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| =====Official Meets===== | =====Official Meets===== | ||
| - | Official meets are arranged currently three times a year, roughly mid-March, mid-July, and mid-November, each on a Saturday. The venues for these are usually pub function rooms, with those pubs being in places with easy transportation links. The July meets are in London, the November ones are in Derby. However, the March meet "floats" around the country - we've had Bristol, York, and Peterborough so far. Meets involve numerous laptops networked together around the room and usually copious amounts of beer drunk. Depending on the venue, a buffet lunch is provided, or you order a la carte. There may be a small charge see below. | + | Official meets are arranged currently three times a year, roughly mid-March, mid-July, and mid-November, each on a Saturday. The venues for these are usually pub function rooms, with those pubs being in places with easy transportation links. The July meets are in London, the November ones are in Derby. However, the March meet "floats" around the country - we've had Bristol, York, and Peterborough so far. Depending on the venue, a buffet lunch is provided, or you order a la carte. There may be a small charge (see below). |
| The timings of the meet is usually noon until 6pm but depends on the venue. | The timings of the meet is usually noon until 6pm but depends on the venue. | ||
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| =====Unofficial Meets===== | =====Unofficial Meets===== | ||
| Unofficial meets can be arranged on an ad-hoc basis but it would be polite to let us know if you are planning a public event. You cannot call it a "SimSig meet", for example, if it hasn't been sanctioned by us. Please discuss in the forum section for meets if you would like to arrange one and then we can take the discussions from there. | Unofficial meets can be arranged on an ad-hoc basis but it would be polite to let us know if you are planning a public event. You cannot call it a "SimSig meet", for example, if it hasn't been sanctioned by us. Please discuss in the forum section for meets if you would like to arrange one and then we can take the discussions from there. | ||
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| + | =====What Happens===== | ||
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| + | Meets involve numerous laptops networked together around the room and usually copious amounts of beer drunk. Guests bring their own laptops where possible so there are fifteen or more laptops for everybody to use. If you are not able to bring a laptop then you are welcome to use other people's laptops who have kindly allowed this to happen. In fact most meets have a rotation system to ensure everybody who wants to play is able to, with workstation/desk allocation assigned by random to prevent hogging of the more popular workstations/desks. | ||
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| + | Participation in the multiplayer games is not at all mandatory and indeed several people just turn up just for the company. | ||
| =====Age Limits===== | =====Age Limits===== | ||
| - | There is no specific age limit on the meets itself, however, the venue might have its own age limit. For those that do not know, the age for drinking in the UK is 18 years old, and those under 25 (or look under 25) are likely to need to show proof of age. We cannot chaperone or otherwise take care of minors; please make your own enquiries of the venue and arrangements with a responsible adult. | + | There is no specific age limit on the meets itself, however, the venue might have its own age limit. For those that do not know, the age for drinking in the UK is 18 years old, and those under 25 (or look under 25) are likely to need to show proof of age. We cannot chaperone or otherwise take care of minors; please make your own enquiries of the venue and make arrangements with a responsible adult. |
| =====Before the Meet===== | =====Before the Meet===== | ||
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| Yourself, money (for drinks and/or food if appropriate), and ID (if you look young enough to need it). | Yourself, money (for drinks and/or food if appropriate), and ID (if you look young enough to need it). | ||
| - | If you offered to bring additional equipment when you signed up then please endeavor to do so: | + | If you offered to bring additional equipment when you signed up then please endeavour to do so: |
| - | * Laptop | + | * Laptop |
| - | * Laptop power cord | + | * Laptop power cord |
| - | * Mouse | + | * Mouse |
| - | * Mousemat | + | * Mousemat |
| - | * Multi-way power strip and/or extension lead | + | * Multi-way power strip and/or extension lead |
| - | * Network cable (though wireless networking is possible) | + | * Network cable (though wireless networking is possible) |
| =====Health, Safety, and Security===== | =====Health, Safety, and Security===== | ||
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| =====Next Meet===== | =====Next Meet===== | ||
| - | [[meets:July2010|July 2010 London]] | + | [[meets:November2010|November 2010 Derby]] |
| =====Future Meets===== | =====Future Meets===== | ||
| - | [[meets:November2010|November 2010 Derby]] | + | [[meets:March2011|March 2011 (location to be decided)]] |
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| + | =====Previous Meets===== | ||
| - | =====Previous meets===== | ||
| [[meets:July2010London|July 2010 London]] | [[meets:July2010London|July 2010 London]] | ||
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| + | =====Other Meets===== | ||
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| + | [[meets:Aug2010Crewe|29 August 2010 Crewe]] | ||