Re: [Paddlewise] Paddlewise Convention

At 01:46 PM 2/8/00 -0500, Michael R Noyes wrote:
>
>I guess great minds think alike.  Carry that over to other types of minds
as far
>as you like! :-)  The previous posts got me to thinking about meeting up with
>other PaddleWisers at either the Kittery Trading Post Paddle Sports Show 2000

I would suggest that if we're going to do this get-together, whether in NY
or somewhere else, that we do it as our own get-together, rather than
tagging it onto something else. A symposium, for example, might be a place
to get together but at the ones I've been to there's so much else going on
that we're not likely to be able to put much time or attention into
fellowship.

I must admit, I sort of like the idea of a get-together down in warm water
country next winter. But, that's next winter; there's not time to pull it
together now, and it would be nice to do something this summer. 

I would also in general support getting together someplace where there's
camping. As much as I would like to join Ralph on a paddle out to the Lady,
the downside is that it does involve a visit to NYC -- and I really do hate
cities. But, it would be interesting to do once.

Let's face it -- it's unlikely that we're going to get lots of people from
all over the country at any location. NYC is about 700 miles for me, and
that's a big weekend. Doable, but barely.

But, let's be organized about it, and find out who's interested in this and
where the interest is. I'll even volunteer to be the fall guy on this.

If you would be interested in attending a late-spring paddlewise
get-together within a long-weekend travel distance of where you live,
e-mail me personally, back channel to avoid cluttering the list. 

I want to know:

1. Name.

2. Where you live (in general -- southern Michigan, north Florida, NYC,
etc. is close enough).

3. How far a reasonable long-weekend trip would be for you.

To keep from dragging this out too long, e-mail me not later than Friday
evening, Feb. 11. I'll plot out the responses and see if I can find centers
of interest, and should be able to report over the weekend, assuming
nothing comes up, like open water.

-- Wes

(Who's looking forward to meeting some of you.)


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