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Melbourne Aussie Readers Gathering - Sunday February 16th
I always work Saturdays but with enough warning I should be able to take the day off. So I'm easy :)
At this stage it sounds fine with me. Thanks for organising it.
Hi Diana, thanks so much for organising again. Unfortunately I'm not free on Saturday 29 February. I am free on the 8th and the 15th though, as well as the 9th & 16th if that helps and have plenty of books (and some bookmarks) to bring with me.Hopefully we can find a date to suit everyone, I'm looking forward to seeing you all.
I'm also open to looking at Sunday dates as an option - might actually work out better than Saturday.
Ok taking into consideration Sundays I can do 15th, 16th, 23rd and 29th. Tracey can't do the 23 rd or 29th so let's eliminate those and choose between the 15 th and 16th. I have a guest from the US in early Feb but she's not staying as long as I thought.
Sundays work better for me so my vote is the 16th :)
Diana wrote: "OK 16th it is!"Hooray, count me in!
I'm new to this group and this is the first thing like this I've seen. what happens at these meet ups?
Proud Book Reviews wrote: "I'm new to this group and this is the first thing like this I've seen. what happens at these meet ups?"Eat, drink, talk, swap books... Come join us!
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Diana hasn't set up the first post yet as she was trying to work out a date. But if you want to get the idea we all do them the same. Just check out our Sydney one - the first post :) https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
It's always loads of fun and you get to meet some like minded people :)
Proud Book Reviews wrote: "I'm new to this group and this is the first thing like this I've seen. what happens at these meet ups?"Yeah it's fun! Just a bunch of like-minded people talking books over good food and drink. :) Plus sometimes we do a quiz! Quiz is fun! And everyone goes home with new books :D
it sounds interesting! I'll have to wait for all the details since it sounds like this might be happening on my partner's birthday weekend and not sure what we're doing yet. but it sounds like fun!
I have edited the original post with more details of the meet up.
Confirm me as a yes please Diana!I like the idea of board games but not sure of the logistics if we have a decent turn out? But I'm open to it!
Proud Book Reviews wrote: "I'm new to this group and this is the first thing like this I've seen. what happens at these meet ups?"We're just a bunch of bookish folks who love to chat about books over lunch. It's a different mix of people each time (with some regulars) and we love to welcome new members. I hope you can join us and will send you a friend request so we can get acquainted :-)
Michael wrote: "Put me down as a maybe at this time. For anyone who does not know I am for the first time in over 20 years, unemployed and am still deciding how I will go forward."Sorry to hear that Michael, I'm sure you're making the most of your little break and I hope 2020 marks the beginning of an exciting new job and some career certainty for you. I'm sure we'll all understand if a trip to Melbourne isn't on the cards this time.
Feb 16th is in the diary 👍Not really into the board games but am happy to go with the flow
I have messaged Nat, Denise, Sandy, Genevieve- and will message Mish . Anyone else I need to contact?
Diana wrote: "I have messaged Nat, Denise, Sandy, Genevieve- and will message Mish . Anyone else I need to contact?"Can you maybe check photos of previous events to see who might have been missed? My memory is terrible I'm afraid so can't really help there!
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Diana wrote: "I have messaged Nat, Denise, Sandy, Genevieve- and will message Mish . Anyone else I need to contact?"Hi Diana, I can help with names. We haven't heard from Elaine, Heather, MaryG, Rosie or Jack Wolf on this thread yet, so perhaps a message to them letting them know this is happening would be great.
Unless there is fire activity that would keep me at home, I'm definitely up for this meeting. I look forward to seeing everyone.Cheers, MaryG2E
Tracey Allen wrote: "Diana wrote: "I have messaged Nat, Denise, Sandy, Genevieve- and will message Mish . Anyone else I need to contact?"Hi Diana, I can help with names. We haven't heard from Elaine, Heather, MaryG, ..."
Yes, I'm planning to attend.
I'm in peeps.... Works beautifully with my valentines weekend with my spunky :D... I can message Elaine with people like, I'm in regular contact with her like Mary or Tracey, she doesn't jump on Goodreads as much...
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Brenda wrote: "Elaine would love to know you guys are thinking of her wouldn't she Nat :)"Sure would, and I have messaged her and she is keen as a bean to attend too, so if we include her in sending out the info for the meet, she can be sure that she is able to attend... :)
Nat wrote: "I'm in regular contact with her like Mary or Tracey, she doesn't jump on Goodreads as much.."Hey Nat :-) I'm on GoodReads every day, I just don't go into all of the groups and discussion threads. I can't keep up with my Twitter or Instagram feed, and just don't have time to check out the GR threads and only find out about events if someone remembers to tell me (readathons, lunch etc.)
Hooray, Mary and Elaine are coming :-)
Could someone contact Rosie, Heather and Jack Wolf? I'm not friends with them here and am not sure how to find them. Thanks Nat for contacting Elaine.
Diana wrote: "Could someone contact Rosie, Heather and Jack Wolf? I'm not friends with them here and am not sure how to find them. Thanks Nat for contacting Elaine."Sure, I can do it tomorrow Diana.
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Sure would, and I have messaged her and she is keen as a bean to attend too, so if we include her in send..."
That's great :) Please give my best to her - I haven't seen or spoken to her in a long time..
Well that was painless. First choice for new venue as recommended by Tracey splits bills so once I have numbers I will book. Thanks Tracey for contacting other regular attendees.
Tracey Allen wrote: "Nat wrote: "I'm in regular contact with her like Mary or Tracey, she doesn't jump on Goodreads as much.."Hey Nat :-) I'm on GoodReads every day, I just don't go into all of the groups and discuss..."
I'm same, on most days, mainly to update my reading pages and reviews, but not checking into discussions that much :) look forward to seeing you at the catch up :D
Diana wrote: "Well that was painless. First choice for new venue as recommended by Tracey splits bills so once I have numbers I will book. Thanks Tracey for contacting other regular attendees."Great news Diana, those three members have been messaged now.
Thanks for the message Diana.I just had to confirm some details for a tentative commitment I had so I’ve been a bit slow in responding. All good though, so I’ll be there.
Looking forward to seeing everyone.
I will be a maybe for now. I hope to be able to make it though.Thanks Tracey for the message.
Hi all,I wouldn't mind attending the event. I'm pretty busy during that week, but put me down as going for now please. I also wouldn't mind preparing a quiz and giving out something to the winner.
Jack wrote: "Hi all,I wouldn't mind attending the event. I'm pretty busy during that week, but put me down as going for now please. I also wouldn't mind preparing a quiz and giving out something to the winner."
Sounds great to me Jack, look forward to it :)
OK this is a little more complicated than I thought it would be ☹️. The venue wants names and menu selections in advance on a preorder booking form. I'll have a look at their website and see if we should stick with them or go elsewhere where this is not required. Seems crazy to me!
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Diana wrote: "OK this is a little more complicated than I thought it would be ☹️. The venue wants names and menu selections in advance on a preorder booking form. I'll have a look at their website and see if we should stick with them or go elsewhere where this is not required. Seems crazy to me! ..."Jeez, that's unexpected and I agree, sounds crazy. Do you want me to give them a call? Maybe they'll relax their process if they realise it could cost them the booking....
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The next Melbourne Aussie Readers Get Together will be held on Sunday 16 th February. Please comment here or PM me if you can attend.
RSVP by Friday 7 th February.
We are exploring new options for the venue as the last place didn't record our booking despite me having a long online chain of communication with them. I don't think they deserve our patronage again as we had interstate members visit for the event and we could have been left out in the cold.
One option we are exploring is a games Cafe. For a small fee of $5 a huge variety of board games are available for use. If this sounds like something that you would like comment here. Otherwise we can just go with the traditional food and drink venue.
As usual the venue will be PMed to you once we have final numbers.
We will have the wrapped Book Swap again. Bring along a wrapped book with a clue to its genre or theme.
If anyone would like to prepare a quiz that would be great too.
Any questions or comments just post here.
Looking forward to seeing everyone again.
ATTENDING
Andrea
Tracey
Krystal
Genevieve
Jo
Suzie
Denise
Nat
MaryG2E
Jack
Jenny
Mish
Rosie
Diana
MAYBES
Michael