The principal is OK but in practice it won't work - because you actually finish up with four or five small groups, I thought of that from the word go but 50 was our top number and it proved to be impracticable. In the event we had two groups with four subjects which people liked.
In addition, there was the cost of hiring three, maybe four, rooms and ever mounting costs. The price for the two rooms was high enough, and you might care to know that the fund paid over a third of those costs.
The format of last Saturday worked very well indeed, and it was important that everyone got to know about the many routes that are available to them in an aviation career. Remember, whether you are a PPL with low hours, or no hours at all, there is a real avid need to know what is available to them too - including the CPL and ATPL routes.
I don't think an alternative to that is good right now - but who knows what might transform it, or take it's place in the future, when we have a really solid fund.
Thanks for your input though. Shows you are thinking about it positively.