Irish Meet Considering 2007

[Christopher]

OK Colette What do you suggest? Chris

[teap78]

I am really grateful for Chris's help and i am so looking forward to this meet so can you blame me for wanting it sooner?
work away there and let me know when you decide to do it and if i can go i will 

Even if it is next year

colette

[saz1401]

No need for PMs - I found you all plotting behind my back by chance!!!!!

July 2007 in Belfast sounds good to me - but would consider different month / venue if work permitted.

The earlier we set date / venue the better as flights can be quite cheap if booked well in advance. I cant do June 2007 as my darling daughter is getting married then and I will be in Ibiza (I hope) for much of August.

I wondered if PRONI might be willing to facilitate some daytime activity for us if Belfast is chosen as venue - we have found them more than happy to help out rellie searchers in any way they can!

Uncle Christopher

Did I see you express disappointment that my sis might not come to the Meet alone!!??!! What are you thinking - we do everything together!

I was going to offer assistance with organising but I dont know how realistic it would be from this distance!

Glad I found the link or I might have remained in the dark for ever!!

saz

[Christopher]

christopher  you can not please everyone  so do what you feel to be right people should be really greatful for your )help  :)kind regards kathie

Kathie, if you don't mind my asking which side of the sheugh are you Chris

Saz, I was going to send you a message this afternoon but Steve said she would let you know. The message has been on the board two days, 412 readers and 26 votes. More votes today than yesterday. Uncle Chris

[Christopher]

SORRY 

Kathie,

I assume since you do not understand the coloquialism and vernacular you must live on the mainland and not on the island of Ireland.

A sheugh is an Irish expression for a ditch.
Do you live across the sheugh means Do you live over the Irish Sea

All the Best,

Chris 

[Taidquest]

hi chris,if you don't mind me butting in,
while reading the replies to your post
i noticed you may just have a demand for a 'mini meet'
for 2006,especially rootschatters who live
nearest to both venues.maybe even one
mini meet for belfast and another for dublin.
  whet the appetite for the larger gathering                                          
                                                         
                                                      best wishes,anne

[Christopher]

Thanks Anne,

I was just looking for a way to broach this subject. Belfast members could have very mini meets in the Central Library in Royal Avenue on Mondays and Thursdays which are their late nights. We could keep an eye on incoming messages re the 2007 event and send immediate replies on the library computers.  It might be an idea to get a small team together to arrange a small Belfast Meet. This would enable us to see how well we work as a unit, give us a chance to iron out problems and might let us know if we were capable of undertaking arrangements for a larger Meet. A lot of the arrangements can be handled by people using computers. It does not matter where they are based but some of the finer detail will need one or two people on the ground.

Some sort of event will have to take place in Dublin unless there is a sufficiently large enough group of Rootschat members there to handle a larger event. I may be wrong but as far as I know no Dublin member has yet posted on this thread.

All the Best, Chris 

[Christopher]

Hei Kathie,

I know a bit about the Irish in England. Some English tended to lump three categories together - the Irish, non caucasians and travellers. They had the audacity to put a notice in the windows of guest houses, pubs even shops saying "NO IRISH" etc. Even in this day and age, the 21st Century, you still find this attitude in a few places. 

All the Best,

Chris

[Taidquest]

hands up now all you other dubliners,
i can't be the only one surely?
                                               anne