Okay, UKvian PPCers - we have a Gathering planned, and it's time to finalise the details. I'm going to list what I think is a decent setup, and if think anything needs changing - say so! Nothing's set in stone yet.

THE DATE: 16th August. We've previously discussed this, and it seemed like the date most of us could get there.

THE PLACE: London. Specifically, how about the British Museum? It's free to enter, full of the traditional Shiny Objects, fairly central (as I described here), and within walking distance of Covent Garden if we decide to go window shopping afterwards.

THE MEETING POINT: Probably the best thing to do would be to pick a column - how about the leftmost column on the main entrance staircase? This one. That's easy to find, not in the way, and not likely to go away.

THE TIME: 11 am? 12 noon? It looks like noon is fairly standard, so let's go with that, unless people have a problem with it.

THE LENGTH: I'm going to say 3-4 hours. The museum closes at 5:30, so there's no problem there. The other thing that was brought up is football fixtures; well, it looks like they're all starting at 3. We can hide in the museum while people flock into London to watch the game/s, and if we finish around half three (give or take half an hour), we should be able to all get away from central London before the games finish and people flock back out.

So... what does anyone think? What've I said that's stupid? What needs adjusting? What is the capital of Assyria?

hS