• South-west England Meet 2002 (child-friendly)
  
  The main meet-up is to be at The Eden Project, on 22^nd June 2002. As it is a long way for some researchers to travel, we're going to make a weekend of it! If you have any other ideas or suggestions, please let us know.
  
  This is going to be a family-friendly/all-ages meet, so researchers with children, or young researchers with parents(!), can all come along and have fun! For more details visit the South-west England Meet homepage.

• Hampshire Meet
  
  The 2002 Hampshire Meet Up will be held in Southampton on Sunday 23^rd June at the Library (opposite Watts Park) at 3pm. If you live around Hampshire and would like more details you can find them at the
  2002 Hampshire Meet Up homepage.
  

• The h2g2 Summer Party 2002
  
  Twice a year h2g2 throws a big party in London to which all Researchers are invited.
  
  Find out all about the The h2g2 Summer Party 2002 held in Central London on Saturday 20^th July, 2002.

• The Pennsylvania Dutch Meet
  
  So far the only plans appear to involve meeting somewhere in south-central Pennsylvania during the weekend of 2^nd - 4^th August. It's still early days, though and we're sure to have more details soon. More information and a chance to sign
  up can be found Here

• Central US Researchers Group
  
  The planning is in the early stages, and only a possible venue has been decided, in Chicago. If you live around the Central US area and would like to know more details, then check out
  this conversation on the Central US Researchers Group homepage.

• World Cup 2002
  
  Want to hear all the latest World Cup 2002 news? Then check out The Grand Master's informative page on the subject. Full of all those facts you always wanted to know about this years World Cup but were afraid to ask.

• The VSC World Cup 2002 Zone
  
  Yet more information about the World Cup can be found at the VSC World Cup 2002 Zone by Ormondroyd.
  'Here's a space on h2g2 where you can discuss the drama, and a collection of handy links to sites that should tell you all you need to know about the background to the Cup!'

• The Virtual Supporters' Club
  
  Want to know all about the world's most 'popular' sport, then visit The Virtual Supporters' Club, with enough information and links to please fans of football everywhere.

• h2g2 fantasy football world cup
  
  Welcome to the h2g2 World Cup fantasy football 2002 - The unofficial predictions game of Japan/Korea 2002.
  'The rules of h2g2 fantasy football really are incredibly simple. Guess the results. Really, that's it.'

Feminists want an end to sexism and are NOT male-bashers, want to find out more then take a look at the h2g2 Feminist Alliance which hopes 'to raise awareness, and efface the negativity and stereotypes associated with feminism'.

Why not take a look at the People United in Defence of Depression, Irritability and Natural Grumpiness. It's a new society on h2g2, who believe it is alright to feel whatever you want to feel, be it happy or sad, it might even
tempt you into joining.
'PUDDING does NOT celebrate or promote sadness, we simply demand our right to express natural emotions'.

If you feel like you need a change, and no one else can help, why not let The h2g2 Hairdressers take care of you. From nails to hair, we do the lot, with friendly staff, and a cup of coffee or tea, we will help you relax and our promise is, 'Whatever your needs we will wave our magic wands and make you feel a million dollars'.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a virtual racer, well here's your chance, visit The H2G2 Sprint and take up the challenge.

'It's just a bit of fun to explore the possibilities of virtual racing around a virtual track. The idea is to complete the H2G2 sprint track in the shortest time.'

Could you write a 26-word sentence, making sure that the initial letters of each successive word, constitutes the entire alphabet in the correct order. If you think you would like to give it a go, then visit The Alphabet Sentence Challenge

If you know of any artwork on h2g2 other than those in the official Picture Library then the Community Art page would like to hear from you. They need your help in finding the art already on the h2g2 server, but not listed anywhere.
'Here in the office we're just bursting with pride over our Community Artists and their artwork. So much so, that we want to give Community Art its own categorisation system.'

If you love rain and cloudy skies then take a look at the Society Against Weather Discrimination.
'For those of us who abhore hot sunny days. For those of us who love the rain. For those of us to whom 'fine' isn't fine.'

Write a message to the community on a brick and see it preserved for posterity on the h2g2 Wall.
'Messages need to be quite short, and there is NO advertising, but you can choose your own colour.'

The Cheshire Grin has been re-opened and everybody is invited to pop in and have a drink and chat, or join in the Pub Quiz that runs from Tuesday until Saturday every week.

The Environmental Society welcomes all h2g2 and sense-of-place site members, to the brand new Environmental Society. This hopes to be a place where members of all the various dna sites can come together and meet others with an interest in the environment.

A welcome new addition to h2g2 is this recently formed fantasy land conceived by Mystrunner. Aspiring knights should grab a charger and ride, post haste, to The Gateway to claim their knighthood, position
and place in h2g2 fantasy history.

• purplejenny has set up the People for Peace page.

• a girl called Ben offers an insight into meditation on her The Loving Kindness Meditation page.

• The new, improved Post Links Page
  points you towards the best of h2g2. Everything from information and campaigns to eating and drinking venues, virtual lands or clubs.

• The Post Archives are a repository for all things Post related... now revamped and divided into easy-to-follow categories, they are ever expanding and well worth a visit!

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