[urq] UPG 2008 Planning

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I know it seems like a long ways off, but we probably should at least get the initial planning done sooner than later, especially if we're going to plan to meet at a venue like Jackson, WY where there may not be a lot of participants in the area.

One of the first things to do is to establish where the planning will take place.  If there isn't any objection we can do the planning on this urq list ... at least for now.  If bandwidth gets too high we can switch over to the "Events" list that Dan set up on audifans ... or some other means of communication.  

Another thing to do is to create a list of folks who are willing to help with working out the details.  I'm willing to help with putting the names of people together and moving forward, but I'm open to having someone else who might have more time take the reins.  If you are interested in helping out you can send an e-mail to me directly or post to the list.  I think it would be great if there was someone who either lives in the area or who is very familiar with it who can help out with details on wheres and whens.  

The last thing that comes to my mind at this point is to get a preliminary list of folks who would consider attending.  No commitments whatsoever at this point, just something to try to get an order of magnitude on how big this will need to be.  Here again, send me a e-mail directly or post to the list as you prefer.  In your response I'd like to see: if you think you will be able to attend, and with how many people.  Is your availability to attend dependent upon where the event is located?  If the answer to the last question is yes, provide some info about your parameters for locations you could or could not do.  Include similar information about the time frames that would or would not work for you.  Feel free to add as much info as you'd like ... what sorts of events you would want to see, etc.  

As I was putting this message together I decided to look at the map ... somehow in my mind I had convinced myself that Jackson, WY was more centrally located than the Rockies in Colorado ... this is clearly not the case.  It seems to be more of a trip for those on the right coast to attend.  The main reason I keep going back to considering Colorado (Colorado Springs, ???) is that there is a local contingent who might help out with setting up things like track events ... 

Steve B
San Jose, CA