Kevin Horton
Well Known Member
For the last many years, we have had one or two meet and greet things at the Theatre in the Woods. I assume folks would be interested in doing this again this year. I'll be OSH early in the week. The exact days I will be on site are not nailed down yet, and to a certain extent it will depend on the weather forecasts, and to a large part on how my ankle holds up. But I will be in Green Bay from the 25th to the 31st, and could be at OSH from Monday to Thursday. I plan to be at Van's dinner on Tuesday, and hopefully Bob Collins' BS session on Wednesday.
I think it makes sense to do two meetings - one early in the week, and one late in the week, as lots of folks don't stay for the whole show.
We had a short discussion about this on the RV-8 Yahoo Group. Looking at the forum schedule, attempting to avoid topics about RVs, I proposed:
Monday, July 27th, 11 AM, (changed from 1:15 PM)
Saturday, August 1st, 2 PM
No matter what time I suggest, I'm sure it would interfere with a forum that interested at least one RV-8/8A builder. But I did try to avoid the most likely candidates. But if I missed one that would likely attract many RVers, please let me know and propose an alternative time.
The Theatre in the Woods location has worked well in the past, as it provides the option of moving under the roof if needed due to hot sun or rain, or we can stand out in the sun if it isn't too hot. But, I'm open to other ideas too.
I'll bring some name tags and markers, so we can put faces to names we've seen online. Someone has usually brought donuts (I won't mention who, so as not to put pressure on him to repeat), but they didn't seem so popular last year. I was worried there would be some left over, but fortunately a certain Texan showed up and finished them off.
Last year was a good meeting. We even stumbled across Doug Reeves. He claimed to have no interest in RV-8s, but I didn't buy his excuse on why he was in the area.
I think it makes sense to do two meetings - one early in the week, and one late in the week, as lots of folks don't stay for the whole show.
We had a short discussion about this on the RV-8 Yahoo Group. Looking at the forum schedule, attempting to avoid topics about RVs, I proposed:
Monday, July 27th, 11 AM, (changed from 1:15 PM)
Saturday, August 1st, 2 PM
No matter what time I suggest, I'm sure it would interfere with a forum that interested at least one RV-8/8A builder. But I did try to avoid the most likely candidates. But if I missed one that would likely attract many RVers, please let me know and propose an alternative time.
The Theatre in the Woods location has worked well in the past, as it provides the option of moving under the roof if needed due to hot sun or rain, or we can stand out in the sun if it isn't too hot. But, I'm open to other ideas too.
I'll bring some name tags and markers, so we can put faces to names we've seen online. Someone has usually brought donuts (I won't mention who, so as not to put pressure on him to repeat), but they didn't seem so popular last year. I was worried there would be some left over, but fortunately a certain Texan showed up and finished them off.
Last year was a good meeting. We even stumbled across Doug Reeves. He claimed to have no interest in RV-8s, but I didn't buy his excuse on why he was in the area.
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