Sounds like someone needs to take charge and make some command decisions. Making these sorts of decisions never makes sense when done by committee. Although there may be some dissention it just isn't that important not does it make that much difference. Especially when composed to the real reason for the trip. ------------------------------ On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 6:01 PM MDT Patrick Wiggins wrote:

Hi Brent,

While simple in principle it ended up being far from that in practice for last year's annular.

Rodger Fry contacted the bus company and got a bid. I offered to get the word out (SLAS blasts, announcements here on UA, news releases to the media), to collect the money and to disperse the money as needed.

What was needed was someone to get with those wishing to go and work out details like when to leave, where to stop for breaks, where to observe the eclipse from and when to return. IIRC a couple of folks took a stab at that but they never seemed to be able to reach a consensus on those details (especially the "where to observe the eclipse from") so the bus never happened.

Personally I still like the idea of flying my plane up there but as I mentioned before I worry that every airport even close to the centerline will be crammed with airplanes whose pilots had the same idea.

patrick

On 14 Jul 2013, at 14:47, Brent Watson wrote:

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Joe,

It occurs to me that there is no real reason why you should not rent a bus for excursions. Anyone can do it. There is no reason to rely on an organization to do it. All you need to do is fill it up and then share the cost with those who go along. I am sure you could make a real party of it, and those along would have a great time.

Please accept this at face value. What you read above should be taken at face value. There is no innuendo, nor jabbing, nor assassination intended.

Brent

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