[atariparty] Plans for 2011

[R.Conner]

Fri 5/13, Sat 5/14, and Sun 5/15 is the Pin-a-go-go Pinball show at the Dixon County Fair Grounds.

Please do the Atari Party a different weekend.

Thank you,

Bob (The guy who brought the Nuon and Dreamcast driving wheel last time)


--- On Wed, 1/5/11, Bill Kendrick <nbs at sonic.net> wrote:

> From: Bill Kendrick <nbs at sonic.net>
> Subject: [atariparty] Plans for 2011
> To: "Atari Party (discussion/planning)" <atariparty at lists.sonic.net>
> Date: Wednesday, January 5, 2011, 3:21 PM
> 
> Hi all!  So the Blanchard Meeting room at the public
> library
> here in Davis is available again, now that the library has
> re-opened.  If you remember the first Atari Party from
> 2009,
> it's that same room... except now it's about 250sqft
> larger,
> includes a small conference room in back (behind a door),
> and has its own built-in ceiling-mounted projector.
> 
> So that means we have a LOT more space, a little bit of
> private space, and the possibility to have two projectors
> going.
> 
> Personally, I recently picked up an Atari 800 from
> someone,
> and will be getting some more (random, unknown) Atari
> stuff
> from a friend this weekend, and possibly from one of the
> librarians here in Davis.  (I was there for
> Linux-group-related
> purposes, and she happened to ask "are you part of an Atari
> club?" ;) )
> 
> Furthermore, I received a voicemail yesterday from the
> company
> that we rented TRON from last year, asking if we'd like to
> do
> another spring screening (not sure if she meant TRON
> specifically,
> or just "some movie").
> 
> The library venue is free, unless we go after-hours; but
> even
> then, last I saw it was only $10/hr, which is nice. 
> Oh, plus
> something like $10 to have food.  Renting a movie for
> a screening
> is not.  So sponsors again this year would be nice, if
> we want
> to do that...
> 
> To help my Atarian buddy Ben take part, I'm aiming for
> some
> time in May.  (Plus, I can use my birthday as an
> excuse. ;) )
> 
>       May 2011
> Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
>  1  2  3  4  5  6  7
>  8  9 10 11 12 13 14
> 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
> 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
> 29 30 31
> 
> I don't see any weekend holidays:
> http://www.yolocounty.org/Index.aspx?page=595
> 
> Their hours are:
>   Saturday: 10:00am - 5:30pm
>     Sunday:  1:00pm - 5:00pm
> 
> so a Saturday would be a good day.  If we run in(to)
> the
> evening (i.e., not fully out of there, ready for them to
> lock the building), we'd need to pay for some after-hours
> usage.
> 
> Anyway, just wanted to drop a line with these random bits
> of
> news.  Happy New Year!
> 
> -- 
> -bill!
> Sent from my computer
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