>>I must respond, as a non-footballing Manchester resident, as are >>most of >>Nemqlug's members, >>I can't understand your comment about Manchester always being a >>difficult >>location for a show. It has a brilliant transport network of >>motorways, long >>and short distance bus routes and a high speed tram service. It is >>the very >>hub of the rail network and the International Airport is well within >>striking distance of the chosen venue ( Via it's Railway Station >>where they >>serve early morning coffees and bacon butties to die for!! - to say >>nothing >>of the available refreshment houses in the locality especially those >>who >>look after their drinking glasses but who turn a blind eye to Grand >>Larceny >>of the table linen. I think that if our attendees did not have an >>overnight >>stay - considering that it was a TWO day event, - then the >>attendance would >>have been even worse. > > You advertised the meet with the footy caveat, why then no mention > of thes > plus factors ? > > Where is the centre of gravity of members or possible attendees ? > > Certainly Manchester is not as peripheral as Portsmouth or Hove, but > from > outside the only useful spots would be London or Brum. I suppose geographically somewhere like Leicester is probably centre of the country, with somewhere like Northampton or Birmingham being central as far as road arteries go.
Manchester, Birmingham and London have active QL groups, whereas south coast venues (Hove, Portsmouth etc) are good for people coming from abroad. For me, the most convenient venues would be Manchester, Byfleet, Portishead/Clevedon and Northampton (though the latter pair stopped a long time ago) because they were all just off the English motorways. Historically, the greatest concentration of QLers was in the south east, and when Quanta was founded meetings were initially only held in areas like Milton Keynes and Swindon. Alternating north and south (or at least ensuring one northern meeting every now and then) is the best compromise, which I guess is what Quanta are trying to achieve. I daresay we could have the same travelling distances as the USA show - likely to be held on the USA/Canada border this autumn (fall) I guess. David's point about not promoting the plus points may be valid - I don't know if it was me not paying attention or did this event not get that much advance publicity? -- Dilwyn Jones -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.8.3/360 - Release Date: 09/06/2006 _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
