Hi Ron,

Let me know what kind of interest you get for having it up in PA. I knew
that Tom F. wasn't going to have the party this year, and I was considering
having it ay my place - which is about 2 miles from Tom's house. I gotta
long driveway and plenty of room in the house to hang out.

Oh, and we were calling them the "Mid-Atlantic Holiday Bus Fests". For those
of you who are not familiar with the parties, have a gander at:

 http://volksweb.relitech.com/forhan.htm

for some of the details.

Since you were first out with your plans, I would only host if you don't.

Lemme know when you know,
TomC
tcarrington@relitech.com
http://www.relitech.com/tomc
http://volksweb.relitech.com
85 Vanagon Crew Cab
82 Westy diesel=>gas conversion
81 Checker A-11 (Taxi)
65 Notchback

> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Bus Depot [SMTP:ron@NETCARRIER.COM]
> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 11:33 AM
> To:   vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject:      Listmember Xmas Party
>
> Folks,
>
> In years past, Tom Forhan has graciously had a Listmember Christmas party
> every December in the Washington DC area.  This has been a great
> opportunity
> for us to get together and attach faces to the email addresses that we see
> every day, and is an event that I have always looked forward to. I want to
> extend my appreciation to Tom for being nice enough to put up with a bunch
> of us overrunning his house and driveway year after year. :-)
>
> Unfortunately, due to other obligations Tom will be unable to host a party
> this year.  So at the suggestion of another listmember, Evon and I thought
> that we would offer to do the honors this year. (Only, being Jewish, I'm
> afraid we'll have to redesignate it as a Holiday Party. :-)
>
> The date would be Saturday, December 16, say around 2-3 pm (which should
> allow enough time on each side for people traveling a few hours to make it
> a
> day-trip).  We live in Perkiomenville, PA, which is about 1 hour from
> Philadelphia or 40 minutes from Allentown or Reading Pa. - or about 2-1/2
> hours from Tom's house, for those of you who have attended his parties.
> For
> anyone thinking of braving the cold to camp, there are two campgrounds
> right
> down the road.  Of course, significant others are invited, as it will give
> the non-VW-interested contingent (such as my wife) something to do.
> Children are also welcome, as it will give the non-adult contingent (such
> as
> our two-year-old) something to do.
>
> I'd like a quick hand-count of people who are reasonably certain that they
> could make it. (Since I am announcing this at a somewhat late date, I fear
> that some people may already have other plans).  If I get more than two or
> three positive responses, we'll make it a firm plan and I'll post
> directions, etc.  Please reply via p-mail, and I'll post a follow up in
> the
> next day or two to confirm.
>
> - Ron Salmon
>   The Bus Depot, Inc.
>   www.busdepot.com
>   (215) 234-VWVW