The Amersfoort meet was a totally off-the-cuff thing arranged privately by me. There was no request from empeg to arrange it at all.
I arranged everything with a local hotel (reserve room in case of room, checked we could use the carpark, arranged for coffee to be available). They were quite happy about it, as it meant a bit of extra business. I booked Rob and Roger into the hotel as well; finally, I had some mugs made up, bought a few small prizes for a couple of simple competitions, and did a few little bits like make up laminated signs, rig them and put up a handmade meeting flag. All the costs were initially mine; Rob very generously offered to carry the price of the coffee for the meet, which was appreciated by all who attended. He also thoughtfully helped with a mail shot and some tee-shirts for prizes - now collector's items!
In the end though - this was not organised by empeg, was not commercially sponsored by empeg, and was wholly arranged by enthusiasts for other enthusiasts. The costs were all my own. Don't count on subsidy or expect someone else to arrange it; you just need to get something started. This year's Amersfoort bash was sufficiently fun and well-attended to make me think it would be worth doing it again next year on a greater scale, maybe even at a different location. Who knows...
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