Scaleforum 2021

[android]

Good morning world! Andrew Ockwell here.

The Committee can announce that Scaleforum 2021 will take place on September 25 & 26 next year provided, naturally, that the circumstances a year from now have sufficiently improved. The venue, new to us, will be a school which is modern and conveniently located for both public and private transport; however, we won't reveal its exact location yet. Like thousands of other schools, they are working under colossal pressure and we don’t want to get in the way of their running of the school. Once things have calmed down somewhat we'll announce a lot more - but we're sure that members will be as excited by this as we are.
More details next year!

I am here for the next half hour and then later this afternoon if anyone wants to chat.

[Paul Willis]

The Committee can announce that Scaleforum 2021 will take place on September 25 & 26 next year provided, naturally, that the circumstances a year from now have sufficiently improved. The venue, new to us, will be a school which is modern and conveniently located for both public and private transport; however, we won't reveal its exact location yet. Like thousands of other schools, they are working under colossal pressure and we don’t want to get in the way of their running of the school. Once things have calmed down somewhat we'll announce a lot more - but we're sure that members will be as excited by this as we are.
More details next year!
.

Well done Andrew!

Looking forward to it
Paul

[steamraiser]

Sounds interesting.

[Rod Cameron]

Good news, which I hope will be realised; there will of course now be feverish speculation as to where it is!

[Paul Willis]

Good news, which I hope will be realised; there will of course now be feverish speculation as to where it is!

Well, now there are all those empty office blocks at Canary Wharf...

Can you imagine how big a floor plan we can have?

Cheers
Paul

[DougN]

Bet there will be enough power too...good lighting... air con....It is the first time though that no one wants the corner office... too much natural light?

Paul its a great idea.

[Rod Cameron]

I hope they have many and capacious lifts then!

[Captain Kernow]

The village hall in Piddletrenthide.

[Tim V]

The village hall in Piddletrenthide.

Getting warmer

[android]

I am now able to tell you that the venue for Scaleforum 2021, HMG and common sense allowing, will be the Cressex Community School in High Wycombe. Look out for more details in a future Scalefour News.

Stay safe

Andrew

[martin goodall]

That's a rather good venue, with a light, airy atrium, and a large exhibition hall upstairs

"Wycrail" is held there each year (although not this year, obvs.), using both the atrium and the exhibition hall.

I can't remember what the catering is like, but the atrium provides convenient seating.

Nearest rail connection is High Wycombe (Chiltern Rail) served from London, Oxford and Birmingham.

(Not sure about bus services from High Wycombe.)

Onsite parking can be a problem at peak times (but you wouldn't be competing for space with other users of the building), but an alternative car park is potentially available less than half a mile away.

[Rod Cameron]

Given it's a school and not at half term, when is access for setting up available?

[Tim V]

Well, Aylesbury had a problem with parking for the school run - couldn't get in till near 4pm.

[kelly]

What is the disabled access of the venue like?

[Enigma]

Takes me back 50+ years! Very close to where my digs were when I was at HW Tech. Very close to the M40 and appears to have plenty of parking. Lets just hope we're Covid free by then!

[Chris Mitton]

What is the disabled access of the venue like?

Hi Kelly
This is a very modern school, built in 2010, so (we are assured by the school, and Andrew will bear this out) fully compliant with modern needs and requirements. You should be fine.
Regards
TreasurerChris

[kelly]

What is the disabled access of the venue like?

Hi Kelly
This is a very modern school, built in 2010, so (we are assured by the school, and Andrew will bear this out) fully compliant with modern needs and requirements. You should be fine.
Regards
TreasurerChris

Thanks for that. It was something that the previous version handled very well, so hopefully they are as good or better.

[android]

Hi Kelly

The school was only built about a dozen years ago, so as Chris says, it will be fully compliant with all the current Building Regulations regarding disabled access. I look forward to seeing you there!

Andrew

[adrianmc]

Great news - I have added the date/venue to the CMRA website exhibition diary for 2021.

http://www.cmra.org.uk/diary21.html

Regards

Adrian

[Horsetan]

I am now able to tell you that the venue for Scaleforum 2021, HMG and common sense allowing, will be the Cressex Community School in High Wycombe. ...

Make sure your signposting is up to scratch. This is something WycRail 2019 got very wrong, and I consider it a minor miracle that I was able to find the entrance with two hours to go.

See you in 2022.