Thanks Brian, Let me know when you get the email confirming it and I'll put some social media out. As for contacting people via the OSM message service, I'd suggest something along the lines of the following (we do need to be careful to make sure we don't all contact the same people!)
*Hi <name>,* *I am contacting you as you appear to be contributing to OpenStreetMap in the West Midlands area.* *On Saturday, 9th August we (a group of local OSM contributors in the West Midlands) are hosting a get together in Birmingham to celebrate 10 years since the start of OpenStreetMap. I am reaching out to local contributors like yourself to invite you to join us for the celebrations.* *The plan is to meet between 12noon and 2pm at Six Eight Kafé on Temple Row - a 5 minute walk from Birmingham New Street railway station. There will be cake and of course lots on offer from the café. We have the downstairs room available to us, so just ask one of the café staff to point you in the right direction. If people are interested there should be time for some mapping afterwards.* *Six Eight Kafé:http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=52.48162&mlon=-1.89657#map=18/52.48162/-1.89658 <http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=52.48162&mlon=-1.89657#map=18/52.48162/-1.89658>* *Best regards, * On 17 July 2014 15:52, Brian Prangle <br...@mappa-mercia.org> wrote: > Hi everyone > > Thanks Rob for your tweet. I popped in to 6/8 Kafé today and secured us > their basement room. I'm just awaiting email confirmation and we can get > cracking on social media, on mappa mercia blog and contacting registered > mappers in the West Mids ( anyone like to come up with a wording?) It's > basic but it's free. I suggest we advertise 12noon- 2pm, They don't mind us > bringing in our own cake and even candles would be OK. I picked a coffee > shop on the basis that a) cake goes better with coffee than beer b) beer > at lunchtime is not good for alertness later on and c) as Rob suggested we > might attract some new folk. 6/8Kafé is on Temple Row near the entrance to > the Shopping Arcade behind House of Fraser and so is easy to find and and > cental > > Regards > > Brian > > > On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 11:00 PM, Rob Nickerson <rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com > > wrote: > >> I put out a tweet asking for suggested free venues and had a couple of >> responses: >> >> Six Eight Kafé on Temple Row (near the Cathedral in the city centre): >> http://www.sixeightkafe.co.uk/ >> https://twitter.com/SixEightKafe/status/489113935363469312 >> >> The Anchor in Digbeth >> http://www.anchorinndigbeth.co.uk/ >> https://twitter.com/anchordigbeth/status/489107945733779456 >> >> We normally do a pub in the evening so could try the coffee shop place to >> see if we get a different crowd. It's only a 10 min walk between the two so >> could move on for a drink at the Anchor afterwards :-) >> >> I'm not sure how many people we should expect but I can help spread the >> word via twitter, the blog and the OSM message system. We should get the >> plan confirmed in the next couple of days though :-) >> >> Rob >> >> p.s. I need to check travel times, but at the moment I don't think I will >> make it up from Kent in time. >> >> >> On 15 July 2014 07:19, Andy Robinson <ajrli...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Brian, >>> >>> >>> >>> Yes, Liz is up for a cake J >>> >>> >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> Andy >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* Brian Prangle [mailto:br...@mappa-mercia.org] >>> *Sent:* 14 July 2014 20:55 >>> *To:* OSM Group WM >>> *Subject:* [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Aug 9th OSM 10th Birthday >>> >>> >>> >>> Hi everyone >>> >>> I'm thinking we need just a room for a get together and >>> refreshments(with a cake - Andy is this still possible?) Anyone know of >>> any free venues? Once we've got a location it might be good to contact >>> everyone who's mapped or registered with OSM in the West Mids to get them >>> along. >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Brian >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Book your diary - Aug 9th 2014 is OSM's 10th Birthday - West Midlands >>> event under preparation >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> No virus found in this message. >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>> Version: 2014.0.4716 / Virus Database: 3986/7832 - Release Date: 07/10/14 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Talk-gb-westmidlands mailing list >>> Talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb-westmidlands >>> >>> >> > > > -- > Book your diary - Aug 9th 2014 is OSM's 10th Birthday - West Midlands > event under preparation >
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