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Originally Posted by Gingergirlsmom  Lisa, thank you for explaining this from your perspective and for undertaking such a huge task. I'm sure it is frustrating. I' also suspect that the event will grow each year...now that you've got pics from a previous event, etc...more people will be anxious to go.
So that there is no confusion about my intentions when you all are going through posts later, here is the best I can do on explaining my plans to attend: I will be there if it's any East Coast location since we can get there by car. I'm currently researching plane travel with teapots (I'm getting great advice here at yt) and am trying to determine whether or not Bernie, who is 17# can fly in the event that San Diego wins out. I won't come if I have to leave him at home. So....I'm watching the results closely and hoping (just a little) that it lands in the East. If another location is chosen, I will decide as soon as possible what my plans are so that I cannot be mistakenly included in a count if I'm unable to go. |
Yes, we do understand the concerns with flying your babies from one coast to the other (the same issue will be true for everyone on the West coast if the East coast wins the vote), but that is the good thing about doing it in the midwest one year, and then one coast one year, followed by the opposite coast the following year. Hopefully that would allow EVERYONE to have a chance to go at least once every two or three years, for those who can't fly your babies across country. If you're concerned about that, I would recommend looking into flights with layovers. I've flown Sukoshi both nonstop, as well as with layovers, and I think the layover is preferable for those long hauls. I am able to take her to the bathroom to go potty between flights, and she is able to relax and take a nap during the layover. It is also more of a problem for our beloved YT teapots, as they don't have as much space to turn around in their bags as our smaller babies do. And we completely understand that these issues are out there. The frustration comes in if you voted for say Alexandria, and Alexandria won the vote (or another East coast location), and then you still chose not to come. At that point you've affected the vote, but aren't even taking advantage of it being in your chosen location. I think we would all understand if you voted for Alexandria and San Diego won, so you weren't able to attend the San Diego year. BUT...we WOULD hope to see you at the meet-up the following year when it would be on "your" coast
since you indicated you were serious about attending. We also realize that things come up, and none of us knows what our lives will be like in 2 years, but this is the general place we're coming from when we ask you to be serious about attending. Remember that whichever coast is not selected for 2009 will be the coast the meet-up will be held on in 2010
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