Netters Here is an offlist post that summarizes my feelings very well, and also identifies how I want to supplement the Gathering not replace it. I intend to go this year where ever it is and when, but support Orma on the date change. Here is the post, any/all feedback welcome: I'm in England now, but was in San Antonio, TX, until last Summer. A couple of years ago some of us in TX started talking about a regional get-together we called "KRs Over Texas". Larry Howell in NE Texas organized a weekend at a nice little airport (one of those places where all the houses have hangers) near Canton, TX, in May (I think it was 2000) and we had a great turn-out and a lot of fun. It did not replace the Gathering, and we got to meet a lot of people who quietly monitor the KRnet and a lot who just heard about it and showed up. The big advantage you have is the warm Winter weather. So many KR builders would love to have a break in the middle of their miserable winter to get together with a few other KR builders in warm weather for a weekend. I think Sun-N-Fun may be a little too big for them, and it comes just a hair too late in the Spring. You might consider something in November or February. At Canton I met and became very close friends with Larry and with Bob Stone, who was a friend of Ken Rand when Ken built his first KR-1. I also got to meet a lot of other guys who built great KRs and got to go over and see Les Palmer's plane and spend a day hanging out with him. What started out almost as a joke on KRnet ended up with me meeting a lot of great KR people and making some life-long friends. And a great weekend as well. Best wishes for your get-together. Frank Ross
Colin & Bev Rainey KR2(td) N96TA Sanford, FL crain...@cfl.rr.com or crbrn9...@hotmail.com http://kr-builder.org/Colin/index.html
