I’m happy to announce that our 2017 ‘Copia gathering plans are coming together nicely!

We’re planning on what we basically did last year: a Friday informal get together with pizza and beer/soda; and a dinner Saturday night featuring the excellent barbecue from Smoky Jon’s!

We’ll again be in the main meeting room at the Country Inn & Suites, only this year we’ll be able to use it for both Friday and Saturday nights, so no confusion on pizza night this year.

We’ll likely have the room open around 3:00 Friday afternoon to begin the meet & greet social hour(s). Pizza will be ordered when the group size dictates, but I would think the first order will go in by 6-ish. More pizza will be ordered later, as necessary, so don’t feel like you have to be there at 6 straight up. As long as we have hungry people, pizza will keep coming!! Cost will be based on how many people we have, and what we want to order. I would think that $10 per person should be fine, as long as we don’t get too extravagant!

For Saturday night, we’ll head back to the hotel after Old Salt and Wally13’s ‘Copia presentation. I’ll take my time getting the food over there, so don’t feel like you have to fly out the door. I would think we’ll have the food ready by 6:30, to give everyone (including me!) enough time. I’ll need a headcount for the Saturday dinner, but I’ll post a new thread as we get closer. Cost will be based on numbers, but I would think it should be around $15 per person.

We’ll take care of getting the beer and soda/water, so we’ll include that as part of the meal costs.

As I said, I’ll post more as we get closer, but I just wanted everyone to know what the general plans areso you can start thinking about joining us. All are welcome!!!

Looking forward to seeing everyone again!!

ml