[meteorite-list] Tucson Show, Party, Harvey Awards, Venue, etc.

[mlblood at cox.net]

Hi Geoff,
     First: Thanks to you and Steve Arnold (of Arkansas) for the
great dinners and awards of the past.
     Now, since you asked for feedback: Personally, I thought the
old place was great and still saw a few empty seats around the
room.
     However, if you are going to move - this sounds fine - but 
can we all sign up for dinner and sit togeather? Any reason
why not? Then just move to the other room after dinner? 
     If there isn't another resturant that will accommodate, that
seams reasonable.
     I did hate it at El Charro when we were all indifferent rooms.
     Where, exactly, is this place, anyway? (In reference to one
of the better known dealer's location). 
     I am amazed no one else on the list has responded.
 Your bashes are clearly VERY popular! 
     Thanks, again, Michael

> 
> From: "Notkin" <geoking at notkin.net>
> Date: 2004/12/16 Thu PM 03:09:22 EST
> To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Tucson Show, Party, Harvey Awards, 
Venue, etc.
> 
> Dear Listees:
> 
> Greetings from sunny Tucson where it is a pleasant 61 degrees.
> 
> I have today spoken with the manager of the Arizona Plaza 
(formerly the 
> Vagabond Inn; formerly the Ramada Inn University) in Tucson, 
and he has 
> confirmed that they WILL be open during the 2005 Tucson show, 
although 
> the long-term future of the hotel in uncertain. Show veterans will 
know 
> this hotel well, as it's been the home of Blaine Reed Meteorites 
for 
> many years. Thanks to Bill Mason for letting us know about this.
> 
> Accommodation is available in the $100/night range, so if any of 
you 
> are having trouble finding rooms, this might be a good solution. 
It's a 
> bit pricey, but so are all hotels during showtime. The Arizona 
Plaza is 
> very well located for show events, and is definitely a fun place to 
> stay. Contact me off-List if you need booking info.
> 
> Regarding the Sixth Annual Meteor Mayhem Birthday Bash and 
Harvey 
> Awards:
> 
> As previously posted, we will not be holding the 2005 party at the 
La 
> Fuente restaurant, which has been its home for the past three 
years. As 
> we now regularly have well over 100 guests, organizing a dinner 
at La 
> Fuente, or any restaurant, is problematic at best. Every year, 
some of 
> our guests have been unhappy with the food service; there were 
problems 
> with customers' checks, etc., and we don't want to deal with that 
any 
> more. My co-host Steve Arnold IMB and I are, therefore, planning 
on 
> moving away from a sit-down dinner situation to a more 
> informal/fun/social event with bar service. To that end we are 
> considering holding the 2005 party and Harvey Awards 
ceremony in either 
> the lounge bar or the ballroom of the Arizona Plaza.
> 
> The event will take place on the evening of Friday, Feb. 4, 2005. 
On 
> the same night -- at 7 pm -- our good friends at AAPS ( the 
Association 
> of Applied Paleontological Sciences  http://www.aaps.net  ) will 
be 
> holding their annual charity auction and dinner in the adjacent 
Mineral 
> and Fossil Co-op. Many folks would like to attend the auction 
AND the 
> party, so we are considering having a slightly later start for the 
> party (with the Harveys presented around 9 pm) so that those 
who wish 
> to have dinner with AAPS can do so, and then walk next door for 
the 
> Harvey Awards. Dinner at the AAPS event will be catered by fine 
Italian 
> restaurant The Barefoot Contessa, and is available to non-AAPS 
members 
> for a very reasonable fee (reservations are requested). It's likely 
to 
> be an excellent dinner and is always a most enjoyable event.
> 
> Sorry for the overly-detailed post. I mention all of this here 
because 
> I'd like to get some feedback from those planning on attending 
the 
> party. Does this sound like a good solution? I'd appreciate some 
> on-List comments, especially from those of you who have 
attended the 
> party and Harvey Awards in the past.
> 
> We're trying to put together something that will work for 
everyone!
> 
> It's less than six weeks to showtime, and we are looking forward 
to 
> seeing many of you here soon.
> 
> 
> Thanks and regards to all,
> 
> Geoff N.
> www.notkin.net
> www.paleozoic.org
> 
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