MSP- Sometime this summer?
May 20, 2002 | 2:28 pm
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MSP- Sometime this summer?
I've yet to see an MSP FT event. So here goes a proposition....
Let's have a FT weekend in MSP this summer, while people might actually want to come here.
Anyone agree/ want to help?
Let's have a FT weekend in MSP this summer, while people might actually want to come here.
Anyone agree/ want to help?
May 20, 2002 | 4:20 pm
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My calendar for summer is almost completely jammed now - I've got FIVE weekends already marked for FT do's.
That said, if it happened to be the weekend of 8/10 to 8/12, I will already be in town speaking at a conference and I would attend.
That said, if it happened to be the weekend of 8/10 to 8/12, I will already be in town speaking at a conference and I would attend.
May 20, 2002 | 7:19 pm
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My summer is already quite booked also but I will be in Blaine from July 11-20 for the USA Cup and if an event takes place during that time for sure I will sneak away from one of my hobbies (soccer refereeing) to participate with others from another of my hobbies (FT)
May 21, 2002 | 8:09 am
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TG, what are the five do's? Are there some Private Do's? I only know of the following this summer that are actually looking like set in stone Do's:
DCA
YYZ
SEA
note: I didn't count ORD b/c I didn't think that was a summer do.. plus its still way too cold to be summer yet
DCA
YYZ
SEA
note: I didn't count ORD b/c I didn't think that was a summer do.. plus its still way too cold to be summer yet
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by techgirl:
My calendar for summer is almost completely jammed now - I've got FIVE weekends already marked for FT do's.
That said, if it happened to be the weekend of 8/10 to 8/12, I will already be in town speaking at a conference and I would attend.</font>
My calendar for summer is almost completely jammed now - I've got FIVE weekends already marked for FT do's.
That said, if it happened to be the weekend of 8/10 to 8/12, I will already be in town speaking at a conference and I would attend.
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May 21, 2002 | 8:54 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by TrojanHorse:
TG, what are the five do's? Are there some Private Do's? I only know of the following this summer that are actually looking like set in stone Do's:
DCA
YYZ
SEA
note: I didn't count ORD b/c I didn't think that was a summer do.. plus its still way too cold to be summer yet
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TG, what are the five do's? Are there some Private Do's? I only know of the following this summer that are actually looking like set in stone Do's:
DCA
YYZ
SEA
note: I didn't count ORD b/c I didn't think that was a summer do.. plus its still way too cold to be summer yet
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May 21, 2002 | 1:28 pm
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I'll be grilling kanebear's steaks, presuming the WAT thread in OMNI crosses the 2000 post mark by midnight. 
I figure a nice BBQ. Maybe a boat trip out on Lake Minnetonka or the St. Croix River. Maybe some fishing (I need to learn how). A tour of the big Mall. A Twins game indoors.
I'm game for being chief organizer.....
I figure a nice BBQ. Maybe a boat trip out on Lake Minnetonka or the St. Croix River. Maybe some fishing (I need to learn how). A tour of the big Mall. A Twins game indoors.
I'm game for being chief organizer.....
May 21, 2002 | 1:45 pm
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Will the artist formerally known as Prince Be there?
[QUOTE]Originally posted by BoSoxFan45:
Maybe a boat trip out on Lake Minnetonka or the St. Croix River.
[QUOTE]Originally posted by BoSoxFan45:
Maybe a boat trip out on Lake Minnetonka or the St. Croix River.
May 21, 2002 | 2:00 pm
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Hmm... let me think aloud......
Since there may be non-MSPers there, I wonder if we can do something that #1. showcases Mpls. (other than the MOA), and #2, is accessible in case people don't have transportation. I'm thinking maybe something near downtown Mpls, or toward the airport........ Lake Nokomis/Lake Calhoun/Lake Harriet or Minnehaha Falls?? a cookout by the lake? Maybe something with a transportation angle: Lake Harriet streetcar? Minnehaha Park light rail line? (not much to see now...) Or.... maybe downtown Mpls by the river, although MN isn't land of 10,000 rivers...... :P
Loring Park/Sculpture Garden?? It's walking distance to the Hyatt, Hilton, etc.
Just some thoughts... and BoSoxFan, thanks for stepping up to help!
Since there may be non-MSPers there, I wonder if we can do something that #1. showcases Mpls. (other than the MOA), and #2, is accessible in case people don't have transportation. I'm thinking maybe something near downtown Mpls, or toward the airport........ Lake Nokomis/Lake Calhoun/Lake Harriet or Minnehaha Falls?? a cookout by the lake? Maybe something with a transportation angle: Lake Harriet streetcar? Minnehaha Park light rail line? (not much to see now...) Or.... maybe downtown Mpls by the river, although MN isn't land of 10,000 rivers...... :P
Loring Park/Sculpture Garden?? It's walking distance to the Hyatt, Hilton, etc.
Just some thoughts... and BoSoxFan, thanks for stepping up to help!
May 21, 2002 | 3:51 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by TrojanHorse:
Will the artist formerlly known as Prince Be there?
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Will the artist formerlly known as Prince Be there?
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Perhaps a jam at Paisley Park could be arranged.
Never for certain, but possible. Maybe the man himself will step onstage.
May 21, 2002 | 6:01 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by BoSoxFan45:
Tenative dates-- August 16-18???
Anyone? Anyone?</font>
Tenative dates-- August 16-18???
Anyone? Anyone?</font>
(While sometimes we do get a teensy bit of overlap with smaller FT events on different continents, I would say that you might want to pick a different weekend....)
Right now, weekends I show "taken" by Do's already are: 5/31-6/2, 6/28-6/30, 7/6, 7/26-7/28, and 8/16-8/18.
The "free", non-holiday weekends for July and August look to be 7/12-14, 7/19-21, 8/3-4, 8/10-11, and 8/24-25.
May 22, 2002 | 8:19 am
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A person could go broke if they were to attend all these dos.. lets go for a record and have one each weekend.. I'm not sure "Free" weekend was the right term LOL
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by techgirl:
Um... that is the weekend of the SEA Do!
(While sometimes we do get a teensy bit of overlap with smaller FT events on different continents, I would say that you might want to pick a different weekend....)
Right now, weekends I show "taken" by Do's already are: 5/31-6/2, 6/28-6/30, 7/6, 7/26-7/28, and 8/16-8/18.
The "free", non-holiday weekends for July and August look to be 7/12-14, 7/19-21, 8/3-4, 8/10-11, and 8/24-25.</font>
Um... that is the weekend of the SEA Do!
(While sometimes we do get a teensy bit of overlap with smaller FT events on different continents, I would say that you might want to pick a different weekend....)
Right now, weekends I show "taken" by Do's already are: 5/31-6/2, 6/28-6/30, 7/6, 7/26-7/28, and 8/16-8/18.
The "free", non-holiday weekends for July and August look to be 7/12-14, 7/19-21, 8/3-4, 8/10-11, and 8/24-25.</font>