TAM in Europe?

Fungrim said:
For a while I thought you were talking about the ICC and couldn't understand why you'd say it was cheap to stay. :D
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Novotel is only a few hundred quid a night (cough).

Fungrim said:
... Now, dunno why anyone would want to go to Birmingham though...
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Errrm...(thinks hard). Canals? More than Amsterdam (might not be true, certainly more dead dogs though).

Also, it's not far from Stratford so you could buy a pencil with a union flag on it or something.

Oh, and the ultimate Birmingham meal - the curry! hmmmmmmmm curry....
 
I love Europe, but...

A TAM in Europe would be, in my opinion, to cost-prohibitive to JREF. Since TAM is actually a fund-raising event, to have it in Europe and fly everyone from JREF there would be a whole bunch of money. The registration cost would need to go up considerably in order to cover the extra expenses.

Of course, there are a lot of Randi supporters and skeptics in Europe, so the attendance might be even better, but for many of the guests and presenters it would be very expensive too.

How about organizing a skeptics conference in Europe and hiring Randi to be the keynote speaker?
 
Chaos said:
How? Which airline, which route? I´m curious. I couldn´t find anything better than 600-odd Euros and about 20 hours each way, including layovers. (24 if I measure travel time "home to Stardust" instead of "take-off Frankfurt to landing Las Vegas")
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It will cost you $480 to know. :)

(Email me and I'll tell you.)
 
Chaos said:
How? Which airline, which route? I´m curious. I couldn´t find anything better than 600-odd Euros and about 20 hours each way, including layovers. (24 if I measure travel time "home to Stardust" instead of "take-off Frankfurt to landing Las Vegas")
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CF Larsen replied:
It will cost you $480 to know.
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I'll see his $480 and decrease it to $382.70.

Travelocity.com has US Airways offering Frankfurt-Las Vegas via Philadelphia for the above price. Leave 12:05pm Frankfurt on Wednesday, 25 Jan and arrive in Vegas 8:20PM, total time 17:15. Return is Monday, 30 Jan leaving at 6:45am from Vegas, transfer at Philadelphia and arrive in Frankfurt 6:00am on Tuesday 31 Jan. Total time is 14:15. Price (including taxes) is as quoted.

That is, as of 1400hrs today--with the airlines, you never know.

If those aren't your days, let me know and I'll look them up. Travelocity--wonderful for them what know city codes.
 
andycal said:
Canals? More than Amsterdam (might not be true, certainly more dead dogs though).
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That's right, I forgot those (the dogs that is, at least they make the cannal interesting). I also forgot the Green Men of Birmingham. Shame on me.

Also, it's not far from Stratford so you could buy a pencil with a union flag on it or something.
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Which you can use to stap your way through the throngs of tourists. I which I'd thought of that when I was there last.

And yes, the curry is good.
 
Coming from Rotterdam, it's hard for me to say, but: Amsterdam.
I'll can get there by train (i.e. get drunk and not worry about getting home safe:)).
Otherwise a smaller TAM in Europe sounds great, as I burned all my grandmothers.
 
I was told at TAM IV that talk of holding some sort of conference in Europe (probably London) was seriously being discussed. Then Randi had to go and get sick on us. Has there been any further discussions on this?

An alternative thought: Is there a British/European Skeptics group that could organize something like this, if JREF can't/doesn't want to be involved?
 
The Central Scrutinizer said:
I was told at TAM IV that talk of holding some sort of conference in Europe (probably London) was seriously being discussed. Then Randi had to go and get sick on us. Has there been any further discussions on this?

An alternative thought: Is there a British/European Skeptics group that could organize something like this, if JREF can't/doesn't want to be involved?
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UK Skeptics has the expertise and resources to do this if the JREF don't, but my understanding is that JREF still hasn't written this idea off so my opinion is...wait and see ;)
 
I propose...

Brighton, England.

Because it is great, has the sea, masses of tourist-friendly facilities, is convenient for Gatwick Airport, is statistically the place in England where you are least likely to be a member of a major religion, has a great big conference centre, loads of great pubs and restaurants, and it's cheaper than London (well a bit).
 
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