AFF Gathering #4, Brisbane, October 22-24, 2010

[trippin_the_rift]

And anat0l, I'd be using the car as my excuse not to drink/spend so much on a day or night.

Same - I won't be on teh drinks much and can drive a couple of folks.

 

[anat0l]

A bit of comment to everyone about payment etc.

Just to give you the ins and outs of some of the organisation going on here, this is the information about when you have to pay, and how. Some of this is still work in progress, but this has been posted all in the interest of keeping you in the loop...

In short, there will not be much, if any, prepayment required of you. However, we do need to get numbers fairly quickly, for obvious reasons.

• Friday Pre-Dinner Drinks
  • I haven't talked to Bar Soma yet, but I'm predicting that it should be alright to place a booking and it will all be pay-as-you-go, pay-your-own.
• Friday Dinner
  • Once numbers are firmed up, Oyama have told me that they may demand, at their discretion, a non-refundable deposit of $15 per person in the reservation. Thus, if we get no-shows on the night, they still cost us $15 pp. So we need to be fairly firm with numbers here.
• Saturday Day Activity
  • Mirimar have said that payment as you board the vessel will be acceptable. I am currently confirming with them:
    • Requirements for concessions (students, seniors, pensioners)
    • Payment methods accepted (I'm thinking that payment on board may only allow cash, but this is what I am asking of them)
• Saturday Pre-Dinner Drinks
  • Like Friday night, pay-as-you-go and pay-your-own.
• Saturday Dinner
  • Vapiano have an easy touch card system which makes split bills very easy.
• Sunday Day Activity (Golf)
  • Since I am not organising this, I am not sure if prepayment will be required/requested. JohnK will need to confirm this.
• Sunday Lunch
  • Many have done this before, and as always it will be pay at the time of order.

 

[anat0l]

Sign up Form for AFF Gathering #4

If you are coming to AFF Gathering #4,

:arrow: please sign up :!::!::!:.

The sign-up form covers:

• Where you are staying
• Your inbound and outbound flights (for our non-BNE / non-OOL residents)
• What events you will be attending
• Other info: kids attending, dietary requirements, etc.

You do not need to fill out the entire form at once, although the asterisked parts must be filled in:

• Your handle
• What events you will be attending

When you answer if you are attending an event, you need to say how many people are attending. For example, if you are coming to an event (and only you), you need to select the radio button for "1" in the row corresponding to that event. If you and a partner are coming, you need to select the radio button for "2". If you aren't coming to an event, select "0 (Not Attending)". Note that children under 13 years are not included in this count (there is a separate text box later where you can specify how many kids under 13 years of age are coming to certain events - you will need to supply their ages).

If you need to update any information (i.e. provide new information or change others), just fill out the form again. Your latest set of responses will be used (i.e. new submissions add data to blanks in old submissions, or update-replace existing data in old submissions).

The sign up link will also be added to the program sticky thread.

I hope this works - this is the first time I've used Google Forms....

 

[munitalP]

well done mate...

munitalP

 

[Flashback]

*golf clap*

 

[anat0l]

*golf clap*

What...did I stuff up? Dear God please no...

 

[Keith009]

Excellent. Will speak to the OH and finalise our attendance at individual events via the Google form. Will most likely do drinks and dinner on both Fri and Sat, and lunch on Sun.

 

[JohnK]

• Sunday Day Activity (Golf)
  • Since I am not organising this, I am not sure if prepayment will be required/requested. JohnK will need to confirm this.

No prepayment required but it would be nice to know the numbers. So far there are only 4 people confiirmed which will require us to book 1 tee time and 2 golf carts.

If these numbers change then I will need to confirm the numbers with the golf club.

What...did I stuff up? Dear God please no...

You guys have done a fantastic job.

 

[samh004]

Signed myself and sister up to certain events.

 

[kpc]

Thanks for all the offers regarding transport to Bfast creek and to airport on Sun. I will PM closer to the time to confirm details...snowed under by work:evil:!!!

PS have filled out google form for myself and gf. We arrive into Bne at 235pm on the friday on QF 530 if anyone is heading to city around the same time and wants to share a cab (heading to Hilton); alternatively we might just catch the train as have done so before.

 

[JohnK]

Excuse the ignorance but where is the sign up form?

I will only be attending golf on Sunday, Breakfast Creek and Qantas Lounge. I would have more than likely attended Friday and Saturday events but decided to opt out thanks to the open criticism and bickering in this thread.

Again as mentioned earlier if anyone is not happy wth some of the venues and is desperate for a drink you know where to find me.

 

[Mal]

Excuse the ignorance but where is the sign up form?

https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dGE0Qm81VDhTUGdUdGFWSmk2VGN2UGc6MQ

 

[oz_mark]

Excuse the ignorance but where is the sign up form?

Click on the Big Please Sign Up link in Anat0l's post.

 

[markis10]

Damn Cloud, it really makes things hard to see

 

[JohnK]

Click on the Big Please Sign Up link in Anat0l's post.

How in hell would I know that is a link to another website? It looked like bolded text in pretty colours. I don't read posts with my mouse hovering all over the place. :shock:

 

[serfty]

...
I hope this works - this is the first time I've used Google Forms....

Note that not all will be able to access google forms - many places net nanny it away ...:-|

 

[anat0l]

How in hell would I know that is a link to another website? It looked like bolded text in pretty colours. I don't read posts with my mouse hovering all over the place. :shock:

I'm not going to even start commenting on that...

Note that not all will be able to access google forms - many placess net nanny it away ...:-|

That's a real weird security policy :shock: Fill it out at home, then?


The reason I created the sign up form was really to stop having to ask all of the info (who's flying what, where everyone's staying, who's attending what etc.) and posting it back onto the forum. Forum messages can get intertwined and convoluted after a while. I don't know about some others who have organised Do's before, but in some cases trawling through posts to find out updates to flight schedules / attendance schedules / cat herding and the lot can be a nightmare.

As I said before, you can submit the form again if you need to update / change information; I will simply take the latest information supplied as your most current response. I'll then use this to distill out the flight and attendance schedules, which I will post up on the program sticky thread (with some help from the AFF moderators; thanks NM so far).

More importantly, if people who are attending could commit to the activities so that we can get more definite numbers as soon as possible, that would help us a lot. Apart from that, thank you to some of you who have remembered to specify any allergy/dietary information; we need to arm ourselves with this information when going to the restaurants.

Yes, you are hearing the same organising-people-speak rigmarole for every Do - big and small. At least unlike some other Do's (a certain recent FT Do in this country comes to mind), we regard bullying, intimidation and/or otherwise lashing insults an absolute last resort in order to get desired responses. So let's get this organised together.

 

[straitman]

anat0l,

The link does not appear to work from an iPhone (either) so you will have to wait until the end of the week before I can post what we will attend.


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[anat0l]

anat0l,

The link does not appear to work from an iPhone (either) so you will have to wait until the end of the week before I can post what we will attend.

I take it you're on the road.

Can't vouch the viability of Google Forms (or any of the Docs suite) and how it works on an iPhone - never tried it and since I (gasp!) don't own an iPhone (*dramatic chord*), can never try nor test it so!

Sorry for the inconvenience.

 

[straitman]

I take it you're on the road.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

On the road literally :!: About 1800 klm over three or four days.
No inconvenience, just letting you know.




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