Harmonium Hero: We do already have fringe MudGathers at various festivals in the UK. I organise them at Banbury, Bedworth, Crediton, Alcester & Upton and the organisers allocate a venue for us & pop it in the program. We also publicise them on the Cat! Here's the thread about Banbury 2007 which had a programmed Gather!

At the bigger ones I run (we can get as many as 60 Catters at a Gather) we have a MudRaffle which raises a few £'s to send to Max to help with running costs for the site. We also introduce ourselves, hug a lot, drink beer, eat chocolate (sometimes homemade concoctions so it's always best to ask what's in it first) and have a singaround so we can hear each other!

There are other Catters running them at UK festivals and also ones local to Catters in Scotland, Northern Ireland & Yorkshire, not to mention the EuroGather which I'll get along to one day! There are also Gathers across the Pond and at various locations around the Globe. There's always room for another MudGather, it's just a case of getting organised with the right place & time, then letting us know about it *grin*