It would certainly be nice if it were non-smoking but am not sure if we can arrange that with the club. The room we're in is still part of the club & has access to the car park and other essential facilities, so I don't think we'd be able to impose a non-smoking ban on the club members. But if the Catters themselves wanted to be non-smoking then surely that would help the situation?

We could certainly discuss / decide / agree between ourselves to be non-smoking for the Gather. Tricky to try to get a majority vote on a thread many people may not see, but perhaps people could state their preference here & we'll see how it pans out?