I'm quite flattered that hundreds of FlyerTalk members expressed an interest joining me on the 10th Anniversary FlyerTalk OpenSkies Do where I get a chance to host 20 members and hear about what FlyerTalk means to them and what we can do to make FlyerTalk even more relevant over the next 10 years. It's very rare that I get this kind of chance, but hey, that's what a Do at 39,000 feet will provide, so thanks to all those that were interested. As many of you know, I was in New York Thursday and Friday and had the fine privilege to meet and chat with a few of our members at the aloft event (http://boardingarea.com/blogs/liveflyer_aloft/) while back at the House of Miles, Mikel was put in charge of picking at random the 20 members for this Do. Like other member Do's that have space requirements for attendees, we just didn't know what might work the best. Others have chosen the first ones to sign up and we thought of that but trying to respect that some members might be out flying around, we decided it to be fair just in case more than 20 members were interested to have you send in an email of your interest to come fly with me. No contest, no promotional thing, this was all about FlyerTalk.

Why I chose to call it a Do? Well in the rich history of FlyerTalk, many members refer to the list of new friends they have met along the way at the many member gathering over the years and that goes back to the PiP Do in Hawaii in 1999 when it all seemed to come together. Thus, for the 10th Anniversary, having my own Do was a start!

Anyway, here's the list of those members who were chosen at random for this Do. Mikel didn't post them on Friday because as you'll see, it has gotten sort of confusing. A number of members had schedule changes so we've been scrambling to keep picking random members from those interested to fill the 20 spots. It looks to me that I'll be meeting a large number of these members for the first time and that will be fantastic. The superb thread for the Do Planning for this here:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=834270

should certainly make this a memorable Do and I'm looking forward to the valuable feedback on what FlyerTalk is today from these members.

First 20 invited:
1. gba - confirmed
2. Bobovespa - confirmed
3. izzik - unable to attend
4. tobyh - unable to attend
5. heffa - confirmed
6. hartd - confirmed
7. yandr - probable, but not confirmed
8. deeaytch - confirmed
9. baccarat_king - confirmed
10. rubbernyc - confirmed
11. YYZPRINCESS - confirmed
12. nbdona - unable to attend
13. Pedxing - unable to attend
14. Vsevolod4 - confirmed
15. ittboss - probable, but not confirmed
16. OrlandoFlyer - confirmed
17. FlyMeHomeAA - confirmed
18. rhw88 - unable to attend
19. Beckles - unable to attend
20. Frollo123 - unable to attend

Invited to fill remaining seats:
Pat89339 - confirmed
Ckc123 - confirmed
Calcifer - confirmed
swingspan - unable to attend
Jumpcut - unable to attend
lex - still outstanding
pappapuff - still outstanding
CJ99 - still outstanding
Sweet Willie - still outstanding

Totals so far =
14 confirmed
2 probable
4 outstanding invitations