Melbourne Pen Show

[youstruckgold]

Thanks to another thread here:

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/in...p;#entry1172000

 

I have agreed to organise a pen posse for Melbourne Pen Show goers in October on the day before the Show.

 

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to PM or post to this thread your ideas, desires, names and details so that I can organise something to meet most preferences. This will include a dinner where the obligatory pens, inks etc will be taken out and oohed and ahhhed; as well as shopping (not limited to pens) and a little sight seeing.

 

OK, there it is.

 

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Edited August 6, 2009 by youstruckgold

[Yuki Onitsura]

I assume you meant sight seeing as opposed to site seeing =P. As I mentioned in the other thread, I'll be there is my funds and assessment timetable permit =)

 

Yuki

[youstruckgold]

I assume you meant sight seeing as opposed to site seeing =P. As I mentioned in the other thread, I'll be there is my funds and assessment timetable permit =)

 

Yuki

 

Clearly too much netting for me!

 

Details will go up here once we've got all our numbers and ideas together.

[fuchsiaprincess]

I will be there! Thanks N!

 

Regards,

Soki

[feiye]

I'm trying to figure out accommodation and stuffies but I should be there!

[Chris Chalmers]

I'll be there, flying in Saturday 17th in the afternoon - although flight not booked yet, so maybe could get there before lunch - wings willing of course!

Thanks for taking this on............look out Melbourne!!! :blink:

[alburyscott]

I am pretty sure i will be there, and i would love to see you all and meet you all. Being a absolute newby, anything you wish to cover will be great for me.

Scott

[youstruckgold]

For the five of you coming so far that's great - but still no ideas about what you're after!!!! At this stage it's dinner only on Saturday night unless you start throwing some "wants" at me!!!!

[Chris Chalmers]

I've never been to a pen show or a pen posse - so am an absolute newbie with this - but I'd love some time to have a look at pens others have brought.........FPN people I mean - will we be able to do this at dinner?

I'm also a stranger to Melbourne - but will have Soki tied to my right wrist I hope!!!

I hope others chime in with good suggestions - cos I'm flying blind here!!!

Sooo looking forward to it..........but will probably end up a gibbering wreck with the sheer excitement of it all. :blink: :blink:

 

Edited for spelling corrections

Edited August 10, 2009 by Chris Chalmers

[youstruckgold]

I've never been to a pen show or a pen posse - so am an absolute newbie with this - but I'd love some time to have a look at pens others have brought.........FPN people I mean - will we be able to do this at dinner?

I'm also a stranger to Melbourne - but will have Soki tied to my right wrist I hope!!!

I hope others chime in with good suggestions - cos I'm flying blind here!!!

Sooo looking forward to it..........but will probably end up a gibbering wreck with the sheer excitement of it all. :blink: :blink:

 

Edited for spelling corrections

 

Not sure where I can take people who are tied together by the wrist...hellraisers club maybe?

 

I've only been to one posse before, and we met at a local pen shop and then went to others, followed by lunch, sight seeing and more pens. (lots of pen looking - including our own!) Looking forward to showing you the sights.

Edited August 10, 2009 by youstruckgold

[fuchsiaprincess]

I've never been to a pen show or a pen posse - so am an absolute newbie with this - but I'd love some time to have a look at pens others have brought.........FPN people I mean - will we be able to do this at dinner?

I'm also a stranger to Melbourne - but will have Soki tied to my right wrist I hope!!!

I hope others chime in with good suggestions - cos I'm flying blind here!!!

Sooo looking forward to it..........but will probably end up a gibbering wreck with the sheer excitement of it all. :blink: :blink:

 

Edited for spelling corrections

 

Not sure where I can take people who are tied together by the wrist...hellraisers club maybe?

 

I've only been to one posse before, and we met at a local pen shop and then went to others, followed by lunch, sight seeing and more pens. (lots of pen looking - including our own!) Looking forward to showing you the sights.

 

Not just any pen posse, it is THE Pen Posse So, we shall all be guided by you.

 

Thanks once again for organising this!

 

Regards,

Soki x

[skybird]

Oi!

 

Melburnians are pretty hospitable people.

I am sure there will be a good turnout at the show and any dinner during.

Those of you who are interested in our little Pen Association please contact me - it might be a touch late for tonite's meeting, but...........

If you do see this in time.

6:30 for 7:30 Tower Hotel in Hawthorn.

[bhil]

I have agreed to organise a pen posse for Melbourne Pen Show goers in October on the day before the Show.

 

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to PM or post to this thread your ideas, desires, names and details so that I can organise something to meet most preferences. This will include a dinner where the obligatory pens, inks etc will be taken out and oohed and ahhhed; as well as shopping (not limited to pens) and a little sight seeing.

 

OK, there it is.

 

This message will not self-destruct.....

 

I would like to go to the dinner to meet a few people what time will that be as I will be busy during the day saturday,, but can maybe make dinner?

 

Brian...

[youstruckgold]

I have agreed to organise a pen posse for Melbourne Pen Show goers in October on the day before the Show.

 

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to PM or post to this thread your ideas, desires, names and details so that I can organise something to meet most preferences. This will include a dinner where the obligatory pens, inks etc will be taken out and oohed and ahhhed; as well as shopping (not limited to pens) and a little sight seeing.

 

OK, there it is.

 

This message will not self-destruct.....

 

I would like to go to the dinner to meet a few people what time will that be as I will be busy during the day saturday,, but can maybe make dinner?

 

Brian...

 

Hello Brian, would love to have you at the dinner! Have been contacted by the organiser of the Show and he is keen for details to add people too, so we should have a healthy number!

 

I'm finalising venue (has to be pretty flexible as the numbers are somewhat vague); and will post here when I have the details. I'm writing down each of you have said you're interested so that I can PM you and I will also notify the Melbourne Pen Show organisers to make sure the word is out.

 

It should be lots of fun.

[youstruckgold]

Oi!

 

Melburnians are pretty hospitable people.

I am sure there will be a good turnout at the show and any dinner during.

Those of you who are interested in our little Pen Association please contact me - it might be a touch late for tonite's meeting, but...........

If you do see this in time.

6:30 for 7:30 Tower Hotel in Hawthorn.

 

Hey please tell more about your Pen Association!

[skybird]

OK.

Here it is - and we ain't hijacking the pen show or the evening before..........

But we will participate in the evening and at last night's meeting we thought we would suggest that we find a place near to the show and where there is good food and a quite room for the dinner and get together. (Need bright lights for most of us too ;-)

 

Our group meets at the Tower Hotel in Hawthorn on the first Monday (or the next if there are calendar hassles) of every even month.

Dinner 6:30 to 7:30

Speaker or discussion or general mess from 7:30 to about 9:30.

 

We don't have an official name because we deliberately keep this as a loose arrangement for all the legal and insurance reasons that Australia throws at us.

It all revolves round an email list and a bit of word of mouth.

 

We try to get guest speakers for most meetings and have had calligraphy, a religious scribe, a pen turner and a shop manager talking recently.

 

I have approached various folk on FPN and there seem to be more than I thought in the Melbourne area, but none have latched onto us yet - we hope that changes soon (Shangas where are you and who are you - plus others - come out come out wherever you are ;-)

 

Email me or PM your details - or call me 0414 575 550

[youstruckgold]

OK, numbers growing nicely. So far have 10 coming. Some from NSW, SA and TAS, one from Albury, and a couple of Victorians. Narrowing down venue for dinner, but will probably need definites so I can book the right space. I may have to book for a set number and take it on a first come first serve basis (priority to interstaters); but we'll see.

 

During the day, I'm thinking we start at Pen City, move down to Tafts and then off to Notemaker for some Rhodia in time for a trip to Zetta in Brunswick Street (beautiful stationary) before lunch at Mario's (a Melbourne institution) and then free for general meandering/shopping in brunswick street, more shopping meandering down in Chapel Street or St Kilda with time then to wander off to dinner in Richmond.

 

How is this sounding to people?

Edited August 20, 2009 by youstruckgold

[Chazzozz]

How is this sounding to people?

It's sounding like too, too much fun.

 

I certianly won't be able to make it now, work has asked me to attend a conference in Darwin that conflicts with the Pen Show.

Edited August 21, 2009 by Chazzozz

[youstruckgold]

How is this sounding to people?

It's sounding like too, too much fun.

 

I certianly won't be able to make it now, work has asked me to attend a conference in Darwin that conflicts with the Pen Show.

Bummer. Well let us know when u DO come to Melbourne and we may organise another posse then

[Chazzozz]

Bummer. Well let us know when u DO come to Melbourne and we may organise another posse then

One day, Mate, one day...

 

I'm thinking of starting a thread to see if any FPN members in and around Brisvegas may be interested in a Pen Posse.