be the only Dem XX Men available. Dorks Anonymous will be out of town for
most of the summer, and then school starts up again (and the beginning of
the school year is always stressful/busy). So there is a decent chance it
may only be me after all.
Crow Girl (of dem xx men)
On 2 Jun 2006 09:11:58 -0000, LbNCA@yahoogroups.com
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> 1. Re: so how 'bout that gathering?
> From: "Eclipse" eclipse@tuliphead.com
> 2. Santa Rosa gathering
> From: "jceg5540" greendoc@sonic.net
> 3. Re: so how 'bout that gathering?
> From: "doublesaj@hughes.net" doublesaj@hughes.net
> 4. Re: Summer gather
> From: "doublesaj@hughes.net" doublesaj@hughes.net
> 5. Re: Summer gather
> From: "Eclipse" eclipse@tuliphead.com
> 6. Re: Summer Gather Date
> From: "Carole Hada" akacejay@comcast.net
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu Jun 1, 2006 12:23 am (PDT)
> From: "Eclipse" eclipse@tuliphead.com
> Subject: Re: so how 'bout that gathering?
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> Hi all,
>
> As it turns out i still haven't had much time to think about this, but I
> thought I'd get some ideas out before too much more time went by.
>
> It looks to me like the main questions right now are:
> - location
> - date
> - activities (?)
>
> I'm all for taking this gathering somewhere new that isn't necessarily San
> Francisco-centric. I'm definitely in favor of taking it somewhere that
> allows the maximum number of people to participate, factoring in distance,
> weather, and ease of use for all interested participants. To that end,
> I'd suggest that Lisa's suggestion of the Redwood Regional Park in Oakland
> looks like it fits the bill, with lots of hiking trails, picnic tables
> with disabled-accessible areas, closer than SF (and no SF traffic!) for
> folks outside the Bay Area, but still in the BA so likely to be warm but
> not too warm. We can reserve a picnic area if we choose, so we could
> start or top the day off with a potluck or picnic.
>
> If this doesn't appeal to anyone, other suggestions are welcome!
>
> As far as the date goes, I'd personally lean towards the end of August,
> mainly because I'll be away in early August and would like to at least
> have a weekend back in town before the gathering to finish preparations on
> any boxes I might make and actually go plant them. I am of course open to
> other dates - end of July or early September even, but end of August, the
> 26th or 27th, seems like a good target to me.
>
> Considering activities, of course I assume folks will want to plant boxes
> and spend much of the time looking for boxes. It being summer and the
> season of barbeques, would there be any interest in a potluck, picnic, or
> barbeque of some kind? It would be a nice way to cap off a day and set
> some time aside for stamp exchanges.
>
> I know many of you have coordinated events in the past, so I urge you to
> please make suggestions, speak up, and generally let me know of your ideas
> and tips. I'm perfectly happy to co-coordinate with anyone who wants to
> pitch in... I mainly wanted to get the ball rolling and help this happen.
> :)
>
> Looking forward to hearing from you all -
>
> Eclipse
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> nihil declaro.
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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu Jun 1, 2006 6:41 am (PDT)
> From: "jceg5540" greendoc@sonic.net
> Subject: Santa Rosa gathering
>
>
> I am up for a meet and greet in Santa ROsa on June 7th. I also wanted
> to say I pulled the Howarth PArk boxes due to all the illicit/homeless
> activity that seems to take place in that area of the park. Every time
> I would go to check on those boxes I would find broken liquor bottles
> homeless encampments, and last time porn magazines. Eeew! Definitley
> not a scene I would want letterboxers (esp with kids) to happen on.
>
> Mim
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> Date: Thu Jun 1, 2006 10:14 am (PDT)
> From: "doublesaj@hughes.net" doublesaj@hughes.net
> Subject: Re: so how 'bout that gathering?
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> Eclipse:
>
> Did you see the post about an east coast 'boxer here the end of July?
> it would be nice to include her and for us, Sunday, July 30th would be
> wonderful. We think Redwood Regional would be great and it's always
> nice to have people bring "something to share" food-wise. Wheather we
> have a BBQ main 'dish' or not depends on finding a person who's willing
> to 'man' the grill for a couple of hours minimum.
>
> I encourage everyone to put in for a date we can all vote on so a
> picnic site can be reserved (very important and the shadier the
> better!) Ours is Sunday, July 30.
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> ~~Doublesaj & Old Blue~~
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> Message: 4
> Date: Thu Jun 1, 2006 7:55 pm (PDT)
> From: "doublesaj@hughes.net" doublesaj@hughes.net
> Subject: Re: Summer gather
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> Lea wrote: Cherokee Rose 2 (Kate) is coming in late July and would like
> to get
> together with us. She will be in Napa from July 25-28 and the San
> Francisco July 29 to August 1st. Wonder if it is possible to tie our
> gathering in with her visit???
>
>
> We think it would be a great idea to schedule the gathering around CR.
> Best date for us would be Sunday, July 29th. I'm scheduled to teach a
> quilting class on the 28th.
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> How does July 29th work for everyone else?
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> ~~Doublesaj & Old Blue~~
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> Date: Thu Jun 1, 2006 8:52 pm (PDT)
> From: "Eclipse" eclipse@tuliphead.com
> Subject: Re: Summer gather
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> Saw your previous email about this.. July is just not going to be a good
> time for a gathering for me, personally. I could do dinner, but I'll be
> out of town part of July and again in early August and I just don't have
> the resources during this time that I'd want to organize a gathering,
> prepare a box, etc.
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> My vote stays with end of August - but that's just my vote. :) If the
> majority votes for July, that's fine, but I may have to scale back on
> organization if that's the case. I want to be able to help as best I can,
> but don't want to overcommit myself.
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> Eclipse
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> On Thu, June 1, 2006 7:54 pm, doublesaj@hughes.net wrote:
> > Lea wrote: Cherokee Rose 2 (Kate) is coming in late July and would
> like
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> > together with us. She will be in Napa from July 25-28 and the San
> > Francisco July 29 to August 1st. Wonder if it is possible to tie our
> > gathering in with her visit???
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> > We think it would be a great idea to schedule the gathering around CR.
> > Best date for us would be Sunday, July 29th. I'm scheduled to teach a
> > quilting class on the 28th.
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> > How does July 29th work for everyone else?
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> Date: Thu Jun 1, 2006 11:02 pm (PDT)
> From: "Carole Hada" akacejay@comcast.net
> Subject: Re: Summer Gather Date
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> We will be traveling from mid July through the first week of August.
> For selfish reasons only, we would prefer that the date for the
> gathering is the latter part of August.
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> It's been so long since we've been boxing that we'd sure hate to miss
> an event like this.
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