Traditionally, Ciao Meets have mainly fallen into two camps: the pub meet and the theme park meet. Of all the Ciao meets to have happened thus far, the vast majority (if not all of them) have come under one of those two banners. I much prefer the pub meet scenario purely because I dislike theme ... Read review
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Advantages: Meet new people and people you've only talked to online Disadvantages: A bit of hard work, inevitable hangover.
...gaps in planning.
When arranging a Meet in Glasgow a few years ago, I found YAHOO Groups (http://groups.yahoo.com/) an invaluable tool. They're free to use (and within your grasp if you already have a YAHOO ID) and provide the organisational tools you'd require. For example, you can create polls, in order to see who wants what. There are areas for uploading files, so pictures and maps can be made accessible to everyone and a message area so people ... ...there are a large number of people showing an interest in your meet. The only real downside is that everyone has to be a member to take part (although not to view), but I don't really consider that to be a major issue.
The same applies to the various Ciao satellite sites out there, such as Opinionators.co.uk, which can have their uses, although they are probably more restrictive than YAHOO for this kind of thing. They can still be handy, though, ...
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