@Benjol he probably posted a straight-to-trash mail address so he doesn't have to read the hate mail ;)

Yeah, I think Alison will handle this. There still is some time till November, should be more than enough to get something going if the potential is there.

So, we need to get our skates on if we want to organise anything more than a pub meal

I'm happy to help in whatever way is needed - my office is in London already, so I'm nearby

I think the key first step is to work out demand - we really need that little website mentioned above, preferably with a poll on it say "SOF Username, OPTIONS"

where OPTIONS are as in my post on Pekka's question

(or similar to those, anyway)

@Adam, the problem is getting eyes on said web page. The current reaction on the meta question is depressingly underwhelming. Alison was back to work today, hopefully she's on our case...

Hey Guys

I would recommend using MeetUp's software to organize the event

This is the page we used for the event last April

meetup.com/stackoverflow/London-GB

Basically just click "count me in" and then "do it again"

and that will let you schedule a new event.

Hi Alison, thanks for dropping by, hope your hols were ok.

How about the idea of sending an email out to whoever was already signed up for London?

@Alison, whoops, I answered but forgot to @ you!

@AlisonS If we can't get an e-mail, perhaps a little blog post? The problem with the question on meta is that people don't know to look for it