Hi all,

Telluride Central is in full swing!

Arrival

It might be helpful for planning purposes if we had some idea of when people are arriving. As it stands right now, it looks like Keri, Lisa, Hagn, and a couple of Keri & Lisa's friends will be arriving on Monday, staying overnight, and setting up camp starting Tuesday morning. Gus and Tonya are arriving some time that day...Anyone else? Pete is still looking for a passenger after work on Wednesday if anyone is looking for a lift.

Camping arrangments

Hagn, Lisa and Keri have been discussing every blue print layout possible, and have finally decided on a sort of flat circle, with three kitchens and common space in the middle. The reason we decided this is because it makes us feel more "all together" while still keeping us seperate, and also provides the least amount of dead space where neighbors might hover in too close.

We've decided that instead of assigning people to particular spaces (or pods, or whatever), we're just going to save space for people that don't give us tents and let them pick their spot when they show up. For people that DO give us tents beforehand, we'll do our best to keep in mind that kids and Davis will want to be closer to the bathroom, but other than that the exact layout is TBD -- like everything else at Festival!

Food and drink

There comes a point when the logistics of making plans for too many people overwhelms the abilities of even the most ardent planners...And at 30 people, I believe we have reached that point. So, here's what we are going to suggest when it comes to food and drink:

Food -- Bring enough to feed yourself for about 75% of the time that you'll be there (everyone ends up eating all the yummy food at the Festival...trust us). Figure on sharing. It'll all work out.

Beer -- Gus is handling this. If you plan to drink beer please also plan on bringing at least a few bucks for Mr. Ewers.

Liquor -- If you like to drink, you're going to want to bring a lot of this (getting nalgenes of beer or mixed drinks into the show is no more difficult than, say, "lemonade" or "apple juice"). Everyone shares.

One last thing: All of this is fluid and, thus, completely open to additional suggestions or modifications...If you have some thoughts on how this should all shake out, please do not hestitate to say something. We enjoy doing the planning, but it's more fun when everyone's involved!

See you all real soon!!!

Much love,

Keri & Hagn