Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Date: Mon,  7 Sep 1992 11:42:49 -0400 
From: "Mary A. Mark" <mmbt+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: September Gathering:THE PLAN

Hi there!  This is for all the callahanians who might be thinking
of attending the gathering, but who haven't told me about it :-)
The rest of you will be getting your own messages via email. Read them!

As John Ockerbloom has reminded me with his post, I 
really *do* need to send out some more info about the Gathering!
I apologise for taking so *very* long to reply.  Oh well,
after more than a week, I figure I've heard from most of the
callahanians who are likely to come to the Gathering.

ATTENDEES
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Those who've indicated an intent to attend are:

Palmer Davis (C-Hawk)        ptd2@po.CWRU.Edu
Paul Estin (Snark)           esti@midway.uchicago.edu
Mark Beirne Lively (Bear)    ml5a+@andrew.cmu.edu
John Charles Fiala           jf2z+@andrew.cmu.edu
John Ockerbloom              ockerbloom@cs.cmu.edu
Mary Mark (Merrigold)        mmbt+@andrew.cmu.edu
Chris Welch (Urban Spaceman) me_s420@kingston.ac.uk
Sue Moller (Gardener)
James Walden (P'relan)       JWWALDEN@MIAVX1.ACS.MUOHIO.EDU
    
James informs me that Debbie Peterson (Toothpick) won't be able
to attend.  Woe is us!  

Most people are flexible about arrival dates: for the 
out-of-towners, Friday night seems to be a likely time. 

CRASH SPACE & TRANSPORT 
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TRANSPORT NEEDED:
Snark (esti@midway.uchicago.edu) would like a ride from Ann Arbour: 
Is there anybody out there who might be dropping in from that 
direction?  If so, could you contact him, please?  

CRASH SPACE NEEDED:
Two people have confirmed that they would need crash space: 
C-Hawk and the Snark.  Their addresses are as follows:
        C-Hawk (Palmer Davis)   ptd2@po.CWRU.Edu
        Snark  (Paul A. Estin)  esti@midway.uchicago.edu

Three  people have indicated that they could provide crash 
space.  They are:
        P'relan (James Walden)  JWWALDEN@MIAVX1.ACS.MUOHIO.EDU  (422-1831)
        John Charles Fiala      jf2z+@andrew.cmu.edu            (   -    )
        John Ockerbloom         ockerbloom@cs.cmu.edu           (521-1119)

I'll leave you two sets of people to contact each other and
figure out who might stay where: anybody else who's thinking
of coming and would like a place to stay, please contact one
someone from the space available list.  

LOCAL TRANSPORTATION:
Two people have confirmed that they have cars available:
P'relan and C-Hawk.  This means that we can definitely
do things like organize a trip out to Borders/RiverRun/
wherever, and possibly rampage about the countryside. 

RENDEZVOUS POINT:
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My apartment is fairly close to CMU, and the conservatory, and may be
a good point for people to meet.  If nothing else, the party will be 
there, and we could leave messages on the door, about where we're going,
in case of stragglers.  The address is:

        5211 Wilkins Ave, Apt 1 (Ground level entrance, on 5th Ave.)
        Pittsburgh, PA  15217
        phone: (412) 621-8023

THE (TENTATIVE) SCHEDULE:
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Saturday:
   Phipp's Conservatory 
        Several people were interested in doing this.  
        Let's face it, if we get this lot into bookstores,
        we'll never get them out again.  So I'd suggest going to
        the conservatory in the morning, maybe around 10:30  or 11:00.
        It depends in part when people are getting in: if people drive
        up the night before, then the only problem is getting up: if 
        people are arriving Saturday morning, life's more complex. 
        The conservatory is open 9-5 every day, and has an entrance fee. 

   Lunch: 
        Let's face it, we'll likely want lunch after the conservatory.
        No suggestions yet as to what or where.  We've had a suggestion 
        for going out for O-fries at some point: do the people who do
        O-fries also do real food?

   Bookstores & Beehive
        With cars available we can hit some bookstores, like Borders and
        Riverrun.   The Carson street area has several pleasant bookstores,
        and also features THE BEEHIVE, a somewhat surreal coffee place
        which we could adjourn to once the book-buying frenzy lessens.
        It's quite a wonderful place, and the desserts are good.  

   Party at Merrigold's  (evening)  Address given above.
        What time shall we officially  start the party?  6:30? 7:00?
        Whenever people arrive?  If you haven't made the rest of the 
        days events, the best plan is likely to phone and make sure that
        someone's there, then come over.  You are all welcome (but not
        required) to bring food and drinkables.  Not to mention musical
        instruments, and anything else you think should be found at a party. 
        
Sunday:
   Dim Sum (Help, John, what's the address of the dim sum place?
        And what time do they open? When should we plan to get there?  11-ish?
        or earlier, if there are plans for a day trip after lunch? )

   Possible day trip into the countryside (destination undetermined)
        Fallingwater is a house over a waterfall in a park-like area: 
        It's about 1 1/2 hours drive from Pittsburgh. There's a entrance fee 
        ($6? $8?) to tour inside the house, but none if you just want to
        look around outside or prowl the gift shop. I went there a couple
        of weeks ago, with guests, and felt an incredible greed to own it.
        This is one possibility for a day trip: there are others too. 

   Supper:  depends on where we are, and who's actually there (some
        people may want to leave before supper, I don't know.) There
        are a lot of good restaurants in Pittsburgh, if we want to do
        the restaurant thing.  Another possibility, if we're going to
        the countryside for the day, might be to raid a grocery and 
        take picnic-type food along with us.  (The one problem with 
        dim sum is that you do get hungry again rather quickly.)

QUESTIONS
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1) Where do we go for lunch?  (Thus determining that we are a third
   stage civilization)
2) What kind of food do people like?  Vegetarians, people with 
   allergies, preferences for hot/cold (spicy) food, please speak!
   I'm quite happy to adapt to preferences if I know what they are.
3) If people are free for only part of this itinerary, it might be
   an idea to set up rendezvous points at certain times, so we can
   be sure of intersecting.  For example, if anyone is bored by flowers
   but loves books, maybe we could plan to meet somewhere between events.

Anyway that's the plan so far.  See you soon!  Take care,
Merrigold

 
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Mary Mark                     email: mmbt+@andrew.cmu.edu
Department of Psychology      
Carnegie Mellon University   "Hey, Ho, Nobody home, 
Pittsburgh,PA                 Meat, nor drink, nor money have I none,
U.S.A.                        Still, I will be merry, very merry..."
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