Multipack

A Community of Web Developers & Designers in Birmingham

Every second Saturday of the month, the Multipack meets at the Old Joint Stock pub in the centre of Birmingham to discuss everything web in a social and relaxed atmosphere.

Occasionally we like to see what else the West Midlands has to offer and we will venture out of the United Kingdom’s second city in search of more greener pastures.

From time to time, we'll organize something a bit different. You can find out more about our special events in our “Presents” section.

Next Event

Saturday 11th February 2012

The Old Joint Stock, 4 Temple Row West, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 5NY
52.4912, -1.9

More information on Upcoming about Multipack February 2012

Previous Event

Tuesday 25th October 2011

The White Horse, 4-6 Clarendon Avenue, Leamington Spa, West Midlands
52.3035, -1.5379

An offshoot of the main Multipack community, the Leamington Multipack is a group of web professionals and tech enthusiasts from Leamington, Warwick and the surrounding areas. Join us, from 7:30pm, for a few beers and a bite to eat, as we talk about all things web, programming, technology and other things in between!

Saturday 8th October 2011

The Old Joint Stock, 4 Temple Row West, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 5NY
52.4912, -1.9

Join a group of friendly web professionals, designers and tech enthusiasts from the greater Multipack community, in the lovely setting of the Old Joint Stock, situated in the centre of Birmingham, for a drink or two and a bite to eat. Meeting from 2pm on the second Saturday of every month, if you’re in any way connected to working with media or the internet in the Midlands or surrounding areas, you might not just enjoy it, but find it immensely valuable!

Tuesday 27th September 2011

The White Horse, 4-6 Clarendon Avenue, Leamington Spa, West Midlands
52.3035, -1.5379

An offshoot of the main Multipack community, the Leamington Multipack is a group of web professionals and tech enthusiasts from Leamington, Warwick and the surrounding areas. Join us, from 7:30pm, for a few beers and a bite to eat, as we talk about all things web, programming, technology and other things in between!

Saturday 10th September 2011

The Old Joint Stock, 4 Temple Row West, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 5NY
52.4912, -1.9

Join a group of friendly web professionals, designers and tech enthusiasts from the greater Multipack community, in the lovely setting of the Old Joint Stock, situated in the centre of Birmingham, for a drink or two and a bite to eat. Meeting from 2pm on the second Saturday of every month, if you’re in any way connected to working with media or the internet in the Midlands or surrounding areas, you might not just enjoy it, but find it immensely valuable!

Tuesday 30th August 2011

The White Horse, 4-6 Clarendon Avenue, Leamington Spa, West Midlands
52.3035, -1.5379

An offshoot of the main Multipack community, the Leamington Multipack is a group of web professionals and tech enthusiasts from Leamington, Warwick and the surrounding areas. Join us, from 7:30pm, for a few beers and a bite to eat, as we talk about all things web, programming, technology and other things in between!

Tuesday 26th July 2011

The White Horse, 4-6 Clarendon Avenue, Leamington Spa, West Midlands
52.3035, -1.5379

An offshoot of the main Multipack community, the Leamington Multipack is a group of web professionals and tech enthusiasts from Leamington, Warwick and the surrounding areas. Join us, from 7:30pm, for a few beers and a bite to eat, as we talk about all things web, programming, technology, August’s upcoming Geek in the Park event and other things in between!

Saturday 9th July 2011

The Old Joint Stock, 4 Temple Row West, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 5NY
52.4912, -1.9

Join a group of friendly web professionals, designers and tech enthusiasts from the greater Multipack community, in the lovely setting of the Old Joint Stock, situated in the centre of Birmingham, for a drink or two and a bite to eat. Meeting from 2pm on the second Saturday of every month, if you’re in any way connected to working with media or the internet in the Midlands or surrounding areas, you might not just enjoy it, but find it immensely valuable!

Tuesday 28th June 2011

The White Horse, 4-6 Clarendon Avenue, Leamington Spa, West Midlands
52.3035, -1.5379

An offshoot of the main Multipack community, the Leamington Multipack is a group of web professionals and tech enthusiasts from Leamington, Warwick and the surrounding areas. Join us, from 7:30pm, for a few beers and a bite to eat, as we talk about all things web, programming, technology and other things in between!

Saturday 11th June 2011

The Old Joint Stock, 4 Temple Row West, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 5NY
52.4912, -1.9

Join a group of friendly web professionals, designers and tech enthusiasts from the greater Multipack community, in the lovely setting of the Old Joint Stock, situated in the centre of Birmingham, for a drink or two and a bite to eat. Meeting from 2pm on the second Saturday of every month, if you’re in any way connected to working with media or the internet in the Midlands or surrounding areas, you might not just enjoy it, but find it immensely valuable!

Tuesday 31st May 2011

The White Horse, 4-6 Clarendon Avenue, Leamington Spa, West Midlands
52.3035, -1.5379

An offshoot of the main Multipack community, the Leamington Multipack is a group of web professionals and tech enthusiasts from Leamington, Warwick and the surrounding areas. Join us, from 7:30pm, for a few beers and a bite to eat, as we talk about all things web, programming, technology and other things in between!

Saturday 14th May 2011

Birmingham Science Park Aston, Faraday Wharf, Holt Street, Birmingham, England, B7 4BB
52.4868, -1.8865

The second of our 2011 series of our Multipack Presents events, Mobile Development will give you an insight into the challenges faced by developers of the various mobile platforms. You’ll have a chance to learn from developers of first-class apps that have been launched on the various App Stores and App Marketplaces, as well as from those who have successfully launched mobile web apps at our free mini-conference event. As usual, we’ll kick off with a social gathering, though as we’ve changed venue, this will be held at The Sack Of Potatoes at 2pm, where you can join us for a drink and a bite to eat, before heading to our new venue for this month, Birmingham Science Park’s meeting rooms, close to Aston University’s campus, for around 4pm. More information on the event is available at http://lanyrd.com/2011/multipack-presents-may - if you’re a twitter user, please indicate your attendance there.

Tuesday 26th April 2011

The White Horse, 4-6 Clarendon Avenue, Leamington Spa, West Midlands
52.3035, -1.5379

An offshoot of the main Multipack community, the Leamington Multipack is a group of web professionals and tech enthusiasts from Leamington, Warwick and the surrounding areas. Join us, from 7:30pm, for a few beers and a bite to eat, as we talk about all things web, programming, technology and other things in between!

Saturday 9th April 2011

The Old Joint Stock, 4 Temple Row West, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 5NY
52.4912, -1.9

Join a group of friendly web professionals, designers and tech enthusiasts from the greater Multipack community, in the lovely setting of the Old Joint Stock, situated in the centre of Birmingham, for a drink or two and a bite to eat. Meeting from 2pm on the second Saturday of every month, if you’re in any way connected to working with media or the internet in the Midlands or surrounding areas, you might not just enjoy it, but find it immensely valuable!

Tuesday 29th March 2011

The White Horse, 4-6 Clarendon Avenue, Leamington Spa, West Midlands
52.3035, -1.5379

An offshoot of the main Multipack community, the Leamington Multipack is a group of web professionals and tech enthusiasts from Leamington, Warwick and the surrounding areas. Join us, from 7:30pm, for a few beers and a bite to eat, as we talk about all things web, programming, technology and other things in between!

Saturday 12th March 2011

The Old Joint Stock, 4 Temple Row West, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 5NY
52.4912, -1.9

Join a group of friendly web professionals, designers and tech enthusiasts from the greater Multipack community, in the lovely setting of the Old Joint Stock, situated in the centre of Birmingham, for a drink or two and a bite to eat. Meeting from 2pm on the second Saturday of every month, if you’re in any way connected to working with media or the internet in the Midlands or surrounding areas, you might not just enjoy it, but find it immensely valuable!

Tuesday 22nd February 2011

The White Horse, 4-6 Clarendon Avenue, Leamington Spa, West Midlands
52.3035, -1.5379

An offshoot of the main Multipack community, the Leamington Multipack is a group of web professionals and tech enthusiasts from Leamington, Warwick and the surrounding areas. Join us, from 7:30pm, for a few beers and a bite to eat, as we talk about all things web, programming, technology and other things in between!

Saturday 12th February 2011

One Black Bear, The Old School House, 191 Fazeley Street, Birmingham, England, B5 5SE
52.4786, -1.8823

The first of our 2011 series of our Multipack Presents events, “Show and Tell” gives you a chance to get up and give a quick 10 minute talk to the Multipack community. Simply show us something you’ve made or have been involved in and tell us about it. We kick off with a social gathering at the Old Crown pub in Digbeth, at 2pm, where you can join us for a drink and a bite to eat, before heading to the offices of Birmingham web agency, One Black Bear, for the talks from around 4pm. If you’ve got something to show and tell, please head over to http://j.mp/showtell-feb11 and propose your idea for a talk. Deadline for submissions is 11pm on Monday, January 31st and the chosen sessions will be selected by Monday, February 6th.

Tuesday 25th January 2011

The White Horse, 4-6 Clarendon Avenue, Leamington Spa, West Midlands
52.3035, -1.5379

An offshoot of the main Multipack community, the Leamington Multipack is a group of web professionals and tech enthusiasts from Leamington, Warwick and the surrounding areas. Join us, from 7:30pm, for a few beers and a bite to eat, as we talk about all things web, programming, technology and other things in between!

Saturday 8th January 2011

The Old Joint Stock, 4 Temple Row West, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 5NY
52.4912, -1.9

Join us for the first Multipack social of the year, at our regular venue - The Old Joint Stock on Temple Row in Birmingham City Centre. Bring the gadgets you got for Christmas, your plans for the new year ahead and share a drink and a chat with web professionals and technology enthusiasts from around the Midlands - as well as a bite to eat if you’re up for it!

Tuesday 30th November 2010

The White Horse, 4-6 Clarendon Avenue, Leamington Spa, West Midlands
52.3035, -1.5379

Join us, for the last time in 2010 (because we don’t meet in December!) at our little geeky meet-up, for a few beers and some food (if you want) at Leamington’s Multipack Social. Discuss all things web design, development, social media, iphone, iPad and anything else that remotely resembles a geeky thing!

Saturday 20th November 2010

One Black Bear, The Old School House, 191 Fazeley Street, Birmingham, England, B5 5SE
52.4786, -1.8823

Join us for the last Presents event of the year, featuring three Multipack regulars; Gareth Brown, Andy Higgs and Paul Lloyd, as they talk about wireframing, AB testing, style guides and more. We meet beforehand at the Old Crown in Digbeth for lunch and a pint, before heading to the offices of One Black Bear for the presentations.

Tuesday 26th October 2010

The White Horse, 4-6 Clarendon Avenue, Leamington Spa, West Midlands
52.3035, -1.5379

Last Tuesday of the month? Well, there’s only one thing for it! Join us for a few beers and some food (if you want) at Leamington’s Multipack Social. Discuss all things web design, development, social media, iphone, iPad and anything else that remotely resembles a geeky thing!

Saturday 16th October 2010

The Old Joint Stock, 4 Temple Row West, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 5NY
52.4912, -1.9

The Multipack celebrates it’s fifth birthday this October, so come join us at our regular haunt at the Old Joint Stock in Birmingham for a few drinks. Come along and meet your peers. Share your loves and frustrations with websites and applications with people who can relate, and even offer solutions.

Tuesday 28th September 2010

The White Horse, 4-6 Clarendon Avenue, Leamington Spa, West Midlands
52.3035, -1.5379

Last Tuesday of the month? Well, there’s only one thing for it! Join us for a few beers and some food (if you want) at Leamington’s Multipack Social. Discuss all things web design, development, social media, iphone, iPad and anything else that remotely resembles a geeky thing!

Saturday 11th September 2010

The Old Joint Stock, 4 Temple Row West, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 5NY
52.4912, -1.9

Pop along and enjoy a pint or two with other web developers and designers, in the lovely setting of the Old Joint Stock, situated in the center of Birmingham. The main topic of discussion is likely to be centered around dConstruct which was held the week before in Brighton, where a few Multipack members attended.

Tuesday 31st August 2010

The White Horse, 4-6 Clarendon Avenue, Leamington Spa, West Midlands
52.3035, -1.5379

Last Tuesday of the month? Well, there’s only one thing for it! Join us for a few beers and some food (if you want) at Leamington’s Multipack Social. Discuss all things web design, development, social media, iphone, iPad and anything else that remotely resembles a geeky thing!

Saturday 14th August 2010

The Old Joint Stock, 4 Temple Row West, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 5NY
52.4912, -1.9

Pop along and enjoy a pint or two with other web developers and designers, in the lovely setting of the Old Joint Stock, situated in the center of Birmingham.

Tuesday 27th July 2010

The White Horse, 4-6 Clarendon Avenue, Leamington Spa, West Midlands
52.3035, -1.5379

Last Tuesday of the month? Well, there’s only one thing for it! Join us for a few beers and some food (if you want) at Leamington’s Multipack Social. Discuss all things web design, development, social media, iphone, iPad and anything else that remotely resembles a geeky thing!

Saturday 10th July 2010

The Old Joint Stock, 4 Temple Row West, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 5NY
52.4912, -1.9

Pop along and enjoy a pint or two with other web developers and designers, in the lovely setting of the Old Joint Stock, situated in the center of Birmingham.

Tuesday 29th June 2010

The White Horse, 4-6 Clarendon Avenue, Leamington Spa, West Midlands
52.3035, -1.5379

Our little group, outside of Birmingham, is one year old! We’ve been meeting up in Leamington for a year now, so it’s only apt that we have a bit of a gathering to celebrate the cause. Given that this time last year it was sunny, warm and pleasant outside, we’ll be hoping for similar conditions, so come and join us for a beer and discuss all things design, development, social media, and anything else that remotely resembles something geeky! We might even bring are definitely bringing a cake!

Saturday 12th June 2010

The Old Joint Stock, 4 Temple Row West, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 5NY
52.4912, -1.9

Pop along and enjoy a pint or two with other web developers and designers, in the lovely setting of the Old Joint Stock, situated in the center of Birmingham.

Tuesday 25th May 2010

The White Horse, 4-6 Clarendon Avenue, Leamington Spa, West Midlands
52.3035, -1.5379

Join us for the first Multipack Social of the new world order. Okay, perhaps not, but certainly the first social following the general election. We’ll be inevitably talking about our newly elected government, perhaps we’ll be talking about a new PM and a new MP for the area, but we’ll also pretty much guarantee the usual geek-up and discussions on all things web, new media, design and development. Who knows, we might even have iPads by then too!

Saturday 8th May 2010

The Old Joint Stock, 4 Temple Row West, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 5NY
52.4912, -1.9

Pop along and enjoy a pint or two with other web developers and designers, in the lovely setting of the Old Joint Stock, situated in the center of Birmingham.

Saturday 10th April 2010

The Old Joint Stock, 4 Temple Row West, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 5NY
52.4912, -1.9

Pop along and enjoy a pint or two with other web developers and designers, in the lovely setting of the Old Joint Stock, situated in the center of Birmingham.

Saturday 13th March 2010

The Old Joint Stock, 4 Temple Row West, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 5NY
52.4912, -1.9

Share a pint or two with local web designers and developers! Discuss what’s happening in the industry, swap tips and tricks and generally enthuse about all things web! Likely topics of conversation include HTML5, CSS3, interaction design, PHP, Python, recent projects and writing web copy. At the Old Joint Stock in Birmingham. Keep an eye on twitter.com/multipack in case you can’t find us!

Saturday 20th February 2010

One Black Bear, The Old School House, 191 Fazeley Street, Birmingham, England, B5 5SE
52.4786, -1.8823

The first ever Multipack Hack Day takes place this February in support of http://agreenfocus.org">a.green:focus—a grassroots coalition of Web developers and designers working together to find ways to reduce our industry’s impact on the environment. The aim of the event is to build a Web site or app that encourages Web people like us to think about how we can reduce the size of our carbon footprint, both in the office and on the road. The Hack Day is open to everyone and free to attend—just bring along your ideas and your laptop! The event kicks off at 10am on Saturday 20 February, with the option of running over to Sunday if necessary (you will be encouraged to go home and sleep—it’s not an all-nighter!).

Saturday 16th January 2010

The Old Joint Stock, 4 Temple Row West, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 5NY
52.4912, -1.9

Join the Multipack for the first event of the decade. Come along and discuss what direction you would like to see the Multipack head in the coming year. Pop along and enjoy a pint or two in the lovely Old Joint Stock, situated in the center of Birmingham. Discuss your ideas and share your thoughts with enthusiastic web developers and designers.

Saturday 14th November 2009

The Old Joint Stock, 4 Temple Row West, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 5NY
52.4912, -1.9

Come join the Multipack to discuss what’s happened in the last month of the web industry, recapping on last month’s Presents: RIA event and finalise details for the Christmas meal in December.

Tuesday 27th October 2009

The White Horse, 4-6 Clarendon Avenue, Leamington Spa, West Midlands
52.3035, -1.5379

Following on from last weekend’s 4th birthday celebrations, Leamington and Warwick’s local Multipack people will be meeting up at the White Horse in Leamington Spa. This month, our meeting time will be changing to 7:30pm so that you can come and join us either after work or on your way home from work. Come and grab a bite to eat and have a drink or two with us and discuss anything from web design and development, social media and the internet through to game design, multimedia and anything remotely geek-oriented! Our event this month sadly clashes with The Multipack’s impromptu curry night with Leevi Graham over in Solihull - see http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4560626/ for more information - though you will certainly want to make the trip to Solihull if you’re in any way interested in ExpressionEngine or CodeIgniter.

Tuesday 27th October 2009

The Delhi 2 U, 678 Warwick Road, Solihull, England, B91 3DX
52.4149, -1.7773

Leevi Graham will be popping over to the UK to join the Multipack for a curry after his trip to the http://eeci2009.com/">European ExpressionEngine & CodeIgniter conference 2009 in the Netherlands. No doubt he’ll have plenty to say on the event, plus a whole lot more since moving back to the Southern Hemisphere. Join us for what is meant to be a damn fine Indian meal and a good evening.

Saturday 17th October 2009

One Black Bear, The Old School House, 191 Fazeley Street, Birmingham, England, B5 5SE
52.4786, -1.8823

For our fourth Presents event we’ve got presentations on the state of play with Rich Internet Applications, from Microsoft Silverlight (Nick Harewood) and HTML 5 (Bruce Lawson). As always meet beforehand at the Old Crown in Digbeth for lunch and a pint, before heading to the offices of One Black Bear for the presentations.

Saturday 12th September 2009

The Old Joint Stock, 4 Temple Row West, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 5NY
52.4912, -1.9

September meetup for The Multipack to discuss all things Web. We may make this meeting a Presents depending on interest and availability after the Summer break.

Saturday 15th August 2009

Jephson Gardens, Jephson Gardens, Leamington Spa, West Midlands
52.2861, -1.5234

Join us on Saturday 15th August 2009 for an all-day family event including a relaxing picnic & a discussion with leaders in the web industry in the evening. The big day is taking place in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. Split in to two main events, Geek in the Park starts with The Picnic during the day, followed by The Discussion in the evening. The event starts on Saturday at noon, weather permitting, and everything should wrap up by around 11pm. Speakers are Simon Collison from Erskine Design talking about “Nailing Your Own Projects” and Remy Sharp who was talking about “HTML5 & Friends”

Tuesday 28th July 2009

The White Horse, 4-6 Clarendon Avenue, Leamington Spa, West Midlands
52.3035, -1.5379

Join other south-Warwickshire based web geeks for another evening of socialising and discussion about the internet at the second Leamington Multipack Social. We’ll be having a few beers, and maybe something to eat, in the White Horse again and - if the weather holds up - we’ll be back outside, along with a way of identifying ourselves to new visitors and, more importantly, those who may have come last time but couldn’t find us! Feel free to bring your colleagues, friends and contacts - in fact, anyone who is interested in the web, the internet or anything inbetween - everyone is more than welcome to come and join the discussion!

Saturday 11th July 2009

The Old Joint Stock, 4 Temple Row West, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 5NY
52.4912, -1.9

Join the West Midland web crowd for another social gathering to discuss all things web, your latest projects and possible plans for Geek In The Park 2009.

Tuesday 30th June 2009

The White Horse, 4-6 Clarendon Avenue, Leamington Spa, West Midlands
52.3035, -1.5379

Come and join the rest of Leamington’s Multipack attendees, for a beer or two after work, at our first weeknight social in the Warwickshire area. Feel free to bring your colleagues, friends, contacts… anyone who is interested in computing, the web, the internet and anything inbetween!

Saturday 13th June 2009

One Black Bear, The Old School House, 191 Fazeley Street, Birmingham, England, B5 5SE
52.4786, -1.8823

The third in the series of Multipack Presents events returns to One Black Bear’s Old School House offices for more inspiring and interesting talks about topics around the Web. This month’s Presents is on Coding Standards, with a hint of ASP.NET, looking at how to get decent standards-based markup with Microsoft’s tools and the dark art of bringing standards to a .Net team. We’ll also have a sneak peak at the PHP WAX framework from Ross off of One Black Bear. As always, meet beforehand in the Old Crown in Digbeth for a swift half from 2pm.

Saturday 9th May 2009

The Old Joint Stock, 4 Temple Row West, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 5NY
52.4912, -1.9

The Multipack return to The Old Joint Stocks for their monthly social gathering to discuss all things Web, last month’s Multipack Presents: Being Green and next month’s Presents (still to be confirmed). Join us for a beer or three early when (hopefully) the sun will have his hat on and we can find a nearby beer garden for the afternoon.

Saturday 18th April 2009

One Black Bear, The Old School House, 191 Fazeley Street, Birmingham, England, B5 5SE
52.4786, -1.8823

The second Multipack Presents concentrates on all aspects of “being green” and how the Internet can have a positive effect towards a more eco-friendly lifestyle.

We have confirmed presentations from two people extremely passionate about eco issues and have been using the Web to make life greener.

David Harte has been responsible for a lot of work in the Act On CO2 campaign in Birmingham and will be showing us how he and the team have been using the Internet to gauge CO2 emissions.

James Robertson will also be talking to us about how he set up the Birmingham Freecycle group using online resources and how he made it one of the most successful groups in the World.

Finally, Multipack resident Paul Lloyd will be lifting the lid on his latest project to make conferences more eco-friendly as well as intentions for other green issues around the Web.

There will also be the obligatory drinking session at nearby pub The Old Crown between 2-4pm, no doubt continued after the talks, giving you a chance to socialise with all those in attendance.

Saturday 14th March 2009

The Old Joint Stock, 4 Temple Row West, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 5NY
52.4912, -1.9

After a very successful inaugural Multipack Presents event, the Multipack return back to the Old Joint Stock in the middle of Birmingham for a social discussion of all things web. Come along, meet some new friends, make new professional connections and participate in helping make future “Presents” events a success.

Saturday 21st February 2009

The Old School House, Fazeley Studios, 191 Fazeley Street, Birmingham, England, B5 5SE
52.4786, -1.8823

“Emerging Standards” is the first of a series of Mulitpack Talks under the newly launched “Presents” series. Join us on Saturday 21st February, at the One Black Bear offices, to hear Bruce Lawson, Stuart Langridge and Matt Machell discuss HTML 5, ARIA and other emerging web standards. The event starts off at The Old Crown pub at 2pm where you can socialise with members of the Multipack and the event speakers. Attendees will then move on to the One Black Bear offices where the talks will begin at 4pm. There will be Multipack badges & stickers and Campaign Monitor are kindly providing some munches for everyone — so come along and enjoy a free evening out at the first ever “Multipack Presents” talk.

Saturday 17th January 2009

The Old Joint Stock, 4 Temple Row West, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 5NY
52.4912, -1.9

The Multipack is back for the first event of 2009. With a slight change to the normal proceedings, the event is on the third Saturday of January (instead of the normal second) to allow everyone to recover from Christmas and New Year. Come along and discuss what direction you want the Multipack to move in the new year, talk about your favourite websites, any gripes you have with the industry and anything else you want!

Saturday 13th December 2008

Café Rouge Birmingham Mailbox, 174 - 176 Wharfside Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B1 1RN
52.4747, -1.9068

The official Multipack Christmas meal is on Saturday 13th December 2008, continuing with the second-Saturday of the month principal. However, the meal starts at 4pm, and is has limited spaces. The group will still be meeting up at 2pm at the Old Joint Stock as normal, but will move onwards relatively early.

Saturday 8th November 2008

The Old Joint Stock, 4 Temple Row West, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 5NY
52.4912, -1.9

Join us in the penultimate meeting of 2008. We’ll be in the Old Joint Stock from 2pm onwards - be advised we won’t be upstairs like normal (as attendees of the October event will be aware) because they’ve kind of closed that section off (unless you’re eating). Come along, talk about your favourite websites, any gripes you have with the industry and anything else you want!

Saturday 11th October 2008

The Old Joint Stock, 4 Temple Row West, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 5NY
52.4912, -1.9

The Multipack celebrates it’s third birthday this October, so come join us at our regular haunt at the Old Joint Stock in Birmingham for a few drinks before we heard for a meal. Come along and meet your peers. Share your loves and frustrations with websites and applications with people who can relate, and even offer solutions.

Saturday 13th September 2008

The Old Joint Stock, 4 Temple Row West, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 5NY
52.4912, -1.9

The Mutlipack returns to the usual routine and back in Birmingham, after making way for Geek in the Park in August. Come join us to catch up with all the gossip from Geek in the Park & dConstruct, and talk about everything web related.

Saturday 9th August 2008

Jephson Gardens, Jephson Gardens, Leamington Spa, West Midlands
52.2861, -1.5234

Join us on Saturday 9th August 2008 for an all-day family event including a relaxing picnic & a discussion with leaders in the web industry in the evening. The big day is taking place in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. Split in to two main events, Geek in the Park starts with The Picnic during the day, followed by The Discussion in the evening. The event starts on Saturday at noon and everything should wrap up by around 11pm. Update: Jon Hicks will present “Pixel Pushing: An Introduction to Icon Design” and Drew McLellan will talk about “What Brian Cant Never Taught You About Metadata”

Saturday 12th July 2008

The Old Joint Stock, 4 Temple Row West, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 5NY
52.4912, -1.9

The group moves back to Birmingham after a short stint away.

Saturday 14th June 2008

The Benjamin Satchwell, 112-114 The Parade, Leamington Spa, West Midlands, CV32 4AQ
52.2899, -1.5355

For the first time in 2008, the Multipack moves from the second city to a more rural setting, to enjoy the British summer. Leamington Spa will host the June meeting, starting at Benjamin Satchwell on the main beautiful shopping street, The Parade. If the weather is nice, we can move to pubs closer the river, or even one of the parks which are just a short walk from the starting place.

Saturday 10th May 2008

The Old Joint Stock, 4 Temple Row West, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 5NY
52.4912, -1.9

Full details coming soon. For now, it’s the date and setting for much beer-fuelled conversations about the latest from the Web design world.

Saturday 12th April 2008

The Old Joint Stock, 4 Temple Row West, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 5NY
52.4912, -1.9

Full details coming soon. For now, it’s the date and setting for much beer-fuelled conversations about the latest from the Web design world.

Saturday 8th March 2008

The Old Joint Stock, 4 Temple Row West, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 5NY
52.4912, -1.9

Topics for this meeting include: * IE8 Beta 1 * What’s going on at SXSW, * 2 Years of YUI * the iPhone SDK. As added incentive to turn up, Si has some Yahoo! swag to give away!

Saturday 9th February 2008

The Old Joint Stock, 4 Temple Row West, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 5NY
52.4912, -1.9

The start of the all new format of Multipack gatherings (meetings sound so formal). With a firm pattern to the date of meetings (second Saturday of the month), we will also be introducing a topic for each event. The main topic for Feb ‘08 will be Mac Expo which is held January 15-18th 2008 in San Francisco, California. If you want to discuss the latest offerings from Apple, the next gen iPhone, ultra-portable Macs - whatever, make sure you attend this meeting in the beautiful and grand Old Joint Stock.

Saturday 12th January 2008

Lloyds No. 1, Regency Wharf, Broad Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B1 2DF
52.4777, -1.9109

The first Multipack gathering of 2008 where we intend to make some drastic decisions on the future. Be sure to attend to make your voice heard or forever hold your peace. The February meeting (http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/396534/) will be the start of something new so make sure you keep that one free too!

Saturday 8th December 2007

Lloyds No. 1, Regency Wharf, Broad Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B1 2DF
52.4777, -1.9109

This is the preliminary date for the Multipack Christmas Meal. If you’re interested, add your name to the list(s) so we’ve got an idea of numbers. The venue is bound to change as soon as we can secure a table (or 3) at a restaurant most likely in Birmingham

Saturday 10th November 2007

One Black Bear, 405 The Custard Factory, Gibb Street, Birmingham, Birmingham, B9 4AA
52.4881, -1.8664

Rather than just get together to chat and drink, this time we will be using our time constructively. We will be redesiging the Multipack website! It’s served us well for the last 18 months or so but its time to move on to the next level and make the website a hub for all - existing members and new visitors. We will be taking over the offices of One Black Bear in the Custard Factory for a whole day, planning tasks first thing in the morning, coding and designing through the day for a relaunch on the Monday morning (we need to test these enhancements, hence the delay in launching). If you’re keen to attend, bring your kit (laptop or Mac) and some drink - we’ll supply some munchies and try to fit in a pub lunch at some point.

Saturday 13th October 2007

The Wharf, 10, Wolverhampton St, Walsall, West Midlands
52.6286, -2.0055

It’s the Multipacks 2nd Birthday! How better to celebrate this than returning to the original meeting place way back in 2005 and having a few beers/cokes. We will also be supplying cake so if you’re a Multipack member, new or old, head down to the Wharf (next to the art gallery if you don’t know the area) and join us for a right royal knees up!

Saturday 22nd September 2007

The Old Joint Stock, 4 Temple Row West, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 5NY
52.4912, -1.9

Change of plan, no one likes Coventry, we will be meeting in Birmingham at the Old Joint Stock. Expect the normal frivolities - drink, snacks, chit chat. It should be fun!

Saturday 18th August 2007

Lloyds No. 1, Regency Wharf, Broad Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B1 2DF
52.4777, -1.9109

Saturday 14th July 2007

Lloyds No. 1, Regency Wharf, Broad Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B1 2DF
52.4777, -1.9109

This will be the date for the July 2007 meeting - the venue could change as well.

Saturday 16th June 2007

The Old Joint Stock, 4 Temple Row West, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 5NY
52.4912, -1.9

“A pub built in the shell of a bank. Good atmosphere and decent food. It’s a [Fuller’s] pub, so one of the few places in Birmingham which serves London Pride. The mezzanine overlooks the pub and serves as a quieter place to eat. The club room can be reserved for special functions at no charge, providing there are enough people. The upstairs rooms are also available for private functions, ask at the bar for prices.” (http://birmingham.openguides.org/wiki.cgi?TheOldJoint_Stock)

Saturday 12th May 2007

Lloyds No. 1, Regency Wharf, Broad Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B1 2DF
52.4777, -1.9109

Join us as we head back to familiar ground, starting at Lloyd’s Bar on Broad Street in Birmingham from 2pm onwards. Note: Usually we can be found upstairs!

Saturday 14th April 2007

Great Western, Sun St, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV10 0DJ
52.5966, -2.1203

The Multipack are back in Wolverhampton, this time we’re starting at The Great Western, which is easy to find from the train station. Then we’ll, no doubt, head to other pubs in the town center. Come join us!

Saturday 10th March 2007

Seven Stars Hotel, Brook Rd,, Stourbridge, West Midlands, DY8 1NQ
52.4589, -2.1367

The Multipack make their first voyage to Stourbridge.

Saturday 10th February 2007

Lloyds No. 1, Regency Wharf, Broad Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B1 2DF
52.4777, -1.9109

It’s been a year since the Multipack was officially launched and publicised via the website. Join us in the same venue which held this event a year ago. The group will probably head down and around Brindley Place later in the day.

Saturday 13th January 2007

The Swan, 46-46a Greengate Street, Stafford, Staffordshire, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST16 2JA
52.8161, -2.1168

The first Multipack meeting of 2007 sees the group heading north of Birmingham to the county town of Staffordshire. Starting at the Swan, a hotel in the centre of the town, the group will then move to other pubs in the local area.

Sunday 10th December 2006

Café Rouge Birmingham, The Waters Edge, Brindley Place, Broad Street, Birmingham, Birmingham, B1 2HJ
52.4869, -1.9121

The Christmas event for the Multipack. This is a formal event and pre-booked but feel free to come for drinks afterwards.

Saturday 11th November 2006

Lloyds No. 1, Regency Wharf, Broad Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B1 2DF
52.4777, -1.9109

Penultimate meetup of the year for web developers, designers, programmers, and their mates from around the Midlands. Back to the central Midlands and second city Birmingham. Regulars should know this venue quite well by now, but we could easily move to many of the bars along Broad Street, by the canal or to the Mailbox.

Saturday 14th October 2006

The Wharf 10 Bar, Wolverhampton Street, Walsall, West Midlands
52.5965, -1.9909

Celebrate the Multipack’s first birthday by joining us back in the original venue when there were just four of us. We’ll probably venture on to other pubs in Walsall later in the afternoon.

Saturday 9th September 2006

Pitcher and Piano, The Unitarian Church, High Pavement, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG1 1HN
52.9608, -1.1433

Meet-up for web developers, designers, programmers, and their mates from around the Midlands.

Sunday 27th August 2006

Jug & Jester, Bath Street, Leamington Spa, West Midlands
52.2949, -1.5327

A day-long picnic and discussion for anyone to do with the Internet, taking place in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, UK.

Saturday 12th August 2006

Lloyds No. 1, Regency Wharf, Broad Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B1 2DF
52.4777, -1.9109

Meet-up for web developers, designers, programmers, and their mates from around the Midlands.

Saturday 15th July 2006

Waa Bar, Victoria Road Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, B72 1SY
52.572, -1.8213

Saturday 10th June 2006

Waa Bar, Victoria Road Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, B72 1SY
52.572, -1.8213

Generously sponsored by Web Xpress/WAA - a design and advertising agency in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham.

Saturday 6th May 2006

Pennyblacks, Level 7, The MailBox, Wharfside Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B1 1XL
52.4858, -1.9054

Yet another meetup for the Midlands based web pro’s. Further details coming soon…

Saturday 1st April 2006

Medicine Bar / Factory Club, Gibb Street, Digbeth, Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands, B9 4AA
52.4881, -1.8664

Another meetup for Web developers and designers from around the Midlands.

Saturday 4th March 2006

Lloyds No. 1, Regency Wharf, Broad Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B1 2DF
52.4777, -1.9109

The March 2006 meeting for the Multipack. Topic of conversation: “Is Web 2.0 just a buzzword or is it a landmark in the Web timeline which will make a huge impact on the Web of the Future?” There is no end time as we intend to make a night of it this time. Venue may change due to unforseen circumstances but it will definitely be in Birmingham.

Saturday 4th February 2006

The Quadrant, 25/27 Lichfield Street, WV1 1EQ, Wolverhampton, West Midlands
52.5963, -2.1274

Fourth meeting for the Multipack. Intending on discussing the multipack website plus any related topics such as forums, invites, technologies etc.

Saturday 17th December 2005

The Quadrant, 25/27 Lichfield Street, WV1 1EQ, Wolverhampton, West Midlands
52.5963, -2.1274

A Christmas dinner for Multipack members and others who are interested in joining in. (I will need an estimate on attendance numbers so we can reserve a table at the venue.)

Saturday 12th November 2005

All Bar One, Brindley Place, Birmingham, West Midlands
52.4906, -1.9092

Gathering of like-minded web developers from around the Midlands.

Saturday 1st October 2005

The Wharf, 10, Wolverhampton St, Walsall, West Midlands
52.6286, -2.0055

Initial meetup to bring like-minded Web developers together in the West Midlands, have a chat about what you’ve been up to, what you think of the current state of the Web and where you think its going. PLUS a reason to mix alcohol with the Web.