Rally Point
The people who would know you
A rally point is the place you are told to make for when a thing goes wrong — somewhere to head, agreed in advance, with people who will recognise you when you get there. Same branch, same part of the world, same years. Say who you are and who you are hoping to hear from, or put an actual meet-up on the board and see who turns up.
Tier 1, both ways. Posting and answering are the same gate — a board where you can read who wants to meet but not say you will come is a board that does nothing. Nothing waits for an administrator: what you write is up the moment you write it.
What this is for
Looking to connect
Say who you are and who you are hoping to hear from — same branch, same part of the world, same years. Somebody reads it and answers.
A meet-up
An actual gathering: a coffee, a walk, a pint, a range day. Town or region and a date. Whoever is coming says so in a reply.
Passing through
You are going to be somewhere for a few days and would not mind a beer. Where, and between which dates. It comes off the board on its own once you have gone.
Town or region, never an address. Where to actually meet is for the people meeting, said between them and not on a page. The same goes for a phone number.
Nothing on the map is a precise location — a post says a town because its author typed one, and the site holds no coordinates for anybody. A standing “I am around” stops being marked after about six months unless its author says they are still there; it stays on the board either way.
Meeting people from online carries some risk, even somewhere everybody has been vetted. Public places, tell somebody where you are going, and trust your own read on it.
We keep an eye on this page. Anything that smells off gets reported to whichever alphabet-soup agency wants it — CIA, FBI, MI5, MI6, GCHQ, SIS, GCSB, ASIO, CSIS, BND, Mossad, SBU, you name it. We’re not fussy who we call.