Meet in Germany, Re: ADMIN: Regional groups

[meckelburg at foni.net]

No: HPFGUIDX 18308

I tried to get a German- gathering going, but I only got 1 answer.
This might be a possibility for a new try. anyone interested to meet 
from Germany and nearby please mail off-list
Mecki

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Neil Ward" <neilward at d...> wrote:
> cc: Announcements
> 
> Amber asked:
> 
> <<Out of wild and rabid curiousity, are there anymore HP4GU groups 
for
> geographic regions? I tried a search on YahooGroups but only saw one 
for
> Australia. So, what, only people in Texas and Australia want to meet 
other
> Potter fans? <cheeky grin> >>
> 
> Hmmm.  I'm a little worried that Amber may be foaming at the mouth 
by now...
> 
> ***
> 
> There are two more regional groups associated with this list that I 
know of:
> 
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPFGU-London (next meeting in 
Greenwich on
> 26th May)
> (also used for Oxford and other places not too far from London)
> 
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPFGU-NewYork (meeting in Boston on 
12th May
> the last time I looked)
> (obviously covers Boston and probably Washington areas as well)
> 
> Mecki was trying to set up something similar in Germany, but I'm not 
sure if
> that's got off the ground.
> 
> ***A FEW IDEAS
> 
> If anyone else has, or wants to, set up other regional meeting 
groups,
> please check out the Regional Meetings database in our Database 
section to
> see who is on your doorstep.  By the same token, people interested 
in
> meeting up with other HP nutters should consider entering their 
details
> there for all to see:  
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/database
> 
> It's a good idea for one or two willing people to offer themselves 
as off
> list contacts to get an idea of the feasibility of local meetings, 
before
> setting up a list.  Although it's understandable that people will 
want to
> post flyers here initially, for maximum capture, don't forget the
> Announcements list http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPFGU-Announcements 
for
> letting people know if you've set up a new list.  Please use OT 
Chatter
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPFGU-OTChatter rather than the main 
list if
> you want an online forum in the early planning stages.
> 
> BTW, I know many of you aren't members of Announcements, but don't 
forget
> that you have the option to join that on webview only and check it, 
say once
> a week or once a month.
> 
> Organisers of regional meetings could add details of events to the 
Calendar
> on the main list, so that other members can see what's happening.  
If people
> are visiting your area from outside, it would be great for them to 
know if
> some HPfGU members are meeting up while they are there:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/calendar
> 
> Rather than rely on Yahoo Groups' search facility, I guess we could 
set up a
> separate file of URLs for any regional meeting groups in our Files 
section,
> so that people can see them all in one place.  That could be plugged 
from
> time to time by the Moderators (mainly on Announcements, but 
occasionally
> here).  Watch this space.
> 
> If you have any other ideas on regional meetings for this club or 
want
> advice on setting up a sublist, please e-mail Hexquarters at
> hpforgrownups-owner at y...
> 
> Neil
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