Unfortunately not attending this year; I think the torch carries over to Lefty to chair the meeting as he was second in command at the very first SMASHED.
BR, K On Wed, 2010-07-21 at 15:23 +0200, Dave Neary wrote: > Hi all, > > The original SMASHED had a basic idea - have a few bottles of really > nice whisk(e)y and share them around. > > I for one would really like to go back to the original idea, rather than > the "get plastered on cheap paint thinner" route. Last year we had a few > nice bottle and a few bottle which people brought along because they > felt obliged not to come empty-handed. I for one would prefer not to > spend €50-€70 on a bottle which will be a curtain-opener for a bender :) > > If anyone is interested, I would be well on for chipping in (say) €10 or > €20 per participant and getting 3 or 4 really nice bottles for the beach > party, though. If we want to start with a hard-core group of SMASHED > regulars so that we're ensured 3 bottles for €120-€150 or so & have > anyone else who wants to chip in to participate once the bottles are > broken out, then great! > > The basic idea - 3 or 4 really good bottles that we savour & appreciate. > Who's interested? (If anyone knows any regular SMASHEDers that I've > missed out who might be interested, please forward). > > Cheers, > Dave. > > PS. For getting the bottles, we should first figure out how much we > have, and then have some trusted malters buy the swag. I can chip in a > Redbreast 12yo to start us off. > _______________________________________________ guadec-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/guadec-list
