funsoul 57 Posted January 24 (edited) Greetings fellow oc-ers! Welcome to the planning thread for this year's Summer Party in PA! First and absolutely foremost, thanks to all of you who attended (or otherwise supported) the past get togethers! You're what makes it so awesome. Having never put together an 'event' before this one, I've learned a few things along the way. Most importantly, keep it easy and fun! I do my best to get us a decent space, plenty of ln2, relaxed environment, etc. Thanks to Joe, we've even had great sponsors who covered us and dished out heaps of nice goodies. That said, there were (of course) some downsides including the big expense of the hotel rooms in downtown Philly (although the venues have been top notch, imho) and a general feeling on my part that I(we) had to make efforts to please the sponsors (not so relaxing hehe). This year's party will be 8/22-25 back at our first venue in Harrisburg and will be 100% self-funded. Once I have an estimate on the space, room rates and juice it'll be straight math. The good news is that the total cost will very likely come out cheaper than what it's been costing for hotel rooms alone. I'll post the numbers once I have them. SO...we need to start figuring out how many of us will be there. PLEASE check your calendars, decide if you can make it and take the poll! Hopefully the long advance notice helps. TIA (as always) -Stefan Edited January 24 by funsoul 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aerotracks 57 Posted January 24 THANK YOU Stefan! I'm in, couldn't be happier about location 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
richiec77 32 Posted January 24 I'm down. This should be fun. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darthresin 14 Posted January 24 Definitely planning on coming this year! Looking forward to it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shadyreaper 31 Posted January 24 Sounds good to me I'll be driving up this year if the wife joins me so I'll be glad to not be in the big ass city 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jiccman1965 12 Posted January 27 Thank you for the hard work, and getting this all planned out for everyone. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
funsoul 57 Posted January 27 Yvw Jiccy! It's kinda selfish on my part....I just like hanging, partying and benching with everyone hehe Haven't heard back from the venue on a quote yet. Hopefully we'll get our numbers this week. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mllrkllr88 80 Posted January 28 Sounds like a good time :) I have some big changes in my life which prevent me from attending, so have fun. Cheers!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
funsoul 57 Posted February 4 (edited) Ok...heard back from the hotel. Total charge for the event space (incl. all taxes, etc) is $1,513. I'm going to try to get that down by about $250 but at least we have a baseline. Sleeping rooms will be available for $99/night (plus fees and taxes). Will confirm ln2 pricing this week. So...if there are only 8 of us, it'll come out around $710ish pp ($250 venue, 3x$120 sleeping room, $100 ln2). It's still ~6 months away...adding more attendees will bring pp cost down quickly. Edited February 4 by funsoul Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
funsoul 57 Posted February 5 9 so far plus Joe makes 10. Already puts us at or below $400pp Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steponz 21 Posted February 5 Hey Guys I am in.. Going to go back to the roots when we did it a couple of years. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
richiec77 32 Posted February 6 Abbreviation for Pennsylvania, USA Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Radi 21 Posted February 6 is it open to french people ? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
richiec77 32 Posted February 6 Open to all. The more the merrier. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
funsoul 57 Posted February 7 Getting there! Looking pretty good so far so will work on the contract, pay for the event space and put a deposit on the ln2. Next is to try to get more people signed up. I'll be "on the hook" financially but I feel pretty confident we'll get enough of us willing to cover. Radi- You should definitely come! We always have at least a couple euros (aerotracks has made every one so far, thanks Moritz!). Pretty sure you'd have an excellent time! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
funsoul 57 Posted February 7 Attendees- Start thinking about what you'll be benching. I know it's really far out but want to start estimating our ln2 needs. Thinking an average of roughly 120L/person. We've had juice to spare every year, want to have plenty again but prefer not having 300+ L that we don't use. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
funsoul 57 Posted February 7 (edited) And where oh where are our Warp9 friends? Really hoping to finally meet some of those crazies! Edited February 7 by funsoul Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr.paco 29 Posted February 7 8 hours ago, funsoul said: And where oh where are our Warp9 friends? Really hoping to finally meet some of those crazies! I really would love to go up for the event Stefan and for the opportunity to do some meet n greet with some fellow benchers. But its not in the cards for me personally. Much success to you with the event... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
funsoul 57 Posted February 8 Yeah...I know it's not easy. Hopefully one of you can make it (iirc...maybe Scotty?)! Thanks...it'll be nice being back in Harrisburg. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
funsoul 57 Posted 16 hours ago Awesome Pankil! Was wondering where you were hiding 😜 Contract is signed, just waiting to get final confirmation. Total for the event space (5pm Thursday 8/22 - 5pm Sunday 8/24) comes out to $1,513.68 ($1,200 + 19% service charge + 6% tax). So...with 11 attendees (so far), we're looking at $137.61 per person + ln2 (estimate $70 per person*) and room (we have a block of 10 @ $99/night). Basically, $210/person + accomodations. * The LN2 expenses the past 2 years have been $770/year. $731 for ln2 + delivery/pickup + $40 tip. Ugh....all excited but 6 months to go! Ooooh noooo-o-o-o-o-o-o!!! 😲 Gives everyone more time to wrangle more friend to attend! =;P Woohoo! hehehe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
