RE: UKHA 2005 - dates?

["Keith Doxey" <ukha@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I tend to side with the two Ians on this...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian [mailto:ian@xxxxxxx]
>
> Personally... If there isn't a UKHA2005, there certainly *won't*
> be anything to show - the date gave a nice impetus to get a lot
> done for the last two years.

It certainly focuses effort on a date with much burning of the midnight
oil.

> I do think that the two days is a waste - the Sunday always seems to
be a
> bit of a non event. It would be a shame to lose the Saturday.
>

Agreed. The bulk (this in no way refers to physical stature of attendees!)
of the visitors definately attend on the Saturday and because of the long
distances people have to travel home and the fact they have work on Monday,
Sundays smaller attendance starts to fizzle out just after lunch.

> Seminars sounds like a cool idea though :)
>

Sounds really good.

> From: ian.bird@xxxxxxx
>
> I'm with Chris on this one. Being one of the guys who do the gadget
> building at home affording the hotel is bad enough let alone the costs
> associated with a professional event. Maybe we should consider the
scale
> and number of days rather than whether to have a meet at all. Also,
the
> professional events are not where a lot of us are with our DIY home
> automation. For myself all the 'real' stuff is out of my price league
and
> anyway, my interest is in other homebrew kit along the lines of my own
;-)
>

Agreed. I have far more interest in building HA kit as the pro kit is out
of
my budget as well.

Having said that, last year I was so busy on my own stand that I didnt
really get much chance to look at the stuff I was interested in but that
was
still more than I would be able to do at a proper commercial show.


> The evening chatting and socialising etc. are a big highlight for
> a lot of
> people and this after a Saturdays overload of gadgets is hard to beat.
>

Is there a Fatty Arbuckles near the NEC ???  :-)

Keith