One of my flights is cancelled. :-) I too will not be expending energy on a rebook.

Ghe more that happens the longer the restrictions remain in place. Let’s hope any licensee stupid enough to carry on looses their license.

You're replying to a post that was from before the closure of bars and restaurants was mandated.

at what point does this event get postponed?

I don’t think it’s been noted in the wiki yet, but it’s postponed.

Ok, is this still on (as a "Virtual" Do)?

As my trip which clashed with this has also been cancelled, I will hopefully be able to make this whenever it is rearranged :D

That was my semi random suggestion, which I should have run past our illustrious organiser / OP first. But it's an idea which has some merit, presumably using Skype as the lowest common denominator. Group Video Chat has a maximum 50 participants, the downside is that participants will lose most of their anonymity if they participate, but that was the case if they attended a pub event anyway. There are loads of other software options, but Skype is probably the easiest entry level system which many will have already installed on their PCs/tabliets/phones.

Zoom seems to work well.. people can choose to just use voice calling if they wish? I think it would be fun to carry on in some format if CGTECHUK is happy? :-)

I'm happy to host it, my account doesn't have the 40-minute time limit (although it does have the 100-people limit on it).

Another option is to use WebEx. Anyone can set up a free account and there are no time restrictions on sessions but only up to 100 people. Available for Android, iPhone, Windows and Mac.

(Disclosure: This is a product offered by the company I work for but I do not get any commission for recommending it.)

I can go up to 500 people - not that i think we would need that many connections!

This sounds like a great idea. I did a similar thing on a smaller scale with a group of friends yesterday and it worked well. Now that I am not travelling on the 25th I'd certainly join in.

Idle Friday afternoon thought, prompted by a discussion with a friend from Glasgow: did this 'meet' ever happen virtually as was being discussed after the in-person was postponed?

Given many people are still some way off travelling (and in-person DOs will be challenging for quite some time yet), is there any merit in having a virtual meet sometime in August, say?

I don't think it happened as far as I know. I agree, a DO would be a good idea. Should we start a poll for dates?