AFF Gathering #17 in BNE on 18 - 20 October 2024

We're pleased to announce that the 2024 AFF annual gathering will be held in Brisbane, the sunny capital of Queensland!

The weekend of Friday 18 - Sunday 20 October 2024 has been chosen for the event. As per past years, there will be a welcome dinner on the Friday evening, optional activities on Saturday and a main dinner on Saturday evening. There may also be an optional activity on Sunday in the late morning.

All AFF members (and +1's, etc.) are welcome to attend. Most people usually fly in on Friday afternoon and leave on the Sunday afternoon/evening.

Your lead organisers for this year's event are @NM and @QF WP. Other Brisbane-based members are also welcome to volunteer to assist.

We'll update this thread over the coming months with more information about the planned activities, dinner venues and costs, which we expect to be similar to past gatherings. There will be a $5 registration fee per participant, plus the cost of any activities and/or meals that you choose to join.

For now, please feel free to let us know in this thread if you think you'll be able to make it! For those unfamiliar with the AFF terminology:

• "Platinum" means you're planning to attend and have booked flights/accommodation
• "Gold" means you're likely to attend but will need to confirm at a later time
• "Silver" means you're unlikely to attend at this stage.
• "Bronze" means you're unable to attend.

The AFF Leadership Team can provide support in terms of money collection and distribution, and editing this thread as needed. If something needs to be updated, please simply report the post with the update so anyone on the team can action it (starting a conversation only alerts one person).

We're looking forward to seeing you all in Brissie!

 

[NM]

Well, its less than three weeks to go now! I am getting excited and hope you are too.

We finally have the Friday and Saturday dinner details included in Post #2. We now have 33 for Friday drinks/dinner and 35 for Saturday dinner. The fluid numbers was one of the cost per person is directly influenced by the number of attendees (for Saturday night). Big thank you to the folks making the dinner venue arrangements.

We are still looking to finalise the costs for Experience B, which is dependent on the number of people going. There are plenty of spot free at this stage, but we need to lock it in soon and arrange for a smaller bus if numbers are lower than originally expected. So if you have been holding off registering for any of the events, now is the time to commit and send me a conversation message with your attendance plans (Friday drinks/dinner, Saturday Experience, Saturday Dinner).

Those who have registered for events will receive a personalised cost summary shortly, with instruction for payment. Please review for accuracy and follow the instructions to confirm you places.

Note there will be a once-off $5 registration fee per person included to cover some of the administrative overheads, name badges, give-aways etc.

Sorry, we do not have the facilities to accept payments from Amex, Visa or Mastercard. Payment will be by direct deposit into an AFF Gatherings bank account (details provided with your cost summary statement).

 

[bPeteb]

Chu the Phat is excellent!

 

[Mr_Orange]

Platinum for Friday dinner/drinks.

 

[patrickw]

Also platinum for Friday Dinner! Looking forward to it. DM'd as well.

 

[Mattg]

I'll be at both dinners and will join Experience B on Saturday. Looking forward to it