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« on: March 18, 2020, 06:13:48 »

During the current Coronavirus outbreak, almost all events scheduled over the next few weeks have been cancelled, postponed or are being replaced by something online.

As I hear of events no longer happening when originally planned, I am removing them from the diary but leaving the thread that advertised them in place, with a clear note that they are not running.  (*)

A number of events appear in our diary as part of advertising spray from organising groups, and cancellation and postponement notices may not reach us, so please check before you try to attend anything remaining in the diary. Se events, such as the WWRUG» (West Wiltshire Rail Users Group - about) 30 year dinner this Saturday and the RailFuture Severnside AGM (Annual General Meeting) in a fortnight, are essentially booking / member events, so you should hear from the organisation if booked; web sites may still show an event running even if it's been cancelled - it's often easy to overlook a website update and with some organisations there's a reliance on one person who may have limited availability to make short term changes.

I look forward to having a "how are various organisations switching back on" thread in due course

(*) - exceptionally, I'll leave our AGM showing in the diary for 4.4.20 - but noting CANCELLED (physically) which I'm sure it will be within the next 48 hours - I await a confirmation discussion on alternative plans to conclude.  Leaving it I because - in this case - this forum is the authoritative source of the data.

I would encourage members to add online social events, interesting broadcasts, etc, to the diary. Let's keep it running as a source of things coming up to help keep us informed, in touch and entertained.
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« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2020, 06:54:10 »

Snapshot of events remaining on the forum diary for the next 3 months, as at 07:00 on 18.3.2020

21/03/2020   WWRUG» (West Wiltshire Rail Users Group - about) 30th Anniversary Dinner -> Probably cancelled, but booking deadline gone and I would not hear
27/03/2020   Nationa Rail Aw. entries close -> Not a meeting event - no reason to change
27/03/2020   Health & sustainable transport -> Conference still being advertised!
28/03/2020   150/0 Final Furlong tour -> ANY NEWS anyone?
31/03/2020   Final day DA2 contract -> Not a meeting event - no reason to change
01/04/2020   Day 1 - new DA3 management -> Not a meeting event (but surely it might change in form?)
04/04/2020   Coffee Shop AGM (Annual General Meeting) -> 99% sure we're replacing with online alternative
04/04/2020   RailFuture Severnside AGM -> Still showing on Railfuture site; as local member would expect news
11/04/2020   MidHants Railwayana Auction -> Still showing
13/05/2020   2020 Community Rail in the City -> TransWilts have cancelled "All" their events but not participation in this
13/05/2020   Melksham reopened 35 years ago -> modified plans - to seek out those who were at the opening for 2021 event
20/05/2020   MRUG» (Melksham Rail User Group - site) 2020 AGM -> tonight (18.3) meeting being replace by newsletter / corresponcc which will look to this
23/05/2020   XR (Crossrail) ask you to save day
04/06/2020   RailFuture @ Westbury -> Still showing of RailFuture website
05/06/2020   World Environment Day
11/06/2020   Community Rail Dinner -> just a "diary date" so far - no publicity has gone out. Expect not to happen.
12/06/2020   GWR (Great Western Railway) Community Rail Conference -> just a "diary date" so far - no publicity has gone out
15/06/2020   Entries close, ACoRP (Association of Community Rail Partnerships) awards -> Not a meeting event - no reason to change
27/06/2020   RailFuture national AGM -> "Sign up" flyer arrived in post yesterday, but National Board discussing postponement until 3rd October and combining with annual national conference
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