Maybe you want to try smaller, more localised meetings - but could do them more regularly?
And then 1-2 big ones a year - which are advertised long time in advance?
The good people in Melbourne have a similar approach and it seems to work very well...
This is exactly my thinking
@alfredus 
When I visited SA on the 24th of December I met with
@nsavage and
@bald as and we had a great chat, a couple of coffees and got a chance to get to know each other. It was informal, understated and thoroughly enjoyable especially due to the company. We got to talk soap, razors, brushes with
@nsavage breaking out the ''A'' list gear and what we were enjoying or not enjoying at the time, it really was everything good about a meet up and it should serve as a model for other states imho.
How about Saturday 4th or 11th February at 2pm in pub around Balmain area?
This is an excellent idea
@Snooze, I reckon we go for it. Find a nice pub with a room or table we can use, say hello, do some talking, get some food and some drinks and have a nice enjoyable afternoon. If there is 3 of us then its a great afternoon, if we get 10 people then it's a great afternoon. I think we need to start somewhere, get NSW back on track and this will be the first step in establishing informal gatherings that everyone will enjoy.
NSW folks have been wanting a meeting to smell the APR stuff for 2 months now, I plan to push ahead with a casual, laid back meeting at a pub and get to meet all the people I get along with and have met through P&C, bring along my new timeless razor, soaps, brushes and creams and hope others will do the same.
We can strike a precedent
by actually doing it, not talking about it online and then allowing those that do group and make plans to be derailed for whatever reason. It really is that easy
IIRC a well know international will be in town around this time of year, perhaps it's prudent to plan so they're able to attend?
To be honest I don't particularly care, my intent is a gathering of locals in an informal setting so we can have lunch, get to know each other and have a few drinks. I don't really go in for the youtube fanboy stuff, an overwhelming majority of it is product placement and payola that pays no dividend save for product shilling.
I know a lot of people enjoy ''celebrity'' events, I have little care for them myself and postponing, delaying or accommodating the possibility of an unknown 'well known international' will only derail, yet again, the chance of a Sydney meetup.
My genuine apologies if I seem rude, impolite or blunt - I'm just sick of NSW meetups and meeting everyone being endlessly delayed due to bullshit.
