Atomic M33t 12!, No, really :P Options

[twinair]

but the apathy is strong over here these days, it seems.

Given that this meet is being thrown around like a hot potato, I don't think the apathy is isolated to Perth.

[The Tick]

IDK - May pay to give people the benefit of the doubt as like myself, once I saw it was Perth and I knew I had no way of attending I pretty much bowed out of the discusion.

I haven't been as involved with the community as I once was so I don't have feelers out that way anymore.

I'll PM some peeps and see what comes of it.

[CheekyChops]

Tick, awesome!

Our resident Melbournians Ashlar and Nich would surely know some good places, even Mac Dude, and hopefully he wont pike this time lol. Juggs will talk to them and see what they think. Rustle up the gang, its happening.

[AccessDenied]

If Melbourne, it's a maybe for Fenn and I. Partly because we have relatives and non-Atomic friends down there to catch up with/stay with. Thus giving multiple excuses to visit.. So.. Maybe..

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[Foods]

once I saw it was Perth and I knew I had no way of attending I pretty much bowed out of the discusion.

I vote to lock this thread. Start a new one saying its in Melbourne. Say a rough estimate of the date. Get this thing rolling again.

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Or just have Juggs edit the first post and the title. Dher.


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This post has been edited by Foods: Jan 31 2012, 06:13 PM

[Charcoal]

Yep, I can put my hand up to help organise this!

If that involves scouting out a few different places, I guess that's a burden I'll have to bare!

[Lord Dread]

Thanks gfor the heads up Tick, i'd mopstly ignored this being usally, everything ends up in sydney :P But if its coming to melbourne, i'd be in for it. :)

[Saponification]

Oh. Back in the civilised world. Nice.

The beerathons were mostly held at Puggs but there were also a couple held at Elephant & Wheelbarrow (the CBD one) and Lion (in Melbourne Central). I haven't been to any of these places in ages but iirc E&W made us order food (in the form of a few platters of frozen spring rolls/party pies/etc). Puggs maybe had a booking fee. Both of those places, however, gave you an entire floor to take over. This does not happen at Lion. I know of a couple of nice cocktail/spirit bars but they're typically small (although most have private rooms for functions) and, for multiple reasons, aren't suited to a beerathon/atomic meet. I think Young & Jacksons lets you book a room or whatever, but you need to either pay a fee or order food. In the CBD--which is really where you need to be--damn near everywhere either expects you to pay some sort of booking fee or to order platters of food (or the minimum bar spend--which is easy enough, right?)

So. Yeah. If it's in Melbourne I'm most likely in. If someone is prepared to travel ~30 minutes on the train (the station is just around the corner from my house) I also have a spare bed and sofa on offer.

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[Charcoal]

I've got an idea for a place.
It's where another group I associate with go for their monthly shindigs.

It's a fairly big space, but no room to sit down.
Drinks are cheap, if a bit limited.
The other group have their events during a weeknight, so that might change if but it may not be a problem (depending on numbers) for us to book it out on a Friday or Saturday night.

Beyond that, I say we put together a working group and go evaluate some places ;)

[Lord Dread]

The E&W was over priced imo, and the selection of drinks upstairs was frankly very crap. .. just my 2c :P

[Charcoal]

The E&W was over priced imo, and the selection of drinks upstairs was frankly very crap. .. just my 2c :P

Yeah, I'd prefer to get away from places like that; small dingy and small selection of overpriced drinks.

Especially if his event is fairly big, it may not be too hard to book a place out. the main problem would be cost for one on a Friday or Saturday night, IMHO.

Also, just thought of another place; small venue, last time I was there was for a gathering of around 50 people,but it was a bit squishy.
Central location (CBD) & a large selection of drinks at reasonable-ish prices.
Might be a bit expensive to book, but no harm in enquiring.

This post has been edited by Charcoal: Jan 31 2012, 08:11 PM

[The Tick]

once I saw it was Perth and I knew I had no way of attending I pretty much bowed out of the discusion.

I vote to lock this thread. Start a new one saying its in Melbourne. Say a rough estimate of the date. Get this thing rolling again.

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Or just have Juggs edit the first post and the title. Dher.


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A lock and new thread is probably not a bad idea. It should make it easier to coordinate with actual numbers.

Will get onto that.