Hi Steve,
What you've described is exactly what the UK Regional WAM Groups were set up to try to do. There are 6 groups covering the whole of the UK with the identical aim of getting people together for a convival afternoon of chat in a pub. If anything more results from those meetings then fine.
It's early days yet but area No 2 (North west) is due to meet up in October and area 5 (Midlands) was showing some signs of life for a meeting this month, I think. These groups will only work when they reach 'critical mass', which almost happened a couple of months ago but not quite, so do feel free to join in!
The London group has been at it since before these were set up so I keep changing the automatic diary for the e-mail reminders from the suggested Saturday afternoon to whichever evening they happen to choose (which kinda makes life tricky, especially if I miss an announcement about it but 'hey' - they're the ones who are meeting!) The idea was that each group could meet every 3 months on a Saturday afternoon but all the suggested dates are designed to interleave so people can go to neighbouring groups without clashes, if they wish.
For more details about the nearest one to you, click
here
Regards,
C_W
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