Not wishing to start any arguments or get into any protraced debates, but there are (in my opinion) two points here:
1) Whilst Oxford is not central to the UK (unlike the Midlands) it is central to where the majority of the sites members are who are likely to turn up. We've had it in the past where other locations have been tried, and no-one (and I do mean no-one!) turns up, and the meet gets cancelled.
2) As Dizzie is the one who has started the topic, he is more than entitled to name the location. If people want a meet in their own area, start a thread and generate some interest, don't hijack somebody else's meet!!!!
We don't have a 'meet coordinator' on the site, so its up to everyone to instigate interest for their own regional meets if they want one. On that basis, I don't think that it is fair to start arguing on the location that someone else proposes. You either attend or you don't. If you don't, on the grounds that its too far, organise a meet near you!