Gathering Info Needed: Sorta OT

Where will the Gathering be next year?

I just need some ballpark figures to help me figure out what it will cost
me to go next year. Not as a vendor, as an attendee. I do know that the
rooms this year were $99, and I plan to share with someone.


~~
Sooz
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"Those in the cheaper seats clap. The rest of you rattle your jewelry." John
Lennon (1940 - 1980) Royal Varieties Performance
~ Dr. Sooz's Bead Links
http://airandearth.netfirms.com/soozlinkslist.html

You could all gather at my house...yes?

--
It could work.

Live and be well,
Christy
"Dr. Sooz" wrote in message
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Where will the Gathering be next year?

I just need some ballpark figures to help me figure out what it will
cost
me to go next year. Not as a vendor, as an attendee. I do know that the
rooms this year were $99, and I plan to share with someone.


~~
Sooz
-------
"Those in the cheaper seats clap. The rest of you rattle your jewelry."
John
Lennon (1940 - 1980) Royal Varieties Performance
~ Dr. Sooz's Bead Links
http://airandearth.netfirms.com/soozlinkslist.html

Portland, Oregon. July 29- Aug 1, 2004. And as an attendee, it's at least a
couple hundred dollars (as far as I know from the meetings a few months ago)
not including the room, so save up!

--
Kandice Seeber
Air & Earth Designs
http://www.lampwork.net

Where will the Gathering be next year?

I just need some ballpark figures to help me figure out what it will
cost
me to go next year. Not as a vendor, as an attendee. I do know that the
rooms this year were $99, and I plan to share with someone.


~~
Sooz
-------
"Those in the cheaper seats clap. The rest of you rattle your jewelry."
John
Lennon (1940 - 1980) Royal Varieties Performance
~ Dr. Sooz's Bead Links
http://airandearth.netfirms.com/soozlinkslist.html

So far, I've budgeted $1,150, not including meals and spending money. That
will, hopefully, cover my flight, too.

--

Tink

www.blackswampglassworks.com
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"Kandice Seeber" wrote in message
et...
Portland, Oregon. July 29- Aug 1, 2004. And as an attendee, it's at least
a
couple hundred dollars (as far as I know from the meetings a few months
ago)
not including the room, so save up!

--
Kandice Seeber
Air & Earth Designs
http://www.lampwork.net

Where will the Gathering be next year?

I just need some ballpark figures to help me figure out what it will
cost
me to go next year. Not as a vendor, as an attendee. I do know that the
rooms this year were $99, and I plan to share with someone.


~~
Sooz
-------
"Those in the cheaper seats clap. The rest of you rattle your jewelry."
John
Lennon (1940 - 1980) Royal Varieties Performance
~ Dr. Sooz's Bead Links
http://airandearth.netfirms.com/soozlinkslist.html

In article ,
says...

So far, I've budgeted $1,150, not including meals and spending money. That
will, hopefully, cover my flight, too.

Investigate the possibility of driving into Detroit and taking Southwest.
There's a good chance you'll save more than the long-term parking will cost!

Celine

--
Handmade jewelry at http://www.rubylane.com/shops/starcat
"Only the powers of evil claim that doing good is boring."
-- Diane Duane, _Nightfall at Algemron_

"Tink" wrote in message
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I always fly out of Detroit, and I'll have a ride up there, so no long
term
parking. Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Tink

Yeah so long as you don't mind being treated like cattle and are not
terribly tall, SW Air is the cheapest ride anywhere. Plus they
occasionally have specials that are even cheaper. You might want to sign up
for their Click n Save emails.

Also, assuming that the Gathering will be at one of the big centers
(Convention Center, Coliseum, Expo Center) and if you will be staying in
Dowtown or near the site, you can forego a rental car and take the MAX.
Public transit in Portland is absolutely the best in the Western States.
Tri-Met buses get you almost anywhere you want to go and the MAX trains are
a wonderful way to get to downtown, the airport, etc. And although lots of
people do it, I wouldn't want to be from out of town and try to negotiate
the downtown grid in a vehicle. I live here and on the rare occasion I have
to drive downtown, it makes me nuts!

--
Tanya
Portland, OR
My Adventures in Wire Jewelry
http://pictures.putercom.org/jewelry/

In article ,
says...

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from
(Lee S. Billings) :

]Y'know, I've never gotten this whole "treated like cattle" thing that
]everyone talks about with Southwest.

no pre-assigned seating means everyone is "fighting" for the seats
they want. and to even be in the first or second group to board, you
have to be at the gate two hours before the flight. then they let
[fitb] number of people through at once, and you really do feel like
cattle being herded down a chute. there is much less room in their
planes, too.

And this is different from going to an event with general-access seating
exactly how? The point I'm making is that we encounter a LOT of situations
which are like that (or worse!), and yet only Southwest gets the bitching and
moaning. Doesn't make sense to me.

BTW, *I* don't feel like "cattle being herded down a chute". It's more like
being in a long line at the movies. (And there's another situation everyone
puts up with, but I don't hear people whining about "being treated like cattle
at the movie theater.")

Celine

--
Handmade jewelry at http://www.rubylane.com/shops/starcat
"Only the powers of evil claim that doing good is boring."
-- Diane Duane, _Nightfall at Algemron_

In article ,
says...

Unless you are in a wheelchair. I cannot say enough nice things about
Southwest, because the last time they flew with me, they treated me like a
queen. Those people could not do enough for me, handled the whole wheelchair
thing perfectly, and generally behaved above and beyond the whole darned
time. Southwest is on my short list of airlines that do everything right:
Virgin Atlantic, Lufthansa and Southwest.

A couple of years ago I had to fly somewhere on the day of The Storm That Ate
St. Louis. With *no* flights being able to get in or out of one of their major
hubs and people backing up in the airport, the people at Southwest were still
cool, calm, professional, and courteous. They found me a re-routing to my
destination; I lost a few hours, but under those circumstances I have no
complaints.

Celine

--
Handmade jewelry at http://www.rubylane.com/shops/starcat
"Only the powers of evil claim that doing good is boring."
-- Diane Duane, _Nightfall at Algemron_

Sounds good to me. Where are you again??

Kathy K

"CLP" wrote in message
news:WoP7b.31422$j26.2805@lakeread02...
You could all gather at my house...yes?

--
It could work.

Live and be well,
Christy

The Gathering is not at any of those large places. I can't tell you where
it is yet (not allowed - we have to wait until they put it on ISGB), but I
can tell you that you are near MAX and a short ride downtown. However, you
will not be near the airport. But, Tink, you will have many people around
who I am sure will help with transportation.
--
Kandice Seeber
Air & Earth Designs
http://www.lampwork.net

Yeah so long as you don't mind being treated like cattle and are not
terribly tall, SW Air is the cheapest ride anywhere. Plus they
occasionally have specials that are even cheaper. You might want to sign
up
for their Click n Save emails.

Also, assuming that the Gathering will be at one of the big centers
(Convention Center, Coliseum, Expo Center) and if you will be staying in
Dowtown or near the site, you can forego a rental car and take the MAX.
Public transit in Portland is absolutely the best in the Western States.
Tri-Met buses get you almost anywhere you want to go and the MAX trains
are
a wonderful way to get to downtown, the airport, etc. And although lots
of
people do it, I wouldn't want to be from out of town and try to negotiate
the downtown grid in a vehicle. I live here and on the rare occasion I
have
to drive downtown, it makes me nuts!

--
Tanya
Portland, OR
My Adventures in Wire Jewelry
http://pictures.putercom.org/jewelry/