Richmond,VA FF Richmond Picnic

Ok...somehow closing the poll in the other thread about the picnic made it eat it....strange considering I closed the others on our boards and they are still here.


So this is where we stand: we need to decide what we want to do. I need from everyone interested in participating in the picnic to post dates when you will NOT be available for a Picnic in either May or June. I think we need at least 2 weeks to plan this thing so no need to worry about anything before the 16-17th of May. Please post soon.

 

As of this moment I have no plans for the end of May or the beginning of June.

 

I would like to see us set a date for this picnic. I am available the 21st or the 28th of June. Anyone else?

 

I would say that the 28th would be the better date as it would give all of us involved with the Holocron Productions group a free weekend (as our picnic is the 14th)

we need to decide on everything (which the 28th would give a decent amount of time to plan).

Let me know what you need me to do...I now have some serious planning for a personal event but will try to help out in the planning of this picnic too.

 

What if we just meet at Dogwood Dell on 6/28 at the amphitheater and have lunch (noon) on the steps. Just bring your own food. No need to really cook out..we could bring a drink, chips and a sandwich and we'll have an outdoorsy lunch..then we could go across the street and walk around Maymont afterwards.

See, no hassles. Just a simple get together.

Keith

 

That sounds nice, but won't work. For those of you that do not/ no longer keep up with the HcP boards, I phoned about the Richmond parks and all picnic areas are booked the entire month of June. Pick a different park and maybe it will work.

 

The great thing about Dogwood Dell or even Maymont is that we could bring a blanket and just picnic on the grass. This eliminates having to reserve an area, put money down on it, and have people decide whether they want to pitch in.

 

yeah not a bad idea (as long as it is cool that day). It is a lot more trouble than it would seem to get people to pitch in and cover the cost of a group activity.

The only reason I mentioned the fact that everything was full (other than the obivious one of there would be no tables to sit at) would be that it will be really crowded on a weekend at a park where everything is reserved.

 

Dogwood Dell's amphitheatre is the perfect place to eat with the built in steps. It's grassy and provides a good place to sit. It's not crowded, in fact it's completely dead right there on a weekend. Just bring a blanket or don't. No need to make a reservation. Just plop down for an hour and then leave to walk around.

Keith

 

If you have a nice day in the summer anywhere can be crowded. I'm not concerned with crowds, if they present a problem or not. Should we go ahead with this idea and post it as an official event?

 

Dogwood Dell's amphitheatre is the perfect place to eat with the built in steps. It's grassy and provides a good place to sit. It's not crowded, in fact it's completely dead right there on a weekend. Just bring a blanket or don't. No need to make a reservation. Just plop down for an hour and then leave to walk around.

Keith, that may be true , but the impression that I got from the reservation lady with Richmond is that everything has been booked. So we may well end up not being able to use it.

As for posting as an offical event, we need to give it a while for others in the group to voice opinions as we have only 3 people's opinions so far

 

I so wanna say something but I'm going to to edit myself.

Let me rephrase...the place is not booked. It's an entertainment venue that is used only in the evenings, not for lunch because it's not a lunch venue. People can sit there. There are no gates.

 

I am sorry Keith if I have the wrong impression that it is possible for that place to be booked. You know I have no idea about most of the parks in the area and assumed when I was told that everything was booked, and the amphatheater was on the list to be reserved at anytime, that it could include it.

I do not have a problem going there, actually it would be nice to see people in this group participate in something I just want to make sure that we get everyone's input and know what we are getting into, and possibly have a back-up plan as well.

 

hi there I havent posted or looked @ the boards in a while so i do not know anything going on. i presumed that there was already a picnic. If not is there one scheduled , I did not see what i thought was a SET date. I was curious.

GB

 

Greg,

No there has not been a date set nor has the picnic already happened. The last word was that Keith wanted to do it this comming weekend or the following one. It is up to everyone to decide when and where we want to have this event.

If it is this weekend, I will not be available. But don't let that stop you. Nor should you let the weather stop you, we were to have crummy weather for the HcP Picnic on Saturday--but it was beautiful!

I would suggest getting a decision made no later than wednesday if you are having it this weekend, so that there will be some time for people to plan accordingly.

 

I can't do it the 28th any longer. I've agreed to help Pam out with a children's charity event around that time.

I'll make a concerted effort to try for a picnic after July 1st sometime. We'll meet in July if it kills me. Of course, I'd rather not be dead, but you get the point.

Keith

 

Keith,
I am glad that you have finally emerged from behind you "forced labour" and are reconsidering you decision to not be an active part of this group. As everyone can tell, this group could use more than me pulling strings to get things organized.

Keep in mind, the weekend of the 4th is NOT a good time to plan a picnic.

 

I would really like to do this, however the second weekend of July is completely out for me as I will be out of town. That bumps us back to the third weekend in July. Can anyone do that weekend? Saturday is the 19th.

 

Dont know when would be good, gotta wait and see when everyone is available for the RPG. It IS getting started in July.