Ok, before we post something semi-official sounding, here's a quick version of how I see part of the weekend happening. Please feel free to suggest changes and additions. I'd like to have some kind of sign-up sheet, and we can see which of the locals might help guide some of these efforts.
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FRIDAY
I know some of you are arriving earlier, feel free to check in with me. I will e-mail you my cell number upon request. Chrys and Fred and some others are arriving early, I have some off-the-beaten-path locations in mind we could go shoot - and if we're enough people I'm just going to go rent a minivan for the day (or the weekend).
FRIDAY NIGHT
18:00 - 22:00 - Bar and Gallery at the Hotel Ellington, say hi, get to know one another, and just spend time together.
22:00 - much later - some night-time shooting, or a pub crawl, or a combination
SATURDAY
11:00 Group Picture in front of Brandenburg Gate - a recognizable landmark, feel free to suggest something cooler. We will need to hunt down a competent-looking tourist and ask him/her to take the picture with two of our cameras.
11:30 - 16:00 - The Photo Hunt. Basically just sight-seeing through Berlin's Mitte with various goals/targets/subjects, and a slight competitive element. Winning team gets prizes! I am about to take up Jock-L on his offer to help me think this through. He has some really good ideas.
SATURDAY NIGHT
20:45 - 22:00 - Second night of Fireworks competition. If anyone wants to go shoot this we will coordinate a group.
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20:00 - 23:00 - Dinner at Turkish Restaurant, please sign up here.
23:00 - much later - night shooting, or pub crawl, or combination.
SUNDAY
10:00 Brunch anyone? Maybe shooting at a funky flea-market? We could hit some of those photo exhibitions...
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Ok, let's get some input and suggestions. The good thing about working with Photobloggers is that we're not shy and people have opinions.
Bump!
This all looks good to me - maybe worth noting that Friday night @ the Ellington is the actual "meetup" and we'll have a couple of other items going on, such as door prize raffle, virtual gallery exhibition, etc.
I say let's put the "official" stamp on this if no one has any objections.
Looks great, guys! I think it is a very varied program which has something in it for everyone's liking.
Definitely also interested in the off-beat locations on Friday. I will be arriving at the airport at 9:50, so that should give us all afternoon.