<div dir="auto">If it were not for old farts organizing events this way, you might have a lot more new people in the hobby. Amazing how nearsighted some people become as they age and lose their memory...</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 4, 2024, 8:02 AM Greg <<a href="mailto:wa1emg@yahoo.com">wa1emg@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>
Hey Juan<br>If it wasn’t for us old retirees, you would have this great hobby. Que verguenza !<div><br><div>Greg</div><div><br><div><a style="font-size:12px" href="https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_Internal_EmailSignature&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=Global_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100000604&af_sub5=EmailSignature__Static_" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone</a><br></div><br><p style="font-size:15px;color:rgb(132,115,255);padding-top:15px;margin-top:0px">On Wednesday, April 3, 2024, 22:04, nkaraway via bars <<a href="mailto:bars@w1hh.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">bars@w1hh.org</a>> wrote:</p><blockquote><div id="m_5285263730881955773yiv2001253812"><div><div>Thanks Geoff! The Nearfest committee spent an enormous amount of effort and angst to be able to provide for this spring's gathering, at all. With the expectation that they will be back to the normal schedule in the fall.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div id="m_5285263730881955773yiv2001253812composer_signature"><div style="font-size:12px;color:#575757">Sent from my Galaxy</div></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div id="m_5285263730881955773yiv2001253812yqt25839"><div align="left" style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: <a href="mailto:geoffreyf@comcast.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">geoffreyf@comcast.net</a> </div><div>Date: 4/3/24 9:51 PM (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: Juan Jiménez <<a href="mailto:k1cpr@bd5.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">k1cpr@bd5.com</a>>, Gary F <<a href="mailto:gary@garyfrascarelli.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">gary@garyfrascarelli.com</a>> </div><div>Cc: <a href="mailto:bars@w1hh.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">bars@w1hh.org</a> </div><div>Subject: Re: [bars] NEARFEST TICKETS APRIL 25-26 2024 </div><div><br clear="none"></div></div>
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I wonder if you are aware of the reasons for this scheduling. Do you know the options that they have? Did you think of the problem that begat this solution?</div>
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"Pander to retirees" was not the reason. Not even close. </div>
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Now that you have offered that absurd speculation, go find out the reasons, the problems they had to solve and share that here so we know you actually did what you should have done before. Hopefully you will learn something from this. What was your input last
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [bars] NEARFEST TICKETS APRIL 25-26 2024
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<div dir="ltr">On Wed, Apr 3, 2024 at 8:42 PM Gary F <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer noreferrer" shape="rect" href="mailto:gary@garyfrascarelli.com" target="_blank">gary@garyfrascarelli.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">
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<div>Time to find a new location for Nearfest. For some time now I have felt that we were tolerated but unwelcome by the Fair Board.</div>
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<div>I was at HRO Today and learned they have tickets for Spring NEARFEST, Thursday 4/25 and Filriday 4/26.</div>
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<div>Admission: $10.00</div>
<div>Parking: $10.00</div>
<div>Camping: $30.00</div>
<div>Tent: $30.00</div>
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<div>Mr Mike is sorry we could not have Saturday this time around, scheduling at Fairgrounds was iffy, however, Deerfield said we could add Thursday. So Be it!</div>
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<div>I am to understand BARS will be doing a Test Session on Friday, 10am to Noon.</div>
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<div>We must depart by 3pm on Friday Afternoon.</div>
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<div>We will be doing Friday and Saturday in October.</div>
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