Hi Everypony,
Sharpy here. A quick introduction before I begin. I am helping organise the meet along with the team so I will occasionally post on here as well to keep you all informed of what we have planned so far. That way you can all give us feedback on what you think and we can change things if people don't like them. So with that said here is the rough plan, more will be added as ideas flow in.
Date: This is still really open for debate. When do you all feel would be a good time. We are thinking a Saturday possibly after Christmas when people have money.
Location: London, this is due to the results on the poll previously posted.
Venue: This is still unconfirmed but we are thinking a Pub with an event room open for hire.
Age restrictions: We are going to work hard on preventing these and with private function room it shouldn't be a problem. Just if you are under 18 please don't try and buy alcohol as this will reflect badly on the group.
Time: We are hoping to kick things off between 11 and 12. This will allow plenty of time for people to meet and get to know each other.
Activity/Entertainment Plan:
This again is still a very early Idea but this is what we think might work so far,
Everyone start to arrive sometime after 11, we will have set up a projector and have various related stuff playing. Mostly PMVs, Funny fan created skits, Music etc while we settle down and get to know each other so don't worry if you are a bit of a Fluttershy :) we are all here to make friends and have fun.
We are then planning on showing an episode or two for everyone to watch and enjoy. I know for many it will be the first time they get to enjoy an Episode with like minded people. We will probably decide the episodes on the day so everyone can say what they want.
Now this should bring us up to the right moment, and this is why we thought a Saturday would be best. We intend to put up one of the live streams of the new episode so we can all watch the new one together.
After the episode we will resume the random videos and background music while we all mingle and chat.
Perhaps some games will be fun, a pub quiz is a possibility. But please give feedback on this one, I want this to be a good meet up and a real community effort so if you have ideas for games, music etc please drop us a comment.
I think that about wraps up this rather long post. Feedback is of course welcome, so don't be shy if you don't like something.
A group to find Bronies (fans of My Little Pony : Friendship is Magic) in and around South England. We organise meetups and events for fans to meet, share and enjoy the power of friendship!
I like everything about this plan! Especially the new episode part! I shall start snooping around the net for potential venues.
ReplyDeleteDon't really mind when it happens, doesn't have to be after xmas for me but that's fine too :)
I'd be happy to help with anything, feel free to drop me an email jackson.forbes@hotmail.co.uk
as long as a venue is sorted id be happy to drop by
ReplyDeletea good plan, but Im quite happy to meet before christmas
ReplyDeletealso, we need pin the tail on the pony!
Pin the tail on the pony sounds like fun :D I'm sure that can be fitted in without much trouble :D
ReplyDeleteBut which pony should we pin the tail on?
I'll see how things go but if people are happy before Xmas then we can see about venue booking.
Thanks for the feedback everypony :)
This idea...is a truly beautiful idea; I am in!
ReplyDeleteI would happily meet before christmas as well, but I'm not sure how convenient it would be for most, what with money in the run up to Christmas and a lack of time to book a venue (plus they will mostly be rammed with Christmas bookings anyway), so early in the new year would probably be wise.
How are you planning on funding the venue? Small entry fee perhaps?
(on the subject of venues however, a brief search produced this website: http://www.function-rooms-uk.co.uk/ could be of use, if you weren't already aware of it?)
I can't wait for this though, it sounds so awesome! /)^3^(\
I am thinking early in the New year is likely as well to be honest. We don't want to rush this and not do things because we are too rushed. For example I have spent a good portion of this weekend looking at PMVs and getting music sorted out for the event but need to find almost 3 times as many as I have now.
ReplyDeleteThere is work being done on art, the quiz rounds are being planned out so lots going on. We may be able to source T-shirts too. Printing companies for a banner are being considered too.
Finance.... this is always horrible to discuss. I think it is an important thing so I am going to post up some details soon. Don't worry we are going to try and keep the cost low as we can.
If you're short of music there are a few pony music streams such as everfreeradio.com that run 24/7, could come in handy.
ReplyDeleteOoh can the banner say "Welcome Princess Molestia"? Just kidding. That wouldn't really make any sense.
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ReplyDeleteWow! You really seem to have things in order, well done.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I help moderate a pony blog, so I could help a little with promotion if you need any? We're small at the moment, but we recently got ourselves an EQD feature and thus the big traffic spike that goes with it, so I'm sure we could get you a bit of exposure.
Yer tht would be great, any help anypony can throw our way is always appreciated
ReplyDeleteI am also agreeing, I'm also the admin of !Londonbronies on Rainbowdash.net but all exposure for this is good exposure :)
ReplyDeleteCool. If you want to prepare something for us to send out at any point then please do! I'm more than happy to give you promotion whenever you want it.
ReplyDeleteJust format whatever you want us to put up as if you were posting it here as we're on Blogspot too, so I'll just do a copypasta.
Aye, if there's any help you need feel free to ask!
ReplyDeleteThe things we need help with most ATM is finding a suitable venue, cap n jax has turned in a few good ones, we would really like a banner for the day if any one I or knows of anyone who is good at design and that's really about it thank you
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