Sorry I missed this social jeremy,really really wanted to be there to promote the fra open day,if only because Audrey and Kevin have done some of the legwork,but glad you found time to discuss the issue and points of view were aired.
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Sorry I missed this social jeremy,really really wanted to be there to promote the fra open day,if only because Audrey and Kevin have done some of the legwork,but glad you found time to discuss the issue and points of view were aired.
If you have read the above report of the March FRA Yorkshire social youll know that the George and Dragon dont want us in their dining area on a Saturday night as they are planning to open it for restaurant customers. They did offer it on any Tuesday evening. I have checked around today at Magna, and I am convinced that we need to keep the FRA socials on Saturday evenings. People wont come maybe 50 miles if they have to be up for work next day. So on the way home this evening I called in at the Sun pub at the other end of Flockton, and they have agreed to let us use their dining area on a trial basis on Saturday May 7th. You can put this date in your diaries. Ill post more information about this location closer to the date of the next FRA social in Yorkshire.
Jeremy
Hi Roboteers.
The next Yorkshire FRA Social is going to be at the Sun Inn at the other end of Flockton village.The social will be held at 7.30pm on Saturday 7th May.The landlady at the previous pub (The George and Dragon) told me at the end of the last social in March that they wanted to open the dining area up for meals on Saturday evenings in the future, although we would be OK to meet at the pub on a Tuesday evening.That is why we are moving to the Sun Inn.The new location is still less than 5 miles from Junction 38 on the M1.Please pass on this invitation to any other roboteers who would like to attend, and are not on my circulation list.I will be happy to send a map to anyone who wishes to come.
The address of the pub is:-
The Sun Inn
62 Barnsley Road
Flockton
Wakefield
West Yorkshire
WF4 4DW
Tel: 01924 848437
The provisional agenda is:-
1. Welcome and Introductions
2. Information from the FRA Executive
3. Entry level class of heavyweight robots
4. Exchange of information/equipment between roboteers
Do let me know if you think that you will be able to attend.
Best wishes,
Jeremy Cuss
Email: jeremy.cuss@btopenworld.com
Tel (Home): 01484 658440
Tel (Mobile): 0797 36338819
stick us down for it
Well, Kenny, Im keeping my fingers crossed that its not just thee and me on Saturday.
Were not going to make it Im afraid. Big meeting for the European Championship event organisation.
Jeremy, Add at least one more, will try and bring more team members as well.
I look forward to seeing you all on Saturday evening.
Just wondering when the next social is
Tony
Tony,
Sorry to take so long replying. Ive just got back off holiday. We should have had a social at the start of July. As there were very few at the May social, I decided that we should probably give it a rest. There were a lot of summer competitions, and that is probably why the attendance was so low in May.
The next Yorkshire Social should be on 3rd September, but I am already booked for that Saturday evening. How would Saturday 10th September be for you (and everyone else)?
Jeremy
Hi Jeremy theres an event on that weekend Roaming Robots Wicksteed Park.
Tony
Tony,
Well, how about Saturday 17th September?
Jeremy
Thats fine with me
Tony
Right, Ill see if we can meet at the Sun Inn that evening.
Jeremy
Unfortunately my work is sending me to Goa for a week - No, it really is work... OK, dont believe me then. Anyway it clashes with the next proposed Yorkshire FRA Social on 17th September. So I am proposing to put back the social another week to Saturday 24th September. This only clashes with Battlebots as far as I can see.
What do you say to this date?
Jeremy
Thats fine Jeremy
Tony
Hi Roboteers.
The next Yorkshire FRA Social is confirmed to be at the Sun Inn again.It will be held at 7.30pm on Saturday 24th September.Sorry about the short notice.
The pub is about 5 miles from Junction 38 on the M1. Please pass on this invitation to any other roboteers who would like to attend, and are not on my circulation list. I will be happy to send a map to anyone who wishes to come.
The address of the pub is:-
The Sun Inn
62 Barnsley Road
Flockton
Wakefield
West Yorkshire
WF4 4DW
Tel: 01924 848437
The provisional agenda is:-
1. Welcome and Introductions
2. The future of the FRA
4. Exchange of information/equipment between roboteers
Do let me know if you think that you will be able to attend.
Best wishes,
Jeremy Cuss
Email: jeremy.cuss@btopenworld.com
Tel (Home): 01484 658440
Tel (Mobile): 0797 36338819
We will be there
Regards Tony
we will aswell
The more the merrier! Look forward to seeing you all, and anyone else who wishes to come.
Having just finished my 2004/5 Tax Return, I am really looking forward to an evening with roboteers.
Jeremy
We had 6 of us at the Yorkshire FRA Social at the Sun Inn in Flockton on 24th September. Most of the time we chatted generally about robot things. However we did discuss the vacant position of Chair of the FRA, and said that Geoff had done a good job. The less good news is that there were no takers for his position.
I picked up a tip to wrap insulation tape around my magmotors if they tended to rotate in their clamps.
We watched some entertaining robots fights on Graemes mobile phone. Amazing what you can store on a mobile phone these days!
The evening ended with people looking at the body of my new robot in the back of the car. It will get finished ASAP! I want to see it working.
The next regional social may well a Christmas one, organised by Trevor Wright. It could be be a joint affair half-way between Nottingham and Huddersfield. Well tell you as soon as it has been sorted.
Jeremy Cuss
any news on another socail jeremy?
Kenny,
Sorry for the delay in replying. The Christmas get-together with the Nottingham crowd fell through Im afraid.
Im in Shanghai at the moment. You could organise a Yorkshire FRA Social yourself. If you make it in the first 2 weeks of February, Ill be there (before I return to Shanghai). Otherwise it wont be until Im back in England permanently, probably in April.
Best wishes,
Jeremy
PS. Youve got the address and phone number of the Sun Inn further up this thread. Of course you can locate it anywhere you like. Flockton was chosen to give reasonable access for people from both West and South Yorkshire (and points further South).
I you do arrange it, post a note of this thread on the forum and Ill be happy to circulate my list of past attendees.
Hi Roboteers.
The next Yorkshire FRA Social is confirmed to be at the Sun Inn again.It will be held at 7.30pm on Saturday 15th July.Sorry about the short notice.
The pub is about 5 miles from Junction 38 on the M1. Please pass on this invitation to any other roboteers who would like to attend and who dont read this forum.
The address of the pub is:-
The Sun Inn
62 Barnsley Road
Flockton
Wakefield
West Yorkshire
WF4 4DW
Tel: 01924 848437
It is a fair time since we had a Yorkshire FRA Social (last September).So I guess that we will just have a general chat about how things have gone since we last met.
Do let me know if you think that you will be able to attend.
Best wishes,
Jeremy Cuss
Email: jeremy.cuss@btopenworld.com
Tel (Home): 01484 658440
Tel (Mobile): 0797 36338819
bugger its the raf fairford event that weekend and i will hopefully testing sf2 then, so if i dont get sf2 done i will be coming, but if i get it done then not, sorry
Hi Roboteers,
I have received a lot of feedback from people who would have attended the Yorkshire FRA Social on 15th July, except that it clashes with the Fairford event which they are attending.
I think that it would be a good idea to postpone the social until after the Summer break. Between mid-July and early September there will be many families away on holiday and of course there is the big event at the end of August. So I am proposing to make the date Saturday 16th September at 7.30pm. I have checked that the Sun Inn is available that day and have transferred the booking to that day.
Do let me know if that date gives you any problems. I will circulate a proper invitation nearer the day.
Jeremy
Hi Roboteers.
I have had to put the next Yorkshire FRA Social back 2 weeks to 30th September, because a clash in dates with other family activities.Sorry about that.I have reconfirmed the Sun Inn again.
The pub is about 5 miles from Junction 38 on the M1. Please pass on this invitation to any other roboteers who would like to attend and who dont read this forum.
The address of the pub is:-
The Sun Inn
62 Barnsley Road
Flockton
Wakefield
West Yorkshire
WF4 4DW
Tel: 01924 848437
It is a year since we had a Yorkshire FRA Social (September 2005). This is in part because I was away in China.I guess that we will have a general chat about how things have gone since we last met.
Do let me know if you think that you will be able to attend.
Best wishes,
Jeremy Cuss
Email: jeremy.cuss@btopenworld.com
Tel (Home): 01484 658440
Tel (Mobile): 0797 36338819
Ill be there, been a while since we met, What time?
7.30pm is the time that I told the Sun Inn.
So Who Else Is Coming??
Im still planning to go, will be comming stright from the FRA commitee meeting, Ill see if I can get dinner there, so Ill probably be there quite a bit earlier than this.
Mark,
You could give them a ring (see number above). Im sure that they would be delighted to feed you.
Jeremy
We should be there (may have a meal as well).
We had a good Social on Saturday 30th September. There were 10 people present, some of whom had travelled over 90 miles to get there. We picked up on all the gossip and had some serious technical discussions as well. I learnt a lot.
Next time I will warn the pub to expect people who want a meal. This aspect didnt go very well as very few people wanted meals at previous socials in Flockton and no plans had been made by the pub for food for those attending. 3 ate at the pub but 5 of our number who arrived later had to go to another pub to eat, before joining us later. Never mind, well do it better next time.
Jeremy
When is the next social going to be
how bout a social 8th of november anyone willing to come this time?? :)
post here or e-mail me, addy on profile.
to get some sort of number of people intrested
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looks like no one wants one..........
Well it looks like its going to be quiet, but If it goes ahead Ill be along.
Well come along.
Kenny I am on holiday that week so I cannot make it.
Swanny has suggested a curry night near Newark - is this too far for you? Maybe Sat. 17 Nov, or mid December sometime?
Trev