There's NO WAY I'm going to make it to anything outside of the southeastern region. Sorry guys.

Not that I count or that anyone wants to see me. *shrugs*  

awww. I wanna see you.
how southeastern would it need to be?

Happy Valley is a *MAYBE*.

We could always do a South East mini-meat.

Chattanooga is frelling gorgeous. *nod*

I think you should all come to Amsterdam beginning of November and watch Santa Claus arrive on a ship!


But seriously, I hope there's going to be a Euro Weva and a US/Canada Weva. Like in other years.

I would love to visit Amsterdam. or, indeed, anywhere outside of the continental US. *glares at tightwad employer*

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But seriously, I hope there's going to be a Euro Weva and a US/Canada Weva. Like in other years.

i think that's a good plan, personally. i'd love to get to a US/canada WEVA at some point, but it's not gonna happen next year

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Originally posted by Babylon the Bride:
But seriously, I hope there's going to be a Euro Weva and a US/Canada Weva. Like in other years.

Huh?

So far there have never been two WEVAs in one year. They've just kind of alternated. 2006 was Vegas, 2007 was London, 2008 was Tacoma/Seattle.

People have batted around the idea of having both simultaneously or in quick succession, but it often gets swatted down by those who want to encourage at least some people to cross the ocean. Obviously there are the people who can't afford it, but there are also those who can afford it but wouldn't bother if the same thing was happening at the same time in their hometown or close to it.

That is, after all, where the A comes in... "Adventure".

As part of the poor boardies, a southeast WEVA would be great for sometime in the future and Masque and I definately can provide crash space

i am already planning on being in Amsterdam for a day or two in April, if y'all wanna have a euro minimeat?

Just waved goodbye to my Greensboro friends and they thought Charleston would be a great place to go, not that they know any of you, or would be coming themselves...

All of those in favor of me organizing a SouthEast Mini Meat please raise your hand.

In the past, we've usually narrowed things down to a few choices and then started another thread with a poll, and politely asked people to only vote if it's possible for them to attend (or to vote for meat if they can't make it). Once we pick a place, the real jockeying happens with trying to establish a time (since it really stinks if you can make WEVA, but it's happening on finals week, or the day you're getting married or something - but pretty much everyone has a scheduling conflict at some point).

My two cents on the planning: as much as I hate to admit it, it's way, way easier to plan a meet when a local person lives in the destintation town. (I hate to admit this because it puts New Orleans out of the running, and I would have loved that - though we've got a few boardies who have been to NO so often maybe they'd almost count as local guides?). If the local person will let people crash on their floor, that's even better because more people come when there are affordable housing options. For Tacoma and the Chicago mini-meet, Tongster and I were the only ones at a hotel (and that was because I love hotels, not because boardies were out of floor space).

Edit in: Lady K, I bet if you proposed a city and told people a little about it and linked to neat stuff there, it would win! After all, you've been lobbying for the South for three years now, and I totally think it's your turn.

I raise my hand and since Masque is away from computer, I will raise her hand also

(if there are any wanting to go to Charleston, Masque would be a great guide she lived there quite a long time, we could all go down to the slave market)

Depending on timing, I may be able to swing an actual local guide or two in New Orleans. A couple friends of mine recently moved down there and one of them grew up there. I doubt they'd be up to provide crash space for anyone but me, however.

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Originally posted by ladykatza:
All of those in favor of me organizing a SouthEast Mini Meat please raise your hand.

*raises hand* or even a SouthEast MEAT.
it'd give me bonus incentive to visit my uncle, actually, so it'd probably be a very good thing for me.

(there is also a slight possibility for a nominal fee I can get my friend to let us use his house on Jekyll Island for a Mini-Meat)

May I add that camping out at my house will have to wait until it gets fixed up? So we're talking at least 2 years from now.

And mostly I just wanna cook for people.

Any Meat depends on driving distance - It varies for me, I can do a couple of hours if I'm by myself, longer if I'm with hubby. and that means that I'll have Devlin, so they would need to be entertained/y'all would have to put up with a kid.

I think any European stuff is just not gonna be in the budget any time soon, much as I want to. Southeast is possible, but I doubt I could do New Orleans.

(that would be ACE)

wow. Jekyll Island is a 14 hour drive from me! wow that's too far.