At 10:06 PM 9/17/2002, Carl D Cravens wrote:
>Okay... a near-complete draft of the schedule as I see it follows. Review
>it and see what you think. Mike, you're my reality checker
>here... don't hesitate to tell me I'm grossly underestimating travel
>times or such.
OK, I've actually got some stuff to insert here.
>Friday:
>
>11:18 AM - Karen and I arrive at BOS airport, discounting delays
>
> (My stomach is going to call that 12:18. The drive to National
> Fiber Technologies is about an hour. Do we need to plan for lunch
> before the NFT tour?)
Actually, your stomach is going to call that 10:18. We're an hour *ahead*,
not behind.
> Let's call it two hours to get out of the airport, get something to
> eat, and drive to NFT. That'll put us there at... call it 1:30.
Reasonable. The only problem will be finding someplace for lunch. I think
Woburn is a good spot, any food preferences?
>1:30 PM - National Fiber Tech tour.
>
> Karen says at least an hour and a half, 'cause she might half to
> talk business. Drive home is what, another hour or more?
> That would be around 4:00.
>
> This is where it gets vague... what are our Friday night plans?
> The only people confirmed for Friday at this point are the
> Feldhusens, Karen and I. (Steve Hammond has a work conflict that
> is going to delay him until Sunday events.) I'm thinking that
> Friday is dinner, conversation, and maybe retiring to the
> Feldhusen's for some board and card games if anybody's interested.
If there aren't any takers, I was planning on sticking in some stops at
game stores in here, one in Malden and one in Harvard Square, along with
dinner at a Tex/Mex place in Harvard Sq.
> There's a bit of a gap between our arriving back in Marlborough and
> an appropriate dinner time. I guess the four of us can hang around
> and talk, maybe play some short games until dinner time. Folks
> could start showing up to hang out before dinner by, say, 5:00 to
> give us plenty of margin to get back from the NFT tour. (I'm
> probably micro-managing this, but I don't want anybody left out if
> having a precise schedule would allow them to participate.)
>
>5:00 PM - Gather at the Feldhusen's for pre-dinner casual time.
>
> This will allow those close by to arrive moderately early, but if
> we plan a late dinner we allow those who might have to drive a bit
> after work to reach us.
>
>7:00 PM - Dinner and after-dinner casual time.
>
> After dinner, provided we don't sit around the restaurant and talk
> all night, we'd retire to the Feldhusens' for more chat and gaming.
Please let us know if you want to join us for dinner, because if we don't
hear from anybody by Friday morning, we'll be doing dinner in Harvard
Sq. If you don't know whether or not you'll be joining or us may want to
meet in HS, email me for my cell phone number *before* Friday
morning. After 9:00 am, EDT I will *not* be checking my email until it's
far too late. :)
>Saturday
>
>??:?? AM - Breakfast.
>
> If anybody's interested in having breakfast with us on Saturday,
> let's negotiate a time and place.
>
>10:00 AM - Higgins Armory Museum, with lunch to follow.
>
> I believe we'd decided this'll take about two hours, so we'll catch
> lunch afterward. Unless we're totally in the wrong area, this
> seems like a good time to catch a game shop. (Mostly for Karen and
> I... everyone else is from the area and probably couldn't care
> less.) We'll decide after lunch if we have enough time or if
> there's something else we'd rather do.
>
> The important thing here is that we need a target time we can say
> we'll definitely be back at Home Base for anyone arriving for
> Saturday Night activities. To be consistent with the other days,
> I'm going to call this 4:00 unless someone else has a better idea.
Actually, I'd say 2:30 to 3 would be a better estimate, unless we end up
skipping the game stores Friday night and try to do at least one of them at
this point. The store in Marlborough itself can be done in this time frame
without a serious problem.
>4:00 PM - Convene at Feldhusen's for dinner and gaming
>
> Hmm... looks like a sparse crowd on Saturday night with the
> Feldhusens missing. Ann Dupuis might be available to run a Fudge
> game here. I could run one on this night if Ann doesn't, but the
> question is, will there be enough people here at this time to
> bother? Our "confirmed" list has dwindled a bit. I need to check
> on some of the "maybe's" now that we're less than a week away and I
> should be able to get yea's or nay's. We'll firm up the activity
> when I have a better idea of who'll be there. (Not everyone
> interested is reading this list... I'm going to send a copy of this
> out to them as well.)
Please send them the gist of my addendums as well.
>Sunday
>
>10:30 AM - King Richard's Faire
>
>4:00 PM - Convene at Feldhusen's for dinner and gaming
>
> Pretty much the same deal as yesterday.
I have a Fudge one-shot about ready to go. I'll be putting the background
and character creation rules up on my web site tonight and posting the info
here and on the Fudge list. I would be happy to run it at this time.
>Monday
>
>Karen and I leave at noon.
And another year's Phoenyx Gather comes to a much regretted close.
--
Michael Feldhusen mike_f@io.com
http://www.io.com/~mike_f/
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