Post #809372 by PineappleWhip on Sun, Jun 11, 2023 8:24 AM

Aloha Tiki Central !! Last year at Tiki Oasis SD (2022) Hamo suggested an organized TC gathering, for everyone to have a day / time and location to meet.

from Hamo

Hamo Posted on 08/12/2022

Okay, everyone--help me remember next year that we should organize some sort of Tiki Central meetup >so that we don't miss each other again.

Hamo and Mele Ipo and I met at Strongwater a while back and had a chance to chat about this idea some more. We thought it would be fun to have a TC meet up, and Mele Ipo and I mentioned that we would gladly offer our room as a meeting place,... if we were lucky enough to get a room. We typically do a room party and have a bar setup available, juicer, bar tools, etc.

PineappleWhip Posted on 10/18/2022 in reply to Hamo

Hamo, I love the idea !!! Harkening back to the origins of the room crawl. We are planning on doing >another room party...as it gets closer, we might offer our room as a meeting place, for a TC meetup?

Good news is that we were successful in getting a room at the Town & Country in the Royal Palm Tower again for this upcoming 2023!! HOORAY !! :) This is the only tower that is approved for room parties. We will gladly offer our room for a meeting place.... if everyone so decides?? If someone else wants to host...please offer, and everyone can decide :)

In following with the hotel and Tiki Oasis guidelines from last year ... any gathering or event that is greater than 15 people needs the approval form filled out....I'm going to propose that we start off with limiting this to 15 people (for now) ... and if we have enough interest, we can fill out the form for party approval for a larger group.

IF...it ends up with enough interest to gather more than 15 people, then, with the approval, we would be in the correct tower to host....or, need someone with a room in the palm tower.

We are proposing Saturday Aug 5 at 12pm "ish". All this can be discussed and adjusted.

The other topic we discussed with Hamo, is to have a spontaneous cocktail, similar to an event from the past. With that previous event, people were encouraged to bring at the minimum 2 limes (or lemons / citrus), ..or... something they want to share (falernum, juices, homemade syrup, rum, spirit, bitters, etc. ????) and that then we could create a spontaneous cocktail with what was available. Not a requirement to bring something, but, certainly fun.....as nobody would know what is being brought until the last moment, and then we would all try to create something on the spot !! What does everyone think about that?

I know Hamo posted the following on the thread .... Tiki Oasis 2023: The Enchanted Sea

Hamo Posted on last Thursday at 9:38 PM in reply to BlackWater

Last year was my first time in attendance, and it was great, which is why I'll be back again.

Watch this space (probably) for an "official" TC meet up announcement. I will look forward to meeting >you and the missus there....

...I wasn't sure whether to post this in that space?? ...or.. create a new topic??, so, someone let me know, I can copy and paste into that one if desired? ..or.. we can leave it here?

Sorry for the long post, but, just trying to cover all the bases :) Thank you for another great idea Hamo !! It would be great to meet up with Tiki Central people that we've chatted with online....but, possibly haven't met in person.

What does everyone think?

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