Poll - 2010 Frisco Convention attendance

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I voted "maybe". Am planning to go to DC to visit daughter and grandsons in Sept. If I can work it in, I may be able to stop by for a short visit.

 

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Not gonna working being that it's in September. Maybe next year if it's closer to home and the second week end in August.

 

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We have guests in town that weekend. I may not be able to make it.

 

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Not this year for me. I have school and I can't miss.

 

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I'll be there barring unforeseen conflicts, disasters, etc.

BAS

 

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Count me in!

 

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I voted as being a "Definite Maybe".

I really hope we can make it... but there is a lot of uncertainty (my Mom's health/situation) in our lives right now.

Will the wives have something fun to do? Or, if she comes along with me, is it book time and relaxation again?

 

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Andre,

Great question. My wife Jo has offered to take any interested ladies shopping, eating, shopping, site seeing, shopping, etc. The KC area has some nice places to go to that don't involve trains and Jo is pretty good at finding them.

I would ask that All Aboarders let me know if their wife, girlfriend,etc would like to hit the stores, restaurants, etc. with Jo on Sept 11. We could get them together via email before Sept and they could figure out where they want to go in advance and make everyone even happier.

 

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Rick,

At this time it looks like I will be able to make it. Would you like me to bring the Heartlands Frisco slides?

John Chambers

 

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I am not going to be able to make it this year. My son and his wife are going to have a child in the last week of August. Then our middle daughter is going to have her first child in the middle of September. The future Grandma and Grandpa Wintle will be very busy during that time and are really looking forward to their first grandchildren.
Future Grandpa Wintle

 

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Hi Rick!

IF we get to head to KC for this... really looking forward to seeing your layout. What era will we see? B&Y? O&W? BN? BNSF?

As for Sharon... she's already said to not worry 'bout her... a good book... a quiet motel room... and she's in her own form of "heaven". I can't fully relate... but hey... whatever!

If the following has been asked and already been answered in a thread, simply link me to it. BUT... I was wondering:

Will we be all be centrally stationed at a motel w/conference room/whatever? OR, will we be on our own to stay wherever, etc?

For us, if at all possible, for lunch we're going to eat tenderloin sandwiches at the Tenderloin Grill on SW Blvd, and for supper Italian Steak sandwiches at Stacks Drive-In on Choteau Tfwy. These are pretty much "gotta' haves" when we're in KC! (We're "Road Foodies".)

 

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Can't make it this year- I have a Scottish Festival in Buffalo, Mo. that weekend.
Dan

 

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Andre,

For 2010, my layout is in the 1977-79 era with O/W units, wide vision cabooses, auto racks, TOFC, pool trains with the UP/SCL, etc. I will be setting up an operating session on Friday Sept 10 but need to limit it to the first 15 registrants who are interested in operating.

Regarding the hotel, we are looking at offers from several hotels in the area who can supply us with a large meeting room. In exchange we will need to supply them with bookings that weekend so it is important for the Frisco community to support the hotel we choose so we can get the meeting space we need. We are having the hotel bring in lunch for us (part of the hotel package and part of the meet fee) on Saturday but you can still hit your favorite restaurants if you want to.

There are still a lot of details that need to be worked out but we should have some answers to most of the questions in the next week or two.

The important thing is to reserve the date for the meet and watch the Announcements area of the website for more updates.

Thanks.

 

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Aw shucks... at this point there's not much way I could be there in time to operate/view the layout. One of these days...

Andre

 

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Well dang.

 

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I'd be happy to give a talk, or do a reading of one of the Frisco-related chapters from Kansas Train Tales.

Robert Collins