Background

The Better Relationship Group despite it's failings was a useful forum and the lack of future meetings has left a bit of a gap in the collective dialogue with CRT. As a regular attendee I can attest to one consistency throughout the BRG period:

Conversations in the pub afterwards were usually a source of many more good ideas (and a damn slight more silly ones) than ever arose from within the confines of the meeting itself.

Whilst BRG was a useful sounding board for CRT the real value to my mind was as a forum for people who generally know a bit about what works on the cut and what doesn't to have a bit of a chat and sometimes hatch a cunning plan or two.

What's This About

I'm proposing the inaugural meeting of the BEER RELATED GROUP, using the conduit of a good pub to channel some of the energy and enthusiasm we all share for improving the canal into some thoughts, ideas and general conversation. As a pilot event this invitation has been sent to the Better Relationships Group mailing list as well as some of the usual suspects from CRT staff to join us in an off-duty-yet-still-talking-about-the-canals capacity.

There will be no agenda though as an official member of NAG I'm happy to do some follow up nagging on matters arising on your behalf.

The Rules

The Better Relationships Group worked best when half baked ideas were discussed and developed together or totally shot down (in the nicest possible way of course). With that in mind consider the Beer Related Group to be a forum of friends and open discussion. Come to the pub with a glass half full mentality, unless it's my glass of course in which case it's half empty and it looks like your round...

Cheers!
Lee

BRG - The Beer Related Group