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Post-TAM Tour?

New page means fresh new reminders:

The Post-TAM9 Red Rocks Tour Now Leaves at 1:30 PM (pacific time), Sunday, July 17th. We will meet at the horse statue thing. (You can't miss it.)

The Participants, So Far:

[table=head]User Name | Notes| The Undiscovered Column | High School Mascot | Favorite Pony
AdMan |Won't have a car, but will chip in for gas, etc.| |Bear|I hate anyone that ever had a pony growing up
Allecher |
Andriiya |Not 100% sure she will attend, more like 50%|Is quite sure Wowbagger is reading the Twilight series at a tea party with My Little Ponies right now|Didn't go to highschool|Ponies are evil
Bytor | I'll chip in for car rental |||
DocM + 1 | Will probably come, got our own car |||
Doubt| Also will have a car available
El Spectre ||ooh, look, an undiscovered column!
hcmom ||||I want a pony!
Hokulele Mom | Hokulele is not coming.
Kitten | Our guide, declared "shotgun" | I like rocks and will talk too much about them.| lantern | I want a kinkajou
Kitten's friends (x2)
mr. ottle | le chauffeur | scixelsyd rof si siht | tiger | the one the third horseman of the Apocalypse has
SkepticalDrew (+1) | Bringing a non-TAM friend, and maybe another car.
Wowbagger | Will likely have a rental car, also, if it's needed | Peace with the Klingons is possible. | Purple Wave | Twilight Sparkle
zooterkin |||TBD|I'd rather have a monkey
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The Central Scrutinizer has no authority, here. Do not listen to anything he says.
 
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Bowing out gracefully, I want to hit one of the closing day workshops. Red Rock will continue to elude me.
 
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Ok, since it's leaving at 1:30, it looks like I'm going... I think I can miss the MDC.

[table=head]User Name | Notes| The Undiscovered Column | High School Mascot | Favorite Pony
AdMan |Won't have a car, but will chip in for gas, etc.| |Bear|I hate anyone that ever had a pony growing up
Allecher |
Andriiya |Will try not to eat the ham radio|Is quite sure Wowbagger is reading the Twilight series at a tea party with My Little Ponies right now|Didn't go to highschool|Ponies are evil
Bytor | I'll chip in for car rental |||
DocM + 1 | Will probably come, got our own car |||
Doubt| Also will have a car available
El Spectre ||ooh, look, an undiscovered column!
hcmom ||||I want a pony!
Hokulele Mom | Hokulele is not coming.
Kitten | Our guide, declared "shotgun" | I like rocks and will talk too much about them.| lantern | I want a kinkajou
Kitten's friends (x2)
mr. ottle | le chauffeur | scixelsyd rof si siht | tiger | the one the third horseman of the Apocalypse has
SkepticalDrew (+1) | Bringing a non-TAM friend, and maybe another car.
Wowbagger | Will likely have a rental car, also, if it's needed | Peace with the Klingons is possible. | Purple Wave | Twilight Sparkle
zooterkin |||TBD|I'd rather have a monkey
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I don't remember Kitten's flight schedule, but what about something early morning Monday?
 
Here are some options to work around their new schedule:

Somewhat more viable options:

Thursday Morning, some time. If we go with this, then I don't know when some of us are going indoor-skydiving. And, I might have to be back by 2 PM for volunteer duty.

Friday or Saturday: We leave at 6PM-sharp, that will give us a mere 2 hours of time to get there and drive around the place, before it closes. (The visitor center would have already been closed at 4:30 PM.)

Sunday 4:15 PM, we leave when Steve Novella is done, and we ditch the closing remarks. We MIGHT make it time to gawk at the visitor center for a few measly seconds, but I would not count on it. But, we should have enough time to do a more-proper tour of the actual park.

Less viable options?:

Wednesday, some time. But, there will be fewer people there.

Sunday 1:15 PM, almost as planned, but then we run the risk of missing the "Diversity in Skepticism" panel (which I am willing to skip, anyway), and Jennifer Ouellette and Sean Faircloth (both of whom I am a little less willing to skip)

VERY early in the morning Friday or Saturday. The park opens at 6 AM. TAM starts at 8 AM. You do the math. Frankly, I could skip the live SGU podcast on Friday, if I had to. Or the Ethics panel on Saturday, if I really had to. But, FirstTAMers might want to experience them. And, I am not much of a morning person, anyway.

Let's get a vote going. Write-in ballots for other ideas are also permitted.
 
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Wowbagger said:
Here are some options to work around their new schedule:

Somewhat more viable options:

Thursday Morning, some time. If we go with this, then I don't know when some of us are going indoor-skydiving. And, I might have to be back by 2 PM for volunteer duty.

Friday or Saturday: We leave at 6PM-sharp, that will give us a mere 2 hours of time to get there and drive around the place, before it closes. (The visitor center would have already been closed at 4:30 PM.)

Sunday 4:15 PM, we leave when Steve Novella is done, and we ditch the closing remarks. We MIGHT make it time to gawk at the visitor center for a few measly seconds, but I would not count on it. But, we should have enough time to do a more-proper tour of the actual park.

Less viable options?:

Wednesday, some time. But, there will be fewer people there.

Sunday 1:15 PM, almost as planned, but then we run the risk of missing the "Diversity in Skepticism" panel (which I am willing to skip, anyway), and Jennifer Ouellette and Sean Faircloth (both of whom I am a little less willing to skip)

VERY early in the morning Friday or Saturday. The park opens at 6 AM. TAM starts at 8 AM. You do the math. Frankly, I could skip the live SGU podcast on Friday, if I had to. Or the Ethics panel on Saturday, if I really had to. But, FirstTAMers might want to experience them. And, I am not much of a morning person, anyway.

Let's get a vote going. Write-in ballots for other ideas are also permitted.
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I'm fine with Thursday any time; Friday or Saturday if we're definitely back by 9 (I like rocks and all, but I'm not missing Max Maven or Paul Provenza); or sticking with Sunday at 1:15, not my first choice, but if everyone else wants to go at that time then I'll live.
 
Wowbagger said:
Here are some options to work around their new schedule:

Somewhat more viable options:

Thursday Morning, some time. If we go with this, then I don't know when some of us are going indoor-skydiving. And, I might have to be back by 2 PM for volunteer duty.

Friday or Saturday: We leave at 6PM-sharp, that will give us a mere 2 hours of time to get there and drive around the place, before it closes. (The visitor center would have already been closed at 4:30 PM.)

Sunday 4:15 PM, we leave when Steve Novella is done, and we ditch the closing remarks. We MIGHT make it time to gawk at the visitor center for a few measly seconds, but I would not count on it. But, we should have enough time to do a more-proper tour of the actual park.

Less viable options?:

Wednesday, some time. But, there will be fewer people there.

Sunday 1:15 PM, almost as planned, but then we run the risk of missing the "Diversity in Skepticism" panel (which I am willing to skip, anyway), and Jennifer Ouellette and Sean Faircloth (both of whom I am a little less willing to skip)

VERY early in the morning Friday or Saturday. The park opens at 6 AM. TAM starts at 8 AM. You do the math. Frankly, I could skip the live SGU podcast on Friday, if I had to. Or the Ethics panel on Saturday, if I really had to. But, FirstTAMers might want to experience them. And, I am not much of a morning person, anyway.

Let's get a vote going. Write-in ballots for other ideas are also permitted.
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Why is this not in a giant table?
 
Andriiya said:
(I like rocks and all, but I'm not missing Max Maven or Paul Provenza);
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I wouldn't want to miss them either.

If we leave that evening, I make sure we are back by then.

mr. ottle said:
Why is this not in a giant table?
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The ponies initially objected to my placing the timing options into a table.

AdMan said:
You're right--if it's not in table form, we can't properly vote for things.
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We can accumulate votes in a table, if y'all wish.

I would have started one already, but at this point in time, I can't say I really have a preference.

I will start one, now, with our first voter, and we'll see how it goes:


[table=head]Participant|Time/Date Preference|Notes
Andriiya | Thurs, or Fri or Sat (back by 9) |
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Hm, we will only arrive late (around nine) on Thursday, so Thursday won't do for us, and I don't know if it makes sense to drive there for two hours during the dinner break.

So, no vote from me. If you decide on a time, we will see if we can make it, otherwise we'll have to be satisfied with all those other rocks we'll see after TAM.
 
Oh, that's a shame, this would have been fun (though I approve of the changes to the TAM schedule). I think Wednesday is the only viable time that I'm free; I'll be at the workshops on Thursday, and my volunteer duty is the registration first thing on Friday and Saturday. The Friday or Saturday evening option sounds a bit rushed to me. Is Monday an option at all, or have too many people left by then?
 
I didn't notice Monday was an option. Why am I the only one wth an opinion here? :p

[table=head]Participant|Time/Date Preference|Notes
Andriiya | Thurs, Fri or Sat (back by 9), or Mon|
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Andriiya said:
I didn't notice Monday was an option. Why am I the only one wth an opinion here? :p
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Well, Monday would work for me, and it was originally possible for Kitten, but I don't know who else can make it.

Kitten said:
Hey folks-- if people are willing to drive, I could do a Red Rocks tour either Thursday (my flight gets just after 11am) or on Sunday or possibly Monday morning (my flight leaves 3:30 pm on Monday).
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[table=head]Participant|Time/Date Preference|Notes
Andriiya | Thurs, Fri or Sat (back by 9), or Mon|
zooterkin | Mon |
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