-------Original Message------- One other thought I'll throw out this one time and then not again. Chris Collins, the airport manager, and the community of Mt.Vernon, would like to see the KR Gathering return to MVN every year. That decision will be made by those attending the Gathering and voted on Saturday night at the banquet.
--------My Biased and emotionally charged opinion------------ The KR community has had a long standing tradition of NOT, having the gathering at a given location, more than two consecutive years. At least that was my understanding, until last year, when, without notice, that tradition was broken. To vote on continuing to conduct the gathering at the current location, is and was, sort of like "stacking the deck", in that, the closer people live to that gathering location, the easier it is for them to get to the gathering. I know that I would not have driven to Pine Bluff or Red Oak more than twice, even though they were both excellent locations and the hosts did an excellent job. Needless to say, after printing brochures and presenting a gathering location for 3 years, only to have the rules changed at the last minute, was very disappointing to me, and I seriously doubt that I will ever be involved with hosting a gathering again. Wayne Williams brought his family to the gathering along with a slide presentation to show the attendees what they might expect at the proposed gathering location, only to get shot down from behind. He and I both knew that we had a very good shot at getting the gathering to be at Grenada, and if there were no other presenters, then we knew that it would definitely be Grenada in 2006. This KR community has never before had that much preparation go into the proposal for the next gathering, and it may never happen again. Mt Vernon is an excellent location, Larry was a fantastic, if not the best, host that we have ever had. It is flattering and an honor for the KR community to have the support of the town and airport manager of Mt. Vernon. If the tradition of moving to different locations were to be changed to a fixed location, I think that decision should either be made by the entire KR community, or it should be done at a location other than at the proposed fixed location. See N64KR at http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on the pics See you in Mt. Vernon - 2006 - KR Gathering There is a time for building and a time for FLYING and the time for building is OVER. Daniel R. Heath - Lexington, SC
