Gathering Attendees,
I will be posting the final Gathering income/expense sheet to the Gathering web page in the next few days. Thanks to the generous donations and good attendance at the banquet, the finances are in great shape. The Gathering funds balance will have grown from $1864 going into this years Gathering to right at $2900 for next year. Awesome !!! I think we may have reached the point that we can consider eliminating the "begging for funds" at the banquet. Most people attending the Gathering assumed I live locally. The fact is I live about 50 miles south of Mt.Vernon. That made it rather expensive for me personally to host the Gathering. Eight to ten trips to airport board meetings, EAA chapter meetings, meeting with hotel people, caterer, airport manager, etc. were 100 mile round trips each. Throw in the motel bill, an ink cartridge and phone calls and you can see where this is headed. I'm satisfied and I hope everyone is comfortable with me reimbursing myself $100 for expenses ( primarily the mileage, ink cartridge, and phone calls). I'll cover my own motel bill as everyone else did. We didn't set a date for next years Gathering. Most people assumed it will be the same time of year but we also have those that want an earlier date. How do we resolve the issue? Take a vote on the Gathering web page? I don't want 20 e-mails a day on the net saying I want this date or I want that date. I'll work something out with Bob Lee, the web page creator, and let everyone know. Thanks again to everyone that helped make the Gathering a huge success. It certainly isn't a one man show. YEEEEEE HAAAAA Larry Flesner
