So, so far, we have 8 votes, all pretty much yes, though some depend on certain factors.

It's time to sort some things out: when, where, who and how many.
We can get into any further details after we sort out the following.

Answer these questions in a reply (poll alone isn't customisable enough):

Do you want to rent a cottage, or do you want to camp in the garden of Nuala's parents?
Are you coming alone, or bringing someone else(s)?
When are you available to go (next year, unless it becomes too complicated somehow)?
What other conditions determine whether or not you will be able to go?

I don't know how long everyone wants a Seed Meet to be, but renting cottages is often for a minimum of 1 week, sometimes 2 (but we'll just not take those cottages that have a 2-week minimum). Which doesn't necessarily mean you have to stay for the whole week, but it does mean you'll have to pay for it (literally ).

As you know, Nuala proposed a Seed Meet in France a while back (topic here http://seedthecommunity.org/viewtopic.php?id=268).

There was a lot of enthusiasm for it then.

When I was planning my own holiday for me, partner, parents etc, I looked at a lot of holiday cottages, and I got the idea that it might be nice, for those who do not want to camp out in Nuala's parents' garden, to all rent a cottage together.
Why? --> cottages in France are often very cheap. More people in a larger cottage would be cheapest, but even starting from 4-6 people in a smaller cottage is cheap. It affords a bit more comfort and privacy than camping, and it's just fun . It would not be as cheap as camping in Nuala's parents' garden, but it would still be something most of us could afford, cheaper than hotels and even most campings, with costs staying below 100 euros (sometimes below 50) per week per person, also depending on the season (though since most want it to be early in May, that would be halfseason and should be very cheap mostly).

So I'm polling for interest in this idea. Dates, if any are interested, will come later.
Below is a list of cottages, from small cottages for few people to bigger cottages for large groups, that are in the same region as Nuala's parents, some even in the same smaller area (Drôme). I will list the pricerange per cottage. Many more cottages are out there, I just listed a few now. The poll has a limited life, since this needs to be done rather quickly.

Keep in mind that if people are interested, and a date in the highseason is agreed upon instead of half- or lowseason, a lot of these prices would become more than twice as high. Some of these cottages may also require a (caution money) deposit in advance, which will be returned to us when we leave the cottage in good state.

Ok, so from small to large:

http://www.frenchconnections.co.uk/en/a … u_id=95872 Has 3 bedrooms, sleeps 5-6. Halfseason price is 421 euros, which means 84,20 euros to 70,16 euros (5-6 people) per person per week.

http://www.frenchconnections.co.uk/en/a … _id=152145 Has 3 bedrooms, sleeps 6. Halfseason price is 410 euros, which means 68,33 euros per person per week.

http://www.cheznous.com/prop_details.asp?sku=15527   3 bedrooms, sleeps 6. Price for May is 200 pounds. Which makes: 33,33 pounds per person per week. More if rented with fewer people, of course.

http://www.frenchconnections.co.uk/en/a … tact-owner  Has 3 bedrooms, sleeps 6-8. Halfseason price seems to be 456 euros, but that needs to be checked. That would make the pricerange 76 euros to 57 euros (6-8 people) per person per week.

http://www.cheznous.com/prop_details.asp?sku=170389  This gite sleeps 6-8 in 3 bedrooms, and there is a studio above it that sleeps 2-3. We could use just the larger gite, or both for a lerger group.
Gite halfseason price is 660 euro per week, which would turn out as 110 euros to 82,50 euros (6-10 people) per person per week. Or, if, say we rent both with 10 people, it would be 1060, which would mean 106 euros per person per week, making this one of the more expensive choices.

http://www.frenchconnections.co.uk/en/a … _id=105834 4 bedrooms, sleeps 8-12. Halfseason price seems to be 500 euros, which means the pricerange would be: 62,50 euros to 41,70 euros (8-12 people) per person per week.

http://www.frenchconnections.co.uk/en/a … u_id=94139  It has 4 bedrooms, would be most comfortable with 8 people, but can house up to 14. The pricerange for the halfseason would be: 91,50 euros to 52,14 euros (8-14 people) per person per week.

http://www.cheznous.com/prop_details.asp?sku=185769 This property sleeps 13 in 3 different buildings/parts of building. The prices are "From £515 - £920 depending on season, number of people and accommodation selected". Which gets too complicated for me, but I guess (without converting the currency), 39,60 pounds to 70,76 pounds per person per week.

http://www.cheznous.com/prop_details.asp?sku=1116 This consists of 3 properties. We could rent just one, or 2, or all 3, depending on group size. Prices again in pounds, maybe someone else can calculate this one.

http://www.cheznous.com/prop_details.asp?sku=16341   4 apartments in one large barnhouse. Sleeps 26 if we use them all (less as required). It just says: "Prices from €450 to €1950 per week". And I don't know if that is per property or dependent on the time of year or what, so that's have to be checked.

Was thinking of starting a sort of guided forum RP thread here.

You ever read those books with a bit of story and then you get a choice, and depending on your choice the story goes differently? I was thinking of doing something like that, only with more choices and less set in advance. I'd make a story (or adapt one from a really good fantasy book world or something), and tell it. Then I put up a few choices. You each pick one, no reason to all pick the same one, I'll branch out for each participant (will take a bit of work). I will set general guidelines or a general framework for the story for myself in advance, but there could be a lot of improvisation and making stuff up on the spot. Each participant will create a character (send info on them to me or post it for all to see), I will need it and who knows, I might even be able to customise some stuff around specific chars.

Story will end, planning on not doing a very very long one for a first try, don't even know if the concept will work.

So, if anyone would be interested in doing that kind of forum RP here, let me know. If there is interest, I will then start on a storyworld, so might take a while before it starts.
This isn't something that would take a whole lot of work on your part, though you can RP around your choice as you like. More like a story being told for you and around your char. But will put in choices often, more often than you'd have in those books I mentioned.
Note in advance, once I do post more choices, I wouldn't want to wait days for someone's reply, so regular forum checking would be needed .

Eat lots of cake.