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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, Peterborough and Wakefield 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). | + | 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, Newcastle, Peterborough and Wakefield so far for the "floating" venue. 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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| 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. | 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. | ||
| - | Participation in the multiplayer games is not at all mandatory and indeed several people just turn up just for the company. | + | Participation in the multiplayer games is not at all mandatory and indeed several people turn up just for the company. |
| =====Age Limits===== | =====Age Limits===== | ||
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| Occasionally we are lucky enough to visit a real life, working signalbox. The nature of these events mean that pre-registration is usually required and visitors need to be aware of the [[meets:signalbox_visit_rules|Signalbox Visit Rules]] to ensure a trouble-free visit. | Occasionally we are lucky enough to visit a real life, working signalbox. The nature of these events mean that pre-registration is usually required and visitors need to be aware of the [[meets:signalbox_visit_rules|Signalbox Visit Rules]] to ensure a trouble-free visit. | ||
| - | =====Upcoming Meets===== | ||
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| - | * [[meets:july2012|July 2012 - Newcastle]] | ||
| =====Previous Meets===== | =====Previous Meets===== | ||
| //See [[meets:previous_meets:|List of previous meets]]// \\ \\ | //See [[meets:previous_meets:|List of previous meets]]// \\ \\ | ||
| - | | |March |July |November| | + | | |March |July |November|Others| |
| - | |2006 |Bristol,\\ Knights Templar |London,\\ Artillery Arms |Derby,\\ Station Inn| | + | |2006 |Bristol,\\ Knights Templar |London,\\ Artillery Arms |Derby,\\ Station Inn| | |
| - | |2007 |Bristol,\\ Railway Club |London,\\ Artillery Arms |Derby,\\ Station Inn| | + | |2007 |Bristol,\\ Railway Club |London,\\ Artillery Arms |Derby,\\ Station Inn| | |
| - | |2008 |Peterborough,\\ Brewery Tap|London,\\ Artillery Arms |Derby,\\ Station Inn| | + | |2008 |Peterborough,\\ Brewery Tap|London,\\ Artillery Arms |Derby,\\ Station Inn| | |
| - | |2009 |York,\\ Brewery Visitors Cen |London,\\ Artillery Arms |Derby,\\ Station Inn| | + | |2009 |York,\\ Brewery Visitors Cen |London,\\ Artillery Arms |Derby,\\ Station Inn| | |
| - | |2010 |Peterborough,\\ Brewery Tap|London,\\ Railway Tavern |Derby,\\ Station Inn| | + | |2010 |Peterborough,\\ Brewery Tap|London,\\ [[meets:previous_meets:july2010|Railway Tavern]]|Derby,\\ [[meets:previous_meets:november2010|Station Inn]]|[[meets:previous_meets:august2010|Exeter West Signalbox]]| |
| - | |2011 |Wakefield,\\ Henry Boons |London,\\ Railway Tavern |Derby,\\ Brunswick Inn| | + | |2011 |Wakefield,\\ [[meets:previous_meets:march2011|Henry Boons]] |London,\\ [[meets:previous_meets:july2011|Railway Tavern]]|Derby,\\ [[meets:previous_meets:november2011|Brunswick Inn]]| | |
| - | |2012 |London,\\ Railway Tavern |Newcastle,\\ Bridge Hotel| | | + | |2012 |London,\\ [[meets:previous_meets:march2012|Railway Tavern]]|Newcastle,\\ [[meets:previous_meets:July2012|Bridge Hotel]]|Derby x 2, \\ [[meets:previous_meets:november2012|Brunswick Inn]]| | |
| + | |2013 |Bristol,\\ [[meets:previous_meets:march2013|Stag & Hounds]]|London,\\ [[meets:july2013|Railway Tavern]] |Derby,\\ TBC, provisionally Brunswick Inn| | | ||
| Last meet: | Last meet: | ||
| - | * [[meets:previous_meets:march2012|March 2012 - The Railway Tavern, 15 Liverpool Street, London, EC2M 7NX]] | + | * [[meets:previous_meets:march2013|March 2013 - Stag & Hounds, Bristol]] |
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| + | =====Future Meets===== | ||
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| + | These will usually be showing as provisional until close to the time of the meet. Please check the forum for the latest plans. | ||
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| + | ^ Year ^ Month ^ Place ^ | ||
| + | | 2013 | July | [[meets:july2013|London - The Railway]] | | ||
| + | | 2013 | November | Provisionally Derby (Brunswick Inn) | | ||
| + | | 2014 | March | Birmingham - TBC | | ||
| + | | 2014 | July | Provisionally London (Railway Tavern) | | ||
| + | | 2014 | November | Provisionally Derby (Brunswick Inn) | | ||
| + | | 2015 | March | Manchester - TBC | | ||
| + | | 2015 | July | Provisionally London (Railway Tavern) | | ||
| + | | 2015 | November | Provisionally Derby (Brunswick Inn) | | ||
| =====Other Venues===== | =====Other Venues===== | ||
| - | Each year we rotate the venues slightly, usually in March. Sometimes we're in need of a bigger venue if the previous venue closes, changes, or is unable to cope with the ever-increasing numbers of SimSig visitors. With that in mind, there is a [[.:meets:venue_research|research page]] noting suitable and unsuitable locations. See also [[.:meets:venue_requirements]] to see what a venue should offer. | + | Each year we rotate the venues slightly, usually in March. Sometimes we're in need of a bigger venue if the previous venue closes, changes, or is unable to cope with the ever-increasing numbers of SimSig visitors. With that in mind, there is a [[.:meets:venue_research|research page]] noting suitable and unsuitable locations. See also [[meets:venue_requirements|venue requirements]] to see what a venue should offer. |