Hi Karen....I too gave up on receiving notices...they would always get cancelled at the last minute. We had a couple of successful meetings on our own but to be honest, I just didn't want to be the one to get everyone together. I just have too many other things going on.
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Karen Vella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Where are you located? We were choosing to have ours > at Barnes and Noble and one time Borders Books was > voted. > The problem I've encountered over the last two years > with meet-ups is that no one attends. You get people > to vote on the venue and then those people don't RSVP > to attend and the meet-ups are cancelled. > In two years only 3 have actually happened. The last > one there was only two of us there. So, needless to > say, I have given up on meet-ups. This last one was > the final straw for me. The date was changed to > accomodate a BCer and then he sends a message that he > will be out of town and can't attend. I went anyway > since two other people said they would be there. I got > there early, set up a "Meet Up" sign and waited with > my bag of books I brought to trade. After 35 mins of > waiting, I left. When I got home there was an email > from this guy who stated that he went and no one > showed. Hello! My sign was large and easy to see. > Anyway, I've been greatly discourage by meet-ups and > took myself off their list and will continue to do > wild releases, trades, and RABCKS. > ~Sissyrun---> in California > > --- kathryn_p_howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I don't tend to frequent too many pubs so don't have > > much to go on > > for voting for the october venue except location. > > > > The arthouse prices were getting a bit ridiculous > > but the place did > > have good ambience. > > > > Does anybody have any opinions/advice on the > > ambience of the venues > > put up for voting upon. I've heard Forresters is > > noisy and smokey - > > which doesn't sound like much fun. > > > > ? > > > > Pixette > > aka > > Kathy or Kathryn > > > > > > > ===== > > are you done with that book yet?... http://www.bookcrossing.com/referral/Sissyrun > > Got cheese? http://www.vellacheese.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/wnIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Have you told a friend today? http://bookcrossing.com/tellafriend Archives and email list settings: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
