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!

 

[QF WP]

Will make payment today. Thank you @NM and @QF WP for all the hard work in organising this. Really looking forward to the weekend.

Not just us on the organising Committee - add our spouses and @Captain Halliday. It was his suggestion that secured Friday night venue (which I went to do the famil and was very impressed).

Saturday night was definite a group effort to select and I did the famil.

I’ve been the conduit for contacting both venues and passing through all the questions we had. Surprising how many parts make up the whole.

@NM organised the buses and Saturday events - that was a big workload.

I was tasked with organising the guest speakers - fortunate that I know people in the aviation industry. Some have met Fridays guest speaker (well no formal speech from him) and I’m the only one to have met Saturdays guest speaker (still waiting for him to confirm).

None of this would be possible with @NM’s IT background - spreadsheets, the invoicing and organising the banking. Again fortunate that we all use the same bank so we have electronic access.

So as you can see, a real team effort with our respective strengths being utilized.

 

[Matt_01]

I am in for the dinner on Fri and Sat. Arrive 18/10, 14:05 QF1930. Depart 20/10 16:35 QF1937

 

[Captain Halliday]

Not just us on the organising Committee - add our spouses and @Captain Halliday. It was his suggestion that secured Friday night venue (which I went to do the famil and was very impressed).

While I appreciate the acknowledgement, my involvement has mostly been thought bubbles.

But I’ve seen enough of what’s been happening behind the scenes to back up the thanks offered by @Scash.

Both @NM and @QF WP have spent many hours on the phone, sending emails, visiting venues and assorted other logistics.

 

[RooFlyer]

and organising the banking.

Speaking of which - is that a new account vs what might have been used in previous years? I didn't have it in my list and certainly would have had it for last year (and I DID check the details very carefully!! )