The next meetup is scheduled for Saturday October 8th 2005, in Birmingham. Why should you come?
Well, Birmingham is a culturally diverse, vibrant city - the second largest in Britain - and has more canals than Venice. If you're a not huge canal enthusiast, or tempted by the excellent shopping opportunities, then why not come just to hang out with other edubloggers? And talk about edublogging stuff? I'll be there (again), but more excitingly, so will James Farmer, social entrepreneur and edublog kingpin, who's visiting from Australia!
There will be two meetup points and times - Afternoon and evening - so you can either hang out during the day, stay overnight, or both. And any beers you happen to drink during the course of the meetup will directly benefit our community building efforts.
You can sign up in the comments here or over at the wiki - where you can also leave suggestions or requests for venues. See you there!
Oh, I wish I could be there too.
I had the pleasure of visiting Birmingham a couple years back, and it's definitely an underrated city. There's some great pubs there, you should have no trouble finding a good spot for a meetup.
My favorite part of the trip: repeated visits to the Balti Triangle, that wonderful hybrid of Indian cuisine and British steel. I had some of the best -- and most fiery -- meals of my life there.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/legacies/immig_emig/england/birmingham/index.shtml
Oh man, do I wish I could join you all.
Posted by: blamb | Thursday, September 15, 2005 at 17:41
Ahh Blamb, I really wish you were coming along too. Also, that you could visit Leicester, - although Birmingham and Bradford are very good, Leicester remains home to the best UK Indian resturants and sweet shops available to human kind. Any time you're visiting - just let me know!
Posted by: Josie | Friday, September 16, 2005 at 21:43
I was BORN in the balti Triangle... Leicester is OK but for the old burnished bowl, you're nowhere near :)
Posted by: James | Tuesday, September 20, 2005 at 02:30
Wish that I could come. New York is a little far away.
Posted by: Adam Saunders | Wednesday, September 21, 2005 at 22:38
Hey Josie, looks like the wikis died...
Posted by: James | Tuesday, October 04, 2005 at 12:01
Nope - it's not dead, the software has just been changed which has caused some of the category urls to change slightly. The new url meetup page url is: http://www.camaban.co.uk/wiki/MeetUps
Posted by: Josie | Tuesday, October 04, 2005 at 12:18