Would you be interested in hosting a Mumsnet stall at The Baby Show Oct 17th-19th?

[carriemumsnet]

Still a hypothetical question at the moment, but we might have the chance of a small stand at The London Earl's Court Baby show this Oct 17th-19th and we wondered if any Mumsnetters would be interested in being Mumsnet ambassadors, handing out fliers, talking to baby show visitors about the site and showing them how it works on a laptop or two.

We'd need someone to coordinate the three days (although that person wouldn't necessarily need to be there for the three days) and probably three or four volunteers for each day. Ideally at least a couple of the volunteers would be able to bring a wireless adapted laptop.

If noone fancies it, that's not a problem. But we did this once before in Birmingham and the folks that took part seemed to have had a good time so we thought we'd ask.

If you're interested in principle, please post here, just so we know if it's an idea worth pursuing.

Thanks all

If you can find a babyshow - we can get a stall I'm sure... though maybe not in your street. (Unless you live in a conference centre) (Am I rambling? I'm rambling.)

I'm off to have a refil watch the news...

Fuck off you're all

No. Can't do it.

Will have to resign myself to a life of niceness.

Can I have a nice badge, Justine?

You didn't say please

Fuck off please.

Was that better?

Perfect

well i would LOVE to do it. if not least to meet some other mners

Just realised it will be same weekend as Frieze Art Fair, so I'm afraid I'm out now ... maybe next time

she's not. we are out to get her.

and her little dawg too.

so, when do we know if you are doing this, or is it a definate and I really need to love my DH lots for already being forced to saying yes....

It looks like a tentative yes I'd say - Carrie'll be back soon (probably tomorrow) to confirm.

YET

How's your head today?

Perfectly fine thanks. To what might you be alluding? (Actually anyone who went through what I did yesterday could be forgiven for turning to the bottle...)

Now I need more details

me too!!!

Let's just say that I was a fish out of water for a day

YOU'VE been trolling as Cod???

you're cod???

When do we find out if we're needed?

Hi all

First off thanks for the overwhelming response to this appeal for help. We have a stall and we have internet access arranged (apparently not wireless, you need to plug it in ...) and we seem to have plenty of volunteers. So far so good.

But now something has come up and, as usual, we want you to contribute to our decision. We've had an email from a mumsnetter saying that Clarion, the Baby Show organisers, also organise arms fairs and questioning whether, in that case, Mumsnet should be associated with them.

I don't think any of us are pro arms, but you could argue that Clarion aren't manufacturing or selling arms, they're just the organisers of a fair.

If we attend the Baby Show we have the chance to introduce Mumsnet (a good thing we hope you'll agree ) to several thousand mums-to-be who will then find out, for example, why lots of Mumsnetters boycott Nestle as well as the truth about fruit shoots and Greggs sausage rolls.

Or we pull out now. It's another one of those 'where do you draw the line?' discussions and we're torn. What do you think?

MNHQ

oh interesting it does look very controversial on googling clarion arms fairs