Re: West Baden

From: Jake Palmer <82.jake_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 11:09:30 -0700

I pushed my return flight from Kent back a week so I'm also in for West
Baden.
On Oct 30, 2013 8:08 PM, "Nick Ray" <lasray_at_gmail.com> wrote:

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> I'm in. I'll start saving my personal days.
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> Nick
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> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 6:04 PM, William Gowen <wdgowen_at_gmail.com> wrote:
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>> That would be my guess. I think we went to 6 on Saturday but I'm not
>> sure.
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>> On 10/30/2013 6:04 PM, Don Slusarczyk wrote:
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>> Is the flying from 9-5 (I think) like last time?
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>> Don
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>> Here's the news we've all been waiting for. West Baden is on for next
>> year. There were two choices for dates but the first one conflicted with
>> the WC. We've locked up May 3 and 4, 2014 with an option for May 2.
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>> The financial arrangement is the same as last year with the total cost
>> being about $2800 for two days. Three days would be 50% more. We have to
>> decide on whether to commit for May 2 within about a week from now.
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>> Also they will give us the same room rate as last year - $149 per night.
>> This is pretty low for a 5 star hotel. The people who stayed in the hotel
>> last year seemed to be happy with the rooms and service.
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>> At this point in time I have no idea when or whether we will need to make
>> a deposit for the dates. We can nail down the details as things progress.
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>> Please start making plans to attend. With this much advance notice I'm
>> hoping we can improve on last year's participation. If we could get 30
>> participants the cost would be under $100 for 2 days or under $150 for
>> three days.
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>> Also it would be nice if someone else could do the CD duties next year.
>> I'll volunteer to keep up with the finances again unless my $6 profit last
>> year was too much!
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