Re: New England Bull Session Proposal

[Frank Pittelli <frank-at-rctankcombat.com>]

William and Melissa Johns wrote:
> 
> Okay, here's what I've got to offer.
> 
> My parents own and operate the Coxsackie Antique Center 
> (www.coxsackie.com) in Coxsackie, NY, 10 miles north of Athens, NY.  (If 
> you were coming to Athens, chances are you'd pass through Coxsackie 
> anyway.)  They built a new building two years ago, and at this very 
> moment expanding the building to include a Convention Center.  The plan 
> is to have the concrete for the foundation poured some time this week, 
> and the building erected in May, and open for business in June.  
> Naturally, everything will get behind schedule, but as long as its only 
> a month or so, we're tentatively lined up for the first crack at the 
> convention center in late August.  (I'm going on vacation in mid-July 
> and not coming back until mid-August, so that leaves late August.)
> 

Bill, we need to firm up the date for your event if it is still a 
possibility.  I'm sure the August and September weekends are starting to 
fill up for people and others need to give advanced notice for work 
schedules.  Also, the TV folks are asking about filming again (I guess 
their shooting schedule is opening up again), so we'd like to coordinate 
that with them if possible.

1) Are you still interested in hosting the event?

2) What's the status of the Convention Center and adjacent battlefield?

3) How many battlers/recruits from New England do you think will attend 
with or without a fully operational vehicle?  (We'll bring extra 
vehicles and artillery that can be used by anyone who didn't their own 
stuff ready in time.)

4) What can we do to help before/during the event?

After our last battle in Maryland, I can assure you that the fun easily 
outweighs the work and if we can give your parents a little 
local/national publicity along the way, so much the better.

        Frank "Northern Bound" Pittelli