Re: West Baden

From: Jake Palmer <82.jake_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 12:22:21 -0700

I'm planning to spend a day at the hall of fame in Canton, and attend a
baseball game in Cleveland if the Indians are home. Fortunately I have
family in Cleveland so I've got a place to stay until I drive down to West
Baden.


On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 11:13 AM, William Gowen <wdgowen_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> **
>
>
> I guess we need to set up some sort of event for the middle of the week
> now!
>
> On 10/31/2013 2:09 PM, Jake Palmer wrote:
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>
>
> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 10/30/2013 6:04 PM, Don Slusarczyk wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Is the flying from 9-5 (I think) like last time?
>>>
>>> Don
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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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