Anyone interested...more than likely Midlands

[Diarmid]

I'll try to find out if Acoustic Ladyland or Polar Bear are touring then.
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[DYbeach]

I will listen to anything, from Baroque chamber ensembles to the Carnival Band to The Pixies whom I saw on the weekend
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[paulfixter]

I attend an ITIL forum here in Yorkshire and the north east of England.
They are useful to get together with like-minded souls to excahnge ideas, obtain info etc.

I would suggest you need a definite agenda for the meetings, lay on some lunch, stick to a timetable, eg ours start at 10.00am and finish at 2.30, which allows reasonable travelling time for those who need to travel a long way.

A mailing list would be useful to distribute minutes to, and perhaps give actions out to people if there is one particular subject or aspect that is troubling.

Furthermore you could also get guest speakers to come along, but they may want expenses, unless they are trying to sell you something.

So to summarise, they can be really useful but you need decent organisation.