The Syndicate

To all who have expressed interest I would just like to say, I would love to plan this. However, this anniversary celebration is an exercise in me recognize I can't do it all. So if this is going to happen, someone else will have to take over being point person on making it happen because I just do not have the space in my life right now and the more stuff I try to carry the more I am likely to drop and then I feel shitty and deal with depression and anxiety and I end up dropping more. So I am going to have to say I'd love to be involved, but I can't organize this after all for the good of my own mental health.

Hey, that's awesome news! I mean, I know its a bummer pushing it back a whole year, but I really think having that extra time to plan will allow more people to make some space for it and to budget time and money for it if it's something they really would like to do. And it will help us ensure we plan it the best possible way we can. I am currently in such flux especially for the next couple months and it's causing me high levels of anxiety so I need to be honest with myself about what I'm capable of doing and I just know that while I might be able to plan it, it probably is not a good choice for me where my mental and emotional health is concerned. So I apologize for getting you all excited too soon and then pulling the rug out from under you. But we can still do it, just planning a bit more in advance, which I think will be a better approach for almost everyone.

I almost accidentally typed that we would plan for the summer of 2030... LOL. We believe in planning well in advance...

Hey guys, dunya and I were discussing it and we think that planning not for this summer, but for next summer might be a better idea. It would allow for people who want to make time for it to sort it out well in advance, and it would allow people to save for it too. So we're going to refocus this a bit to look forward at the Summer of 2023 and allow plenty of time for planning that way.

That said, I will put up a poll for possible locations as soon as possible.

I'll set up a poll tomorrow for some possible locations.

Mongoose wrote: ↑Wed Mar 16, 2022 8:14 pm How do I take my husband someone help

@reywaS oh I think that worked

This made me giggle.

Anyone else that would like to chime in dates that are just no go for them, please let us know. We'll go for whatever works for the most people in the end.

@Elohcin or Epignosis, we were discussing it being mid-August but I learned from Elo earlier that might not work for you?

Here is where I (and Dunia are at the moment. I am going to England in early May, then going from England straight to permanently relocating to France in June. So I won't be in the US at all as of May. However, my little sister graduates with her PhD in History August 13, so I am going to be back in Waco for that ceremony and I convinced Dunia to join me for this and we could plan a Syndicate meet up around it as well. I am able to do it anytime before or after the 13. The closer to it the better so Dunia could do both, but if she can only make one of the two things, I will make sure she is at the Meet Up instead, lol. We hadn't gotten as far in here as discussing dates before this, but do you have any idea of when might be a no go?

I should clarify, I am planning a LOT of things right now and I don't think I could handle planning that too, but if you all are serious about a Euro Meet Up and someone wants to plan that, let's start a separate thread and see what comes of it.

Master Radishes wrote: ↑Wed Mar 16, 2022 3:23 pm

dunya wrote: ↑Wed Mar 16, 2022 6:52 am we can do a euro one too this year!!! i'm down.

I mean there are 3 of us in London, so

dunya wrote: ↑Wed Mar 16, 2022 3:36 pm london is boring, let's bring the party to barcelona.

If this is going to be a thing (which I fully endorse the idea of feeling out the possibility for a Euro Meet Up), we should consider starting a separate thread to pursue interest and planning for that.

Hello lovely people of The Syndicate! There has been some chatter about interest in reviving this finally after the long saga that has been COVID is finally easing up and allowing people to travel and see each other again. So this is really a thread to do an interest check and then move into discussion of time frames and locations. Before we get too far down that road though, let's just see who might be interested in attending a Syndicate Meet Up!