If I decide to do France in November, the best dates would be around a weekend (and I think you can get more people to come.)
That would be in timefare of November 8th or 9th to the 11th or 12th.
The weekend before might also work November 1-4th since that's around the SECOND anniversary of the PIP.
But I leave it to you MJM to decide which timeframe is best.
I'm not committing to it now until I know the status of severla things in the coming months.