Bring it to the Sat night Banquet Lee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bavo" <[email protected]> To: "KRnet" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 7:46 PM Subject: Re: KR> Gathering location
> I've got an 800 metre grass strip on my place, and enough beef on the hoof > to ensure there's a prime rib for everyone, even Larry. And it's only > 14DME > from Melbourne Intl for those who don't want to bring thier own KR! > What more could you ask for? > > John Bavington > Secretary SAAA Chapter 20 > P.O.Box 759 Sunbury 3429. > http://www.saaa.com/ > > http://au.geocities.com/johnbavington > > > On 8/7/06, Mark Langford <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Maybe there's a little room for compromise here. I don't think anybody >> can >> complain about the venue that Larry and Chris have provided at MVN. It's >> hard to imagine how it could be much better. But I also think there's >> something to be said for the adventure of going to a new airport, and >> giving >> somebody else the chance to make me say "wow...this is a neat part of the >> country", or "what a great Gathering that was!". Would you want to miss >> the >> great "Colorado Springs Gathering of '08"? No way! Or maybe San >> Antonio >> or Ohio, or Wisconsin or MN? We could conceivably do it one year at MVN >> and >> the next somewhere "strange", still by secret ballot vote at the banquet, >> of >> course. Although there's something to be said for the traditional >> "banquet >> pitch", you have to admit that it makes more sense to kick it around on >> the >> internet weeks in advance so people have a chance to investigate, run it >> by >> family members, think about it some, point out pluses or minuses to >> others, >> or whatever. Maybe this is the best of both worlds... I don't know. >> >> I also feel like the west coast guys are getting a raw deal. It's great >> that Lee, Steve, Jeff, Richard, and Rich fly all the way out here to the >> Gatherings, but I'd love to have a year where we all fly to Jeff Scott's >> field in New Mexico to see what a density altitude of 9500' is like. And >> I"ll bet there are a bunch of west coast KRs that we've never even seen >> before. If we had a Gathering out there and brought in some new ones, >> maybe >> they would come to MVN the next year. Or maybe we need to start cooking >> up >> "KR Karavan" trips in the Spring just to get out and get together >> somewhere, >> like Joe Horton and I did in West Viginia one day. >> >> Just another angle on the Gathering thing. I'd volunteer to have one at >> my >> father's farm (which I visited today), but I'm a little worried that >> somebody would roll one up in a ball down there... >> >> Mark Langford, Harvest, AL >> see homebuilt airplane at http://www.N56ML.com >> email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp >> to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] >> please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >> > > > > -- > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > >
