consider this a personal invite xx
There were two small conditions, one being that if we are serving food we use their on site caterers and the second that we make a small donation to their two charities of the year. I will have to confirm the charities but one I think was in respect of children's cancer.
I have been discussing this with Aldevis and we are both keen if possible to make this a slightly different event to the previous two. We would like to try and get some suppliers of instruments and sax related stuff and possibly a tech or two there. We are thinking of perhaps shorter workshops with possibly more than Aldevis running them. The premises are bigger than the last two locations and we would have 3 meeting rooms and a large communal area we could occupy plus the entrance which has possibilities too.
We are in a catch twenty two situation in that if we start talking to suppliers they may want to know numbers attending before committing and obviously members will want to know who is attending before booking.
So in time honoured tradition I have set a little poll to gauge interest here first, If you select answer 2 3 or 4 please post additional detail in the thread.
Please feel free to post any comments and suggestions, if you are a tech, supplier or teacher and interested in getting involved please post on the thread or PC me.
Once we know numbers and levels of interest and what you want out of it we will put a programme together.
Facts so far:
It will be held sometime Mid Sept - Mid Nov
It will most likely be a Sunday but I will probably be there from Saturday so we could have a social evening beforehand. There are lots of nice bars restaurants and hotels in the Bay area.
We have to vacate the building by 6.00 but we can have it all day.
On site car parking will be available.
Cost will be kept as low as possible but will be determined when we have numbers but is unlikely to be less than the previous two but will include lunch and refreshments throughout the day.
Numbers will be limited, yet to be determined.
We may open it up to local non members
If I think of anything else I will post again
Jx
PS @c9off consider this a personal invite
xx
