Conference turris::womannotes-v3

So, who-all's going to Decus?

Breakfast in the French Quarter some morning, perhaps?

Martin.

    Beignet and Mimosas at Brennans...ahhh.
    
                                            cathy

Count me in for breakfast at Brennans!  Say Tues. morning?  

    
    
    i'll be in boston june 7 thru june 11.  anybody in =wn='s live up that
    way? (-;

    G'Day,
    
    	Although I have said in the past that the chances of me visiting
    the states is pretty remote, it may now be somewhat more of a reality! 
    A number of shops in Sydney at the moment have a VERY good promotion in
    that if you spend over $1000 on anything they will GIVE you two return
    tickets to the USA to be used within the next 12 months.  There is of
    course one catch :-(.  That is that you have to spend at least 14
    nights in a Hyatt hotel at your own expense.  These range from
    A$160-350 per night.  If we go for the cheapest we will be up for about
    A$2500 which considering the normal return air fare is about A$1500
    each without any accomodation is pretty good.
    
    	We are building a house at the moment so spare cash is
    non-existent, except for the $1000 for the dishwasher that will get our
    free tickets, but I'm pretty sure that in the latter part of the year
    we may be able to find some and come and visit some of you folks and
    Disneyland and all the other 'touristy' places.  We can stay for up to
    45 days and as long as the minimum 14 are spent with Hyatt we can stay
    whereever we like for the rest of the time.
    
    	Will definately let you all know if/when we will make an appearance
    on your distant shores!  Looks like it's time to start studying the
    maps to see where all these places are .....
    
    David.
    

	I will be in Tacoma, WA next week on business.  Send me mail
	if you want to meet for dinner some night.

	_peggy

I'll be in San Francisco and environs from Aug 18 to Aug 25th.  If anyone
wants to get together or play tourguide, let me know! :-)

[Or if you can think of anything I *must* see that isn't in the standard
tour books...]

D!

    I'll be in The Hague from August 22nd until dawn, August 27th.
    Then I'll be in Scotland from August 28th through September 7th.
    Last, I'll be in London from September 8th until dawn of the 11th.
    
    Oddly enough, Ad Vissers has set up a conference for this, so
    press KP7....
    
    						Ann B.

    And *I* will be in Merrie Olde England from the 14th to the 27th.
    
    (And, no, I'm *not* going to be in The Hague on the weekend of the
    24th-26th. Well, I don't know... let me think about that... that
    would be a kick, wouldn't it. Surprise a few people I know, that's
    for sure.)
    
    --- jerry

    Jerry
    
    
    *done* more or less
    
    Bonnie

I will be in Los Angeles at the ACT in Irvine all day Tuesday (21.Aug),
leaving Wednesday morning, and then in Santa Clara on Wednesday evening
through Friday noon.  I'm hoping to venture up to San Francisco once or
twice.

If anyone would like to get together, please send mail and I'll let you
know where I'm staying.

Carla

    So how come nobody *ever* comes to Salt Lake?  No fair, I say;)
    *Sniff* I don't get to host anybody...
    
    Barb

    re .14 I flew over it two years ago. Does that count ?

    But you didn't stop!  Still, I guess a "fly-by" is at least close...
    *Sigh*  
    
    ;)Barb

    Barb, if I ever get to Park City, Snowbird, or Alta, for Utah powder,
    you're on my list of 'must-sees'.  But it may be a few years before 
    I reach that dream.
    
    DougO

    Well, Doug, at least you'll have a place to stay (for "free" even!)...
    
    Will this speed up your plans?;)
    
    Brb

	I drove through in 1976...

    Well, my mother was six months pregnant with me when they drove
    through; does that count?? ;^)
    
    wrong note,
    Grins

Barb,

Whenever I fly Delta I stop in SLC ... but I'd hate to ask you to
come to the airport just for a half hour stopover!

Carla

    As I have mentioned, in my capacity as an individual, I am (even as
    I write!) on vacation for nearly a month.

    As a moderator, I would also like to say farewell, and ask you to
    promise to play nicely together.  Will you do that for me?  Why
    are you smiling like that and shaking your heads?  *sigh*  Well,
    will you promise to only bonk each other over the head *once* per
    altercation?  No?  Look, come sit here, and I'll explain something:
    You can't teach anyone anything by beating them over the head in
    a notefile, any more than you can teach anyone anything by running
    them through in the real world.  Trust me.

    Will you at least promise to think twice before that *second*
    bludgeoning?  Just think?

    Well, okay, I guess that's the best I can expect.

    							Ye Newe Mod,
    							Ann B.

    Ann, I promise to behave.
    
    The Hague is a little close, you see... :-}
    
    Ad

    re .14
    
    gee - i was in SLC week before last!  I usually get fun assignments like training at the
    Salt Lake Hilton and trading a seat in class for help setting up
    equipment.   and I didn't even go to my favorite restaurant (Baci
    Tratoria) cause I didn't want to bother explaining that I really DID
    want a table for one.....
    
    ya wanna meet next time??  I train there for Customer Training 2x a
    year or better, plus on-sites.
    
    irene (who HATES hotel food, but loves the shiatsu (sp?) massage at the
    HILTON, and did that instead of eating one night!!)
     

    Re .26-
    
    Heck, yes!  Call me next time you're in town.  Office phone is
    565-3179.  Home is 572-5250.
    
    Hope to see you soon!
    
    Barb:)

    Ahem...Your attention please!
    
    My 19 year old daughter, Jennifer, will be in Denver for two weeks
    beginning this Sunday, September 16th.  She will be in training
    classes during the day, but will have her evenings free.  If any
    noters in Denver have daughters or sons in the 19+ year old age bracket,
    Jennifer would love to have some company to spend time with.  She
    will have her own rental car, food expenses paid, and will be staying
    at the Marriott Courtyard, but she will not have much spending money.
                                                      
    Jennifer enjoys dancing, good conversation, bicycling, aerobics
    and body building.  She is very intelligent and has an excellent
    sense of humor.  (She is also *very* attractive.)  If any FRIENDS
    want to show her around, I would appreciate it!
    
    Please write me at SLOVAX::HASLAM or HENRYY::HASLAM_BA to let me
    know if you or your daughter or son may want to meet Jennifer, so
    I can keep her informed as to who may be calling.
    
    Thanks!
    
    Barb:)

    I shall be in L.A. from 1/2/91 to 1/27/91 for training then in Santa
    Clara from 1/27/91 to 2/8/91 for more training.  If there are any
    noters out there who would like to meet, please contact me by Friday.
    
    Barb

	I'll be in Atlanta on Wed. evening  30-Jan-1991.  I'm only staying
overnight, and giving training sessions on Thursday.  It's been at least 10
years since I've been in the city and I will have a couple of people with
me - anybody want to show us around?

						--Doug

    
    	Just got to read your note, so I don't know if I'm too late
    	 or not.  Anyhow...
    
    	I live in Atlanta, and have been here for about 7 years now.
    	 Give me a call, or send mail and maybe we can set something
    	 up.  You can reach me at (404)899-9034 and leave a message,
    	 (voice pager), or call my dispatch at 1-800-DEC-USER.  (I'm
    	 in Field Service)
    
    
    
    					-Rich

    
    i'll be traveling to WFO 2/27 - 3/2, and KAO 3/3 - 3/4.  if anyone in
    that area wants to get together for lunch or dinner, please contact me
    via mail.
    
    ~robin

    Barring glitches, I will be in Colorado Springs during the week of
    March 25th for ULTRIX training.  If anyone wants to get together, send
    mail.
    
    Hope to see you soon!
    
    Barb

    
    i'll be in the boston area 3/15 thru 3/17.  i'd love to meet up with
    some =wn=er's (maybe friday evening?) while i'm in town!  i've heard
    that beantown is one of the best places to be on st. patricks day. (-;
    
    ~robin

    I will be in Germany March 23 and possibly the 24th.  As I have
    a choice of flying out of Frankfurt or Munich I am hoping that 
    there is a Womannoter in one of those areas that would like to show
    me "the sights".  Please contact me via e-mail.
    
    Thanks,
    Nancy

I'm taking advantage of the fact that this year is the only one 
for several years that the public schools' spring vacation 
doesn't collide with Passover, by taking my 10 year old daughter 
to the Republic of Ireland in mid-April, itinerary undecided as yet.  
If there are any Irish =womannoters, I'd love to meet you.  

Also, if anyone knows the location of feminist/feminist-friendly
bookstores in Ireland, please send me mail.

Bobbi "I'm Irish through my Daughter" Fox

    To update note 15.35, I will be in Munich March 23 and a Womannoter
    has kindly agreed to show me around.
    I will be in Geneva, Switzerland March 24 (Sunday) and am hoping there
    is a Womannoter in Geneva that could show me the sights that day.
    Please contact me via e-mail.
    Thanks!
    Nancy

    As usual, I was about a week late in my reading of =WN=, and just
    encountered Nancy's note yesterday. I sent her mail, but didn't get an
    answer - though there may be quite a few reasons to that, I fear she
    may already have left for Europe... If the WNoter from Munich can
    contact me, maybe we can still arrange for me to show Nancy around
    Geneva!!!
    
    I'd really be awfully disappointed to miss finally meeting somebody
    from =WN= ....
    
    Joana

	I will be in Europe for 5 glorious weeks this autumn.  I
	realize it's still 6 months in advance, but my traveling
	companion and I are trying to decide how long to stay in
	each locale, and we're partially basing our decisions on 
	where we can meet up with fellow noters.

	We'll arrive in Z�rich 15.Sep, and will depart 19.Oct.

	So!  If there are any =wn='ers in the following countries,
	who'd like to meet for dinner or to show us the sights, or
	have spare floor space to offer for a night or two, please
	send me mail ...

	Belgium, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Holland, Italy,
	Switzerland, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Luxembourg, Germany,
	Liechtenstein (I know there's no DECsite there, but it's
	my favorite country and I couldn't omit it).

	Carla

	I will be in Seattle WA  from Tuesday, March 26th to Monday April 8th.
If all works out as planned, I will be in Ashland OR for part of that time, but
I should be able to arrange things as convenient.

	I've already heard from Jan, back when I announced that I had tickets.
Anybody else?

						--Doug

	I can't reach your node, Doug -- send me mail, I'd love
	to meet you.

	Joe doesn't reply to non-flotation tank topics, but he
	still drinks beer and can probably be persuaded to join 
	us one evening.

	Carla

	Sorry - since =wn= moved to ZK, I no longer need to use BLUMON as a
pasthru Notes server, but WAYLAY is hidden to folks outside ZK - For future
reference, BLUMON::GORDON will reach me.

	I'll drop you a line Carla....

						--D

	Anyone else going to the New Orleans Jazz Festival?

	I'll be in N.O. from May 2 - 6th.


						--Doug

Well Golly Gee, Doug, if I'd *known* I woulda looked you up while I was 
down there.   You sure waited till the last minuted to tell people you 
were going!  :-)

What did you think?

D!

    Back to the Northwest (I thought I might just leave the tags and see if
    my bags end up in Seatac automatically!) this coming week.  Arrive
    Sunday night, leave Friday.  teaching sysmangler - Bellevue.  
    
    Irene (who thought she just came home...)

    
    
    	I'm going to be in New York this week (Manhattan, I believe)
    	for PC Expo at the Jacob Javits Convention Center.  I'll be
    	there tomorrow through Thursday, with the convention running
    	the 25'th - 27'th.
    
    	All the DECcies ar staying at the Helmsley Hotel (of Leona 
    	fame ;-) ??), and I'll be giving a connectivity demo for our
    	PATHWORKS product on an OS/2 system going to an [insert operating
    	system name here] system, near the main aisle of the DEC square.
    
    							nancy b.
    

    I'll be travelling to Minneapolis for field testing on July 21st, and
    will be there for the entire week.  Anyone in Minneapolis?  It would
    be great to meet you!
    
    Kim

    G'Day,
    
    	My wife told me last night that she wants to go to the US in late
    August.  Why couldn't she choose late June so I could have come to the
    party!
    
    	Anyway, we have relatives on the west coast with whom we will be
    staying for about 2-3 weeks.  I would like to meet any =wn= people
    around the San Francisco area while we are there.  I think I have also
    convinced her that we really have to go the east coast so I can meet
    a lot more of the =wn= crowd.  What I need to know is what is a flight
    from S.F. to Boston likely to cost?  Also what about accomodation?  We
    would probably only be in Boston for a day or two so we aren't likely
    to qualify for any extended stay rate reductions.
    
    	We are going to see the travel agent tonight and then we will know
    if we can really afford the trip or not.  At least I will have a couple
    of months to organise a gathering of the =wn= clan if we do make it
    over there.
    
    David.
    

Well David, I'll be happy to visit with you while you're out here.
I'm sure that some of the other local WN'er would too. Just let us
know details as the time approaches.

Errr... how adventurous is your wife? I believe the last person
to visit me got taken to some pretty wild places.

	-- Charles

    David, a plane ticket between the east and west coast currently goes
    for about $350.  Don't worry about a place to stay - I'm *quite* sure
    someone in the community will offer you a bed for the night.  Maybe
    even me! (Unfortunately, I can't now, because I don't know if I'll even
    be living in the same apartment in August.)  And if worse comes to
    worse, you can get a hotel in the area for $40-50 a night.
    
    Can't wait to meet you! 
    
    D!

David,

Consider this an official offer of a room if you make it to New England.
I can provide a nice quiet morning-sun room with twin beds in an 1846
house (somewhat modified...) that is occupied by us, our three Siamese
cats, and our seven goldfish.  In the woods around us live woodchucks
(marmots), skunks, raccoons, squirrels, chipmunks, and the occasional
rabbit - and lots of birds.  The food is passable fair.

Nashua is about 35 highway miles from Maynard and is therefore close
enough that a party would make sense for gathering up a fair number
of us to meet you.  It's also only abouot 45 miles from Boston should
you care to play tourist in the Hub.

-d

> Well David, I'll be happy to visit with you while you're out here.
> I'm sure that some of the other local WN'er would too.

That's right.  I wonder if we'll be able to coax Lynne I or Susan W
out of the woodwork this time (Read-mostlys...)

DougO

    G'Day,
    
    	Thanks for the offers of accomodation!  We went to the travel agent
    last night and worked out that the trip is going to cost us about $1000
    more than we first realised.  We have to decide now if we can afford
    this extra or not.  We don't have long to make up our minds as the
    fares have to be paid about 6 weeks in advance.
    
    	This should really go in the 'I hate' notes but it is relevent to
    this.  I hate all the stupid rules that the airlines put on cheap
    fares.  At the moment there is an A$1050 return fare to the US but you
    can only stay for a maximum of 21 days.  We want to stay for 4 weeks so
    the airfare rises to A$1399!  $350 more for what???  We're still using
    two seats on the plane.
    
    David.
    

    G'Day,
    
    	We've booked the trip!  We leave Australia on August 14th so we
    will arrive in San Francisco about the same time we leave (shame it
    will take us two days to get home).  So far we have only booked the
    main air ticket as we haven't finalised the rest of the itinery.  We
    think we'll stay for about 3 weeks on the west doing Disneyland, Las
    Vegas, Grand Canyon and any other touristy things we can find.  Then
    well head east to see all (most) of the =wn= crowd!
    
    	Now it's question time.  What else is there to see in and around
    Boston?  It took some convincing on my part to get my wife to pay about
    $700 to go to the east coast just to meet a bunch of 'computer people'
    but I told her there was lots of other things to see too :-). 
    Basically what I'd like to do is maybe arrive on thursday or friday. 
    Visit head office and take a look around have lunch etc (is that
    possible???).  Then if one of our great party organisers could get a
    few people together on say friday or saturday night that would be
    great!  Even if this isn't a huge =wn= party I still want a =wn= name
    tag from Maggie!  I hope somebody can arrange that.
    
    As far as accomodation is concerned, what I might do is let the people
    who have offered to put us up figure out would be the best to do it. 
    This is because you know where you are in relation to each other and
    head office and any likely venue for a party.  When I know for sure
    when we are coming (in the next week or so) I'll let you know and we
    can sort something out.  The amount of organising this trip is taking
    is amazing.  I'll need the holiday to get over it!
    
    So today is June 30.  We leave on August 14.  Carla, how many days to
    go???
    
    David.
    

    
    Eastern Mass Tourist Attractions
    
    Cape Cod                           Cheers Bar
    Bunker Hill Memorial               Lexington/Concord
    USS Constitution                   Boston Tea Party Ship
    Computer History Museum            Whale watches
    

    Almost *all* of Massachusetts (and New England, for that matter) is a
    tourist attraction!
    
    E Grace
    

    David!
    
    This is Bonnie writing from Linda Lust's account...
    
    I'm so *glad* you are coming, and you can finally see the album
    you pushed me to start!
    
    and E Grace is right, a major part of the Mass and New Hampshire
    economy is tourism!
    
    Try Sturbridge Village, or Plymouth Plantion, where there are
    'history interpretors' that act the role of a 17th century or
    early 18th century settler.
    
    We have our colleges, and our museums, we even have a few
    amusment parks.... you might make Canoby lake, the traditional
    Digital outing site (it's pale in comparison to Disney but
    *it's* *free*... and it's all Digital. As a visiting Decie,
    someone should be able to find tickets for you.
    
    hugs
    
    Bonnie
                                      

Boston: There's the Museum of Fine Arts, The Institute of Contemporary
Arts, Harvard Square, the Common and Garden (and you must take a ride
on the swan boats). There's Newbury Street for shopping/browsing, people
watching, with the Ritz Hotel at one end and Tower Records at the other.
I agree with the suggestion that you take a day trip to Sturbridge 
Village. You should also go see a Shaker Village, maybe the one in 
New Hampshire. Go to the top of the Hancock Building. Visit Faneuil Hall
(More shopping opportunities) and the North End which feels a lot like
being in Europe. Take a ride on a boat that tours the Boston Harbour.
Visit the Concord Museum and the deCordova in neighboring Concord and
Lincoln. Attend a contra dance (beginners always invited). Go to the
Computer Museum and Children's Museum. Eat dinner on the waterfront.


Liz

    I second the last few recommendations - even Sturbridge Village (Living
    History Centre?) and Newbury Street (have a "crunchies" breakfast at
    the Harvard Bookstore Cafe), and try and have a meal at a Publick House
    (The Wayside Inn, for example). 
    
    How long will you be on the West Coast, and where?  (I should be
    charging admission for viewing what an earthquake can do...and how long
    it takes to fix it - we live in Loma Prieta).  
    
    Irene

    I'll put my two cents in.  You might consider:
    
    	The Higgins Armory Museum - largest arms and armor museum in the 
    		western hemisphere (swords, helmets, suits of chainmail
    		etc.).  Located in Worcester, 35 miles west of Boston.
    
    	Old Mystic Seaport - Whaling museum with one of the last remaining
    		wooden whaling vessels.  Lots of buildings and exhibits to
    		explore.  Sail and steamboat rides on the Mystic River.
    		Located in Mystic Connecticut.  (Sort of a nautical
    		Sturbridge village).
    
    	The Castle Restaurant - Located on the shores of a lake in
    		Leicester, Massachusetts.  One of the finest restuarants
    		in the U.S.  Expensive, but worth it.
    
    Hope this gives you some ideas.  Enjoy your visit.
    
    Have a GREAT day!
    Pete
    

    A few more - 
    
    Quabbin Reservoir, the largest artificial drinking-water reservoir 
    in the world.
    
    The Basketball Hall of Fame, in Springfield.
    
    Mount Washington, in New Hampshire. You can hike, drive up, or
    take a train to the spot with the highest wind velocity ever
    recorded, some of the worst weather on the planet, and if you're
    lucky, beautiful views ;-)/2

    Salem, Massachusetts, is an interesting town.
    
    	The Witch Museum
    	The House of the Seven Gables
    	the oldest candy shop (in NE?  US?)
    	a comparative newcomer to the candy business, Harbor Sweets*
    	Pickering Wharf (shopping and food)
    
    * At Harbor Sweets, they offer a free sample of candy when you visit -
    I recommend the Sweet Sloops.
    
    In Boston, walk the Freedom Trail and spend time at Quincy Market. 
    Nearby is a street in which is embedded brass trash.
    
    In NH, drive north to the mountains to see the Old Man.  Stop by Castle
    in the Clouds in the lake district.
    
    Drive along the coast of Maine, too.
    
    I live in souther NH, stop by if you like.  I have a guest room (and a
    cat).
    
    aq
    

        re .54,
        
>>    	  Now it's question time.  What else is there to see in and around
>>    Boston?  It took some convincing on my part to get my wife to pay about
>>    $700 to go to the east coast just to meet a bunch of 'computer people'
>>    but I told her there was lots of other things to see too :-). 
        
        Tell her it's for a hug from E. :-)
        
        Dan

    G'Day,
    
    	I think we're gonna need 2 months over there!  I get more offers to
    visit people as the days go by.
    
    Re: .59 (Irene):   We will be on the west coast for the majority of the
    trip, about 3 weeks.  Not sure if we'll have time to visit (see above). 
    Hope there's no earthquakes while we are there.  I would like our trip
    to the states to be our last trip anywhere!
    
    Re: .63 (Dan):  $700 for a hug from E .... sounds fair!  I hope they
    are as good in real life as they are electronically!
    
    Still working on the itinery and the rest of the paperwork, passport
    etc.  Holidays within Australia are so much easier.
    
    David.
    

    >Re: .63 (Dan):  $700 for a hug from E .... sounds fair!  I hope they
    >are as good in real life as they are electronically!
    
    Better!  $700 is a steal...
    
    D!

David,

If you decide to stay with us in Nashua, there are some easily-reached
attractions in this direction, too.

	Canterbury Shaker Village Museum, Canterbury, NH - several
	    other attractions in or near Canterbury, such as a furniture
	    maker and a potter
	Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH
	Strawbery Banke 18th-century reconstruction, Portsmouth, NH
	    (Yes, that's *one* `r' in Strawbery!)
	Monadnock Music Festival (orchestral concerts Aug 17 & 24,
	    chamber concerts Aug 27 & 29, concert performance of Virgil
	    Thomson's opera "Lord Byron" Aug 31) - I can get you tix for
	    any of these (assuming reimbursement, of course.  :-) )
	Downtown Live concerts in Nashua's Holman Stadium (Michael
	    Bolton Aug 23, Bonnie Raitt Aug 28, Allman Bros Aug 31) - I
	    can probably get you tix for these, too.

Don't try to overdose - pick what *you* want to do.  If anything - it's
okay to sit and veg, too.  :-)

-d

    G'Day,
    
    	Re: .67 (Cheyenne)  Still trying to figure how to pronounce your
    name ...  Anyway, we thought we'd set aside two days for Disneyland and
    a day for Universal.  Is that enough?  If you want to join us when we
    go that would be good.  I take it you've been there before and know all
    the tricks to seeing as much as possible in a given time.  When we get
    final dates I'll let you know.  You might want to give me your phone
    number and I'll call you when we hit L.A.
    
    David.
    

    David,
    
    Shy n.
    
    E Grace
    
    

    FWIW, I am at MKO1 (Merrimack, NH) until Aug. 2 taking the Introduction
    to Digital Sales course.  I am sometimes free for lunch.  Look me up if
    interested as I have few opportunities to read mail and even fewer to
    note.
    
    Hugs
    jimc

    G'Day,
    
    	I will post my full itinerary in a day or two but for now I'll let
    you know that Ivy and I will be arriving in Boston about 11am on
    Saturday 7th September.  We will be staying at Liz Augustine's place -
    thanks again Liz.  We will be in town until the following Wednesday.
    
    	As for a time to get together with the masses, how about Saturday
    night?  We will only be coming from Orlando in the morning so the
    travelling wont worry us and more people should be able to make it on a
    Saturday night.  Now I'm not going to be able to organise this from
    here so are there any volunteers?  Don't know what the best idea is, a
    party at somebody's place or a restaurant outing etc.  Personally I'd
    prefer the former as it is a little easier to mingle with everybody. 
    It will be almost three months since the Fifth Anniversary Party so
    everybody should be ready for another get together.
    
    David.
     

    
    
    I'm planning to take 3 months off next summer and go to France and
    maybe Ireland (2 months in France and 1 month in Ireland).  I haven't had a
    summer off since I was 16, and I've never been outside the USA.  I
    studied French pretty seriously in High School and College, but I've
    never been a very good speaker, and of course, I'm rusty, so... this
    will be quite an adventure!
    
    Anyway, I'm writing about this here because I want to find out if there
    are any Womannoters living in France and Ireland.  If you're there,
    could you write to me and let me ask you some questions?  I haven't
    decided yet where I'm going.  I want to find out about women's and
    lesbigay communities, music (places to listen and perform), and cost of
    living.  I'm hoping that I'll be able to rent a room in someone's house
    to keep costs down.
    
    So...  if you live in France or Ireland or have travelled there
    extensively, I'd love to talk with you.
          
    Thanks!
    
    Justine

    G'Day,
    
    	Is everybody partied out???  I hope not!  I'd really like to get
    together with everybody on the 7th September.  Below is the itinerary
    so far.  The main dates are fixed due to flight bookings etc but the
    individual events are movable around weather etc.
    
     
     
                                 US Holiday Itinerary
                                 --------------------
     
    August  14th    San Francisco   Golden Gate Bridge
                                    Fisherman's Wharf
                                    Lake Tahoe
                                    Yosemite National Park
                                    Chinatown
            22nd    Los Angeles     Universal Studios
                                    JPL (Monday 26th)
                                    Hollywood
                                    Chinatown
            28th    Disneyland
            31st    Las Vegas
    Sept.    1st    Grand Canyon
             2nd    Las Vegas
             3rd    Orlando         EPCOT Centre
                                    Disneyworld
                                    Kennedy Space Centre
             7th    Boston          =wn= gathering (Saturday 7th  I HOPE!!)
                                    The Mill   (Monday 9th)
            10th    New York ?      Statue of Liberty
                                    Empire State Building
            11th    LA/Honolulu
            15th    Sydney
    
    
David.
    
    
    

    
    
    	Geesh, David!  You'll need a vacation to recouparate (?) *from*
    your vacation!!!!
    
    	Seriously, get into the Disney file for tips on visiting both
    places (if you haven't already!!), save you time and money.
    
    	I don't think we're partied out!  *I* could go for a party about
    that time!!!  :-)
    
    
    Debbi

    I entered a note here earlier stating that I would be in Minneapolis
    the week of Jul 22.  WEll....Here I am!  Are there no Womannoters here?
    
    
    BTW...I LOVE it here!!!!
    
    Kim

    G'Day Debbi,
    
    	Looks like it might be just you and me (and my wife) partying.  It
    seems strange to me that I had numerous offers of accommodation etc but
    so far not a single person has said they'd like to organise a
    gathering.  I'd do it myself if I could but as I won't be able to
    access notes/mail for the three weeks before I get Boston (unless I can
    convince my wife that we need to visit a DEC facility on the west coast
    too :-) ).  
    
    	I haven't been looking in the Disney file - didn't know there was
    one!  Should have though, there's a notes file for EVERYTHING!
    
    David.
    

    I'll be there, David, but at the moment my life is too uncertain to be
    planning anything...
    
    
    
    I could be twisted and say "except funerals", but *I* would never
    resort to sick, twisted humour.
    
    (*8
    
    
    E Grace

David, most of us can't commit that early...but I have yet to hear of a
=wn= party that didn't attract enough people for "critical mass".  I plan
on being there...I can't offer space, though, because I have an itty-bitty
tiny townhouse...

D!

    I offer space, although (as I remarked recently in a similar situation)
    it seems that I live to the north of "too far" for a lot of people.
    
    My small split-level house is in Merrimack, NH, not far from MKO.  Any
    interest?  FYI: I expect it will be a non-smoking house in the next couple
    of weeks.  There is, however, a screened porch.
    
    aq
    

    I knew if I waited long enough you would enter it yourself!  (*8
    
    
    WWwwhhhhhhhhhhhhhheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
    
    
    
    ahem.
    
    E Grace

    YYAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
    
    *ahem*.
    
    -Jody
    

    *Jody*!  some decorum, *please*!
    
    
    YYYYIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
    
    
    
    
    E Grace

    maybe I can take another course during that time -- I'd love to meet
    Cheyenne (and others!).  :-)
    
    Sara
    

    absolutely positively must have a party! or six!

    
    
    	Oh goodie goodie goooooooodie!!!  =)
    

    G'Day,
    
    	I'm just glad Cheyenne left it late enough so Ivy and I can still
    visit her in Ca.  We're looking forward to our walk down the Boulevard
    with you.
    
    David.  (Two weeks to go - and counting)
    

    
    I will be in San Jose, CA (with Barbara Miner) attending a conference
    next week (Aug 3-9). Charles and I have agreed to get together, most
    likely on Monday, probably in San Francisco. Its up in the air whether
    it will be Cuban, Japanese or Ethiopian food. Anyone who would like to
    join us, PLEASE SEND MAIL TO CHARLES on OXNARD::HAYNES... 'cause I'm
    hittin' the road.
    
    
    Lauren Foster ('ren to friends!)

> most likely on Monday, probably in San Francisco

Monday yes, San Fransisco no. Since 'ren is in San Jose, I thought we'd do
better either there or at my house.

Do send me mail though, otherwise I'll have 'ren's company all to myself... 
and we'll probably spend our time talking about you all.

	-- Charles

    G'Day,
    
    	I'm into my last week!  We leave next Wednesday for the west coast
    and will be in Boston on Sept. 7.  As this is my last week with access
    to the net I'd like to at least make tentative arrangements for a
    gathering on the Saturday night 7th Sept.
    
    	As I have said earlier, we will be staying with Liz Augustine so as
    long as she gets the details of when and where we'll be there.
    
    	I've heard that D! organises a great party but she doesn't have the
    room to host it.  Any takers???
    
    David.
    

    As this is my last week with access
    to the net I'd like to at least make tentative arrangements for a
    gathering on the Saturday night 7th Sept.

Well, if you want a party Saturday night, I'm afraid I can't organize it...
I'll probably be gone all that week (tis Labor Day week, after all).
How about the following Friday - will you be around?  Anyone have space
to volunteer? If nothing else, we'll definitely schedule a dinner for
sometime during the week...

D!

    re .93, I hope the party gets organized for the following Friday, too. 
    I'll be on vacation in Scotland and England from Aug. 24-Sept. 10, but
    would like to meet David and his wife.
    
    Lorna
    

    G'Day,
    
    	Looks like we may have picked a bad time!  The following Friday is
    no good as we leave Boston on the Wednesday (11th).  We were originally
    coming the weekend before but realised it was the Labor Day weekend so
    we delayed it for a week.
    
    David.
    

    Humm, David, if all Australian men look like Mel Gibson then you have
    nothing to fear.  Although most of us will bark at you. :^)
    
    Just as long as you don't behave like the actor who plays 
    Crocodile Dundee.
    
    Hoping to see you,
    
      Margaret

    Well, like I said, I can't plan on being back in time for Saturday, but
    if someone else wants to arrange it, don't let me stop you!
    
    Why don't we plan on a dinner somewhere for the Tuesday before you
    leave?
    
    D!

    G'Day,
    
    >Why don't we plan on a dinner somewhere for the Tuesday before you
    >leave?
    
    If that is a better option then let's go with it.  You are certainly
    one I was looking forward to meeting D! so I don't want to miss you. 
    Of course a party on Saturday night as well as the dinner is fine with
    me if everybody else wants it too.  We were originally thinking of
    going to New York for the day on Tuesday but we can change that to the
    Monday if we go to dinner on Tuesday night.
    
    I've only got a few more days access to the net so if anybody has any
    plans let me know soon or at least let Liz know before 9/7.
    
    David.
    

    G'Day,
    
    	Well this is it!  Today will be last day on the net (unless I log
    in from home).  Looking forward to seeing as many of you as possible. 
    Still don't know anything about Tuesday night - just let Liz know. 
    I hope Lorna will be back in time.  I think you said that you were back
    on the 10th so maybe you will be.
    
    	Also, can whoever has got the =wn= album please make sure that
    somebody who will be where I will be gets it so i can check it out.  I
    want to see all the photos from the 5th Aniversary Party!
    
    David.
    

    Dan?........<woof!>
    
    Pam.....a .*00 lover

    
    i have to work at LJO1 this coming friday... 
    
    if there are any =wn=er's might like to try and get together for food or 
    spirits thurs late afternoon/evening (8/15), let me know via mail.
    
    best,
    ~robin  

    Many thanks to Charles Haynes (and Janice Comstock!) and Ray Davis and
    Fredrick Ward for entertaining me so eloquently in San Jose last
    Monday! Despite what it looked like, I thought the food was great (I
    kinda made it into a color collage worthy of the average 3 year old!)
    and the company was peerless!
    
    

    re: .102 (Lauren)
    
          It was a pleasure for me, as well, to meet all of you.
    Sorry the time was so short.  I would have enjoyed spending more
    time.  Since you (Lauren) stated that this was your first and
    last visit to the West Coast [ 8-{  ] then perhaps I'll have
    the joy of meeting you sometime again on the "right" coast.
          And Charles, and Ray, it was good to meet you, as well. 
    Perhaps we'll run into each other again sometime, too.  
    (And Janice has some psychic abilities, doesn't she?  ;-)  )
    
    Frederick
    

    It was way cool.  That's all I can say.  And what more can be said, in
    the end?  Myself, I can hope for no braver epitaph than: It was way
    cool.
    
    (Except that I'm scowed for not having caught Janice's last name!)
    
    Ray

Marlboro-Northboro, 25 August-7 September, prepping workstations and servers
for a show later on in the month.  I'll be there over Labor Day weekend, and
I still have many open spots on my social calendar! 

Orlando, Florida, 18-27 September, for said show.

DougO

    I think it's time for a party, folks, what with Doug coming east
    to give us an excuse. Or at the very least a dinner. Of course,
    I know one of you MRO people will be just dying to organize this,
    since Doug will be gracing your territory with his presence. :-)
    
    Eileen

    Good idea!  by that time, I'll be traveling to MRO  at least once
    a week!  A dinner would be great---where's a good place?
    
    Kim

    re: Doug
    
        I, too, will be in Boston's vacinities (for personal fun; no
    Digital business)...from Saturday, Aug. 31
    to Saturday, Sept. 7.  Though I already plan on a couple of events,
    I would certainly enjoy an opportunity to meet everyone from here
    that I can.  If it can work out somehow, the pleasure would be
    mine.
    
    Frederick
    

    Well, David off the net now, I guess, but I'd still like to get a
    dinner together or something for him.  My schedule has finally firmed
    up some, and it turns out that the best time for me would be Sunday the
    8th.  Of those who wanted to come to this, for how many is this a
    possible date?  Afternoon or evening?  Anyone know whence he can be
    reached?  Ideas?
    
    D! feeling uncreative

    Well, if it were in the evening a Dim Sum might be good...
    
    Jim

    Dim Sum in the evening?  Never heard of such a thing...
    
    Someone pointed out to me that Sunday sundown is the start of the
    Jewish High Holidays.  Maybe a Sunday afternoon picnic?  (I know I
    won't be up for Sunday morning. I doubt David will, either, since he's
    coming from California...)
    
    D!

Frederick, if it takes a trip back east for you and I to find an excuse to
meet, so be it ;-) (our buildings are less than 10 miles apart...).  Do you
know/prefer the Greater Maynard area, or Boston?  Lets plan to get together
for dinner sometime during the week following Labor Day, and make it open
for any who'll join us.  Restaurant will hate us, but hey, we're tourists.

DougO

    re: .112 (DougO)
    
         I can dig it, Doug!  ;-)  Heck, it's more fun meeting 3,000
    miles away, isn't it?  (This way we can never blame our own back
    yards, huh?  :-) )  Sort of reminds me of sexual habits I have 
    always believed...that is, if one wanted to have sex (and I'm talking
    a bunch of beliefs from nearly two decades ago, so please forgive
    the limited thoughts...) it was always better to find the girl next
    door----at the beach, preferably hundreds of miles away.  (Seems that
    it was somehow less emotionally "dangerous" if *done* someplace else.)
    (And before anyone jumps on me...I never took vacations and never
    went anywhere away from home...:-}  )
         OKay, sounds like a nice idea...Sunday is firmly taken...other
    days are still up for grabs (although either Wed or Thurs is also
    going to be used...)  So, maybe off-line I can give you a number to
    reach me and vice versa?
         I believe I will be somewhere around Leominster most of the time
    (with at least one planned day in Cambridge) if this helps.  I don't
    know the area so maybe you can figure it out?
    
    
    Frederick
    

        re: DougO
    
           After talking with Doug, it was determined that Thursday
    was the only day *we* had in common...meanwhile, a DEC friend of
    mine set up a Thursday evening dinner in Littleton.  So, I will
    extend this to anyone who may be interested in meeting those who
    will be there to be greeted at a place (unknown to me) called the
    Yangzee River (sp?) on Route 10.  We plan to meet for dinner at
    6 p.m.  There will be others there some of whom participate in
    Womannotes and some who participate in a few other conferences.
    Since this is likely to be my only trip to Boston for a while
    (next year I'm going to Europe -- Barcelona, primarily) I would
    very much like to take advantage of it and would definitely enjoy 
    meeting anyone who would like to drop in, whether for a hello or
    for the evening.
         I don't know if reservations are required or not, and don't
    know if numbers are important, but if you are fairly certain you
    are going, then I will take the information and pass it along.
    I will be here (in Ca.) until Saturday morning.
         Doug, I hope this can work for you, too.
    
    Frederick
    

        So, I will
        extend this to anyone who may be interested in meeting those who
        will be there to be greeted at a place (unknown to me) called the
        Yangzee River (sp?) on Route 10. 
    
    That's route 110 in Littleton...I just went there last week; good
    buffet.
    
    So what day is this supposed to be, Frederick?
    
    D!

    Fredrick, what is the date of the dinner?

    re: .115, .116 (Bonnie, D!)
    
         Sorry I didn't make that clear...that would be at 6 p.m.
    on September 5 (Thursday.)  I've been told that the Chinese food
    there is good.
         Yes, I have been corrected---it's route 110.  And it's the
    Yangtze.  
         And I'd be happy to meet you there.  By the way, Ro Flaherty
    has volunteered to take reservations (I'm assuming it's all right 
    for me to say this, Ro?)  She is at ATSE::FLAHERTY.
    
    Frederick
    

    Frederick (.117),
    
    Sure it is ok to mention that! ;')  Anyone wishing to attend can contact
    me through Email.
    
    Ro
    

This is re David from Down Under. He and his wife will be
staying at my house, and can be contacted through me. I'm
really hoping that someone can organize a party and/or a 
dinner for him. A good party night would be Saturday Sept 7.
They'll be in the area until Wednesday afternoon, the 11th.


Thanks,
Liz

p.s. If something does get planned, please let me know via
mail.

    Liz,
    
    see note #1003.*
    
    E Grace

    Just checking in; its dreadful to enter notes when you're 3000 miles
    from the editor and 6000 miles from the file.  I will make the dinner
    Thursday 9/5 in Littleton at the Yangtze, thanks, Ro and Frederick, for
    settling the date and other arrangements.
    
    DougO

    re: .121 (DougO)
    
         Hi, Doug!  Glad to see you will be there!  It's still happening!
    I am in Nashua at this moment (Spitbrook, whatever-this-means...;-) )
    and am having a great time...I'd say "wish you were here" but...you
    are!  :-)  So, see you tomorrow evening.  (Oh, by the way, it will
    definitely not be a lonely event, according to Ro and others I've
    spoken with.)
    
    Frederick
    

        This is a "thanks" to all those who attended this dinner last 
    week.  I had a great week, and this dinner was no less a part of that.
    Thanks, again, and hope to meet you all again some day.
    
    Frederick
    

I'll be in Houston, Texas this weekend! :-)

Dan