Event Idea!

[David of Doell]

I have me a plan. I'm going to have a going away party before I leave so I'm thinking I could include some Belegarth some how. Since it will be one of the only times I can get everyone who's willing to come out, all in one place at the same time, it just might work. If I do it on Fri Oct. 2 then I could come crash the Airdrie practice. Maybe some Calgary people would come out too. I leave Sat Oct. 3.

I think 2:00pm on Friday Oct.2 would be too early for me to make it though because I'm not sure when my friends get off work etc. If you would consider a later practice/invasion/whatever then I think this could work. For the sake of numbers I'm fairly sure I could get at least three friends out. How many usually make it to the Airdrie practice? I think it would warrant invasion status and would draw more attention that way. I'm just throwing this idea out there, tell me what you think.

[Natalie]

Sounds fun ;D I'm very flexable with stuff since I don't have much on the go.

[Darr]

Okay yeah I say that we should do that. I will talk to our Airdrie group about changing that Friday practice to a 4 to 6 practice. How would that work for you David? As for the numbers of our Airdrie practice it usually comes to about six people but if all the people that were interested from our demo day come it would boost our numbers to around 10. So, if you came with some friends it is possible that we could hit the 15 mark!

[Moginheden]

I work till 5pm in Calgary, right on deerfoot, in the north. I can't make it to Airdrie before 6pm due to traffic. Since most people work 9-5 and probably start further from Airdrie than me, I doubt moving the practice would help enough, and during the winter we will eventually want practice early enough to avoid cold/dark.

I think moving just that one practice to 6pm-8pm would work better.

BTW that weekend I don't have Friday off so personally I can't make it before 6pm.

[David of Doell]

We will see about 6pm. It could work for me as one friend probably gets off work around 5 and we'll have to leave at 5:30. Lot's of the others don't have work. I'm going to start calling people so I can get some answers quicker and so we can have an official time. Mog, changing this practice time will just be a one time thing, unless you decide otherwise but you can save that for another thread.

[David of Doell]

I made a Facebook event for the Belegarth component of my going away party. I invited 13 people. If three came it would be great, if 10 came it would be amazing. I'm hoping it will catch steam as the "leaders" of the various social groups announce their attendance. You know how some people go to things just because someone else is. So on the event I have the time as 5:20 so we will hopefully leave for Airdrie at 5:30 and get there just after 6:00pm on Oct. 2. If enough people can't make it for that time then we might consider moving it back a little bit but we'll see how things go before anything like that needs to happen. I'm stoked now

[Darr]

Unless I decide otherwise. I'm the leader of the Airdrie group till Cib gets back. A 6-8 practice sounds great except that we could run out of day light. I think I will extend the practice to 3hrs from 5-8. If some people don't make it right on time that's fine.

You know, I don't know about you but I actually think we should make this an event instead of a practice. As long as the weather holds out I think we should do it. We just got a few people interested in Belegarth this last Sunday so an event right up front wouldn't hurt. So, how does an event sound to everyone?

On that note, Mog could you please ask around and see if some people from Calgary would be interested in coming out that day as well? The bigger force we can muster the better.

One last thought, a name for this event could be the Invasion of Arderyth since that is what everyone seems to want to do. LOL

[Moginheden]

"Invasion of Arderyth" sounds good. Darr can you put it on the news on belegarth.ca?

I didn't mean to step on anyone's toes saying 4 to 6 wouldn't work, just bringing up a potential problem for attendance.

[David of Doell]

Yes give it event status so it has more weight. We should be good for daylight, www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/astronomy.html?n=55&month=10&year=2009&obj=sun&afl=-11&day=1 The sun will set at about 7:11pm that day so we'll be fine. I'll see if we can come out earlier.

[Darr]

Ah, so an event it will be. If the sun sets at about 7 then I will make the time 4-7. I'm sorry about that for mog's sake but since it is in Nose Creek Park I don't want security guards coming and checking us out after it gets dark. It would probably be okay but better safe than sorry.

EDIT: Just a quick note to David. All of your friends will need a signed waiver. We can either figure out a way for me to get you some for them to sign or you can go here and print them off: www.belegarth.ca/Airdrie/New.html

Now as to mog's question yes I can/will post the information on the website.

[David of Doell]

It would be light out until 7:30 at least though. Tomorrow I'm going to see how long after sunset until it's too dark. Consider 7:30 if it would allow Mog to join us. One person makes a difference.

[Moginheden]

How about "4pm till it gets dark"?

[Cib]

Wow, good on everyone for getting this going. "4pm till it gets dark" sounds logical to me. Does anyone have contact info for Red Deer? Someone might want to PM them (including Niall).

(I don't know when I will have internet and when I wont, so don't know how much help I will be)

[Darr]

4pm till it gets dark then.

I don't know the contact info for Red Deer. The ideal would be a phone number or E-mail address. They're are not using the forum so a PM wouldn't work so well.

[David of Doell]

Two of my friends who would come have a concert that night One friend has confirmed he'll be coming though. I did invite 19 people though Anyone who I thought might be even slightly interested.