THN Meet 2006 proposal

[Taffy]

Bugger.

 

[thatbloke]

Yeah, like i'd be allowed. Have you ever met my parents?

Nope. send em here and I'll deal with em.

 

[Haven]

Hi Gopha

In theory yes everyone is welcome but I'm not wanting to take responsibility for everyone's welfare. If it comes to that then we start having to look at personal (and group) liability insurance and there's no way we can afford that so its a no brainer. I'm not sure what to do about under 18's so I welcome suggestions ?

I'd like very much for this to be an "unofficial" meet in that we are not organising a public event - instead we are just a bunch of friends meeting up. There is a very big legal difference.

The bottom line is that you're parents will have to ensure your welfare however they deem appropriate.

 

[Gopha]

Well, everyones allowed in a pub arent they, and im quite sure my parents owuld trust me, and therefore it might give taffys parents a little more inisght, but I wouldnt be any insurance problems, I'm under 16 I have the NHS on my side

Prefrable not the 11th to the 13th please lol

 

[Pubic_Warrior]

well this sounds like a top plan but its going to be a mission to get there, also i have to watch august and september time as the Army will be taking me for basic training, hope it all gets sorted and i find a way to get there

 

[Birdy]

i think that havin the younger guys wudnt be an issue. there are enough people who r old enough and wise enough to keep every one safe but that is up to the 'rental units to decide.

from the activity side of it, might be the case that we have to go to certain pubs. i think we have to be fair and not get drunk all day and all night so that we are capable of some genral care for them but besides that i dont see it as a problem.

but i can understand that alot of 'rents would be very concerned about ur welfare and i sympathise with u. maybe it may be better if the younger ppl came for a day or two rather than a long weekend

if we take them tho we have to just be aware of them and have to make arrangement acordingly

but as a suggestion i really do think we need a main contact even though it is a gang of mates. because of the age range and range of travel i think this would be best.

i guess this would be haven but its down to everyone to decide

theres my 2 cent's

 

[Pubic_Warrior]

i may be 15 but im old enough to look after myself and know when enough is enough, im sure this applys for most of the younger THN members

 

[Gopha]

Yer of course, Im pretty sure most of us are respnsible enough, I probably wouldn't even drink 'cos its illeagal (grrrrr) but you dont need berr to have fun, well most fun anyway ,and im sure we can look after ourselves, Now t persuade the parents :|

 

[T-Bone]

Well bottom line is that your parents will need to assumer responsibility for you going and basiclly if anything happens it's not the responisbility of us over 18s.

 

[Birdy]

thats fine and i believe u i do im just covering all bases. just saying if we went to a pub we would have to go to a family pub so u could all come in. i dont think there is any behaviour issues because were all mates(as such!)

 

[T-Bone]

Hrm...not really. As long as the propreiter of any pub will allow a few young ins in it's alright. Im sure there will be a few who wont turn down the buisness of teh rest of us for a couple of young ins. It's entirely up to teh propreiter though.

 

[Birdy]

true. hope they have a kind heart. but any way we shall see who is allowed to go first.

 

[Gopha]

And obviously we will be able to get soft drinks so they wouldnt turn us down,anyways im sure you scotsmen can persuade a few of em

 

[Birdy]

im just saying its summit to think about but i would like if everyone came.
The more the merrier

 

[SgtFury]

The age thing might be an issue. Especially with a lot of us going. As Haven said it is a group of us meeting and taking responsibilty for ourselves. We cannot be responsible for you, if something went wrong (god forbid) we would have people coming down on us like a ton of bricks.

I must admit I would be quite worried if I was a parent and my 14 or 15 year old lad said "Can I go to the other end of the country to meet some blokes from the Internet"

I would say that the rule would have to be no one under 18 unless they are with their parents.

I know it might sound harsh and I'm not trying to be funny at all its just not worth the possible hassle. Hopefully Taffy and Gopha you can understand this and we can talk about it if you want.

 

[Haven]

Having spoken to a lot of people about this to get my thoughts toegether I agree completely with SgtFury. Sorry guys (and gals) but without parents present we're heading into very dodgy territory here for under 18's and I'm not comfortable with that and the potential issues if anyone were to get hurt/lost or worse.

The bottom line is that if you are under 18 then you're going to have to bring parents or a responsible adult along to this one.

 

[Birdy]

so were no under 18? thats best i guess.

maybe arrange summit else for under everyone next year

 

[Nanor]

3 years! THN meet 2009! Then I shall outdrink you all!

 

[Pubic_Warrior]

I would say that the rule would have to be no one under 18 unless they are with their parents.

well thats a load of crap, looks like im not going unless i find a hobo and give him a quid to say he is my dad

 

[Nanor]

Come on man. You can't really put Haven and co. under that kind of pressure. They're there to have fun, not look after minors.