Just to go back to what Sarah said, if every person has to be vouched/verified, we'll never meet anyone new. It's a vicious circle - to get to attend you need to have met someone (to vouch for you) but nobody wants to meet you because you've never been to a social or whatever. That person you turn down for a social, might be the playmate you've been waiting for!
With regard to only inviting people you know/someone else knows, all the time, it would become very insular and - well, boring I suppose.
I can understand people wanting to make sure that people are OK if they are inviting them to their own home, but when it's a social meet in a public place I just don't see the need for anyone to be checked out really, other than if a pertinent issue is highlighted by mods or someone else. For munches and some of the socials, the criteria for attendance are usually clear enough anyway with regard to length of membership or how much you contribute to forum/chat.
We have to give people a chance to show that they can behave and that they are who they say they are. You've got to have a bit of faith sometimes. If they prove to be unreliable or misbehave, then there are systems in place to deal with that. If they don't show without letting organisers know, the organisers let mods know and it's noted (I think). If I'd organised something and the same person/couple were no-shows without explanationmore than once, they wouldn't get an invitation to anything else I organised. If it's bad enough, they get warned or ultimately, banned.
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@ ficko kettle,pot and black spring to mind
Ok, provided that someone can verify- I mean vouch :doh: that the single males are really single, for the benefit of H-x, I suppose you can come. So long as you positively promise not to hog them all. :dry:
