Trying to plan a NARC meeting...

[markkazdad]

Let us know what time you're working & maybe we could all work something out! : )

Well, I really hate to have you plan around me, but if it helps narrow down the possibilities...

Sept 1 is the day I'm not working, but with that being a holiday weekend, I better reserve it for family activities.
Sept 22 I am working 11pm-7am. I doubt I will feel like coming to dinner.
Sept 15 I am working 3pm-11pm, so a lunch meeting could work.
Sept 8 and 29 I work 7am until about 3-3:30pm. Those are the best for me, because I could just stay in Huntsville until the event.

I'm not sure how reef keepers feel about eating raw fish, but I (heart) Sushi (corner of Cecil Ashburn and Bailey Cove, or is it Four Mile Post and Carl T Jones) has a smallish room up front that closes off. I've only been there once, and that was with a group of 9 and there a few other tables in the room, so I'm guessing it seats 16-20.

But I'll eat pretty much anything.

 

[markkazdad]

Or drive to Cullman.

 

[Tomoko Schum]

For sushi, I definitely prefer Mikawa and Edo.

I hope we can get together at Jason and Tammy's or a local place somewhere.

As for other meeting places, we've met in Petco Decatur before. They were quite accomodating. We might be able to talk the one in Madison into hosting us.

NARC doesn't have monthly meetings anymore? No more meetings at members houses?

We stopped scheduling regular meetings awhile back, 8Ball, due to the lack of interest. The regulars were very busy with their daily life of raising kids, going to kids ball practices, etc. It got to the point that only some people whom we don't even know showed up just for door prizes.

Now that we have some new people who seem to be interested in getting together with other reefers for fun, we may be able to restart regular meetings.

 

[firefightered]

I would love to have another meeting. It's been a while and I'm sure there are several new members.

 

[H@rry]

Memphis swap is Sept. 22.

Well, I really hate to have you plan around me, but if it helps narrow down the possibilities...

Sept 1 is the day I'm not working, but with that being a holiday weekend, I better reserve it for family activities.
Sept 22 I am working 11pm-7am. I doubt I will feel like coming to dinner.
Sept 15 I am working 3pm-11pm, so a lunch meeting could work.
Sept 8 and 29 I work 7am until about 3-3:30pm. Those are the best for me, because I could just stay in Huntsville until the event.

What kind of work to you do?

I would love to have another meeting. It's been a while and I'm sure there are several new members.

Ed cooks a mean butt!!

 

[markkazdad]

About me

What kind of work to you do?

Working as an International Space Station flight controller pays the bills. Before that, network security.

For fun, other than aquaria, I am most active in retrocomputing (think Apple II, Commodore 64, Amiga, NeXT, etc.), but also play with Linux, amateur and shortwave radio, scanners, and before kids killed the budget, I did some flying of single engine airplanes and gliders. My daughter (adopted from Kazakhstan, hence the nick) says I'm a nerd. I prefer to think of myself as a geek. Geeks have at least some social skills.

Russian, Uzbek and other Eastern European and Central Asian food is awesome! But, I think we're more likely to get a new LFS than one of those restaurants.

 

[H@rry]

Kewl, I'm kinda geeky myself. Learned to program on a Radio Shack Color Computer. That led eventually to IBM S/36, S/38, & AS/400. Now I build DIY electronics like reef controllers, LED drivers, etc. Arduino C programming.

Also, in a previous life I had a commercial pilot's licence.

 

[WesW]

Do you guys want me to try to setup a web page or something where people can enter dates/times they are available and their zip code to make it a little easier to organize when and where to have this?

Sounds like several of us are a bit geeky... I'm an iOS developer with a pretty strong geek background. Does this make us "Reef Geeks"?

 

[EmilyXLC]

For sushi, I definitely prefer Mikawa and Edo.

Mikawa is THE BEST. I pretty much eat no other Japanese food. They have an AMAZING private room, so I vote if we go to a restaurant I think we should go there!

Kewl, I'm kinda geeky myself. Learned to program on a Radio Shack Color Computer. That led eventually to IBM S/36, S/38, & AS/400. Now I build DIY electronics like reef controllers, LED drivers, etc. Arduino C programming.

Also, in a previous life I had a commercial pilot's licence.

...You have your pilot's license? You're officially my new favourite person. You do saltwater & you fly planes. At the meetup you'll have to talk to me about getting my pilot's license! I've been working in the airline industry for over 2 years now & I've REALLY been thinking about getting my license.

 

[H@rry]

At the meetup you'll have to talk to me about getting my pilot's license! I've been working in the airline industry for over 2 years now & I've REALLY been thinking about getting my license.

You probably need to talk to somebody else. I haven't flown in 40 years.

 

[Connie]

I'm excited! I've never been to a meeting before. I look forward to meeting everyone!

 

[JSB]

You probably need to talk to somebody else. I haven't flown in 40 years.

I with you H@rry. I am a geek, an aquarium nut, a pilot (private not commercial, idle for 5+ years), and a long list of things that I have dabbled in from guitars to watercolor. The list goes on for days, as does the pile of hobby supplies in my garage collecting dust.

As for the NARC meeting, I am in.

 

[jason.tammy]

I am looking @ August 25th.Have not thought much on the food but that would be a good weekend for us.I hope alot of you are planning on going to the swap in Memphis.If you have never been it is a great exspierence.You can make a fun weekend out of it if you want to go down town and listen to music as we do every year.Let me know if this works for most everyone and we will start thinking food after that.Willie would love to have the company.We have just re-worked our driveway and road so there is alot more parking.
Jason

 

[jason.tammy]

OK confirmed with boss lady and the 25th is good for us say around 1:00 or 2:00.Now if there is any input on food.I know M@ry Ruth is always up for deserts.lol

 

[EmilyXLC]

I'll bring desserts!

Home made key lime pie, cheesecake & cupcakes, anyone? : )

 

[markkazdad]

If you can make it toward the early side I may be able to come for a bit. I have to be to work at 3pm, but I will see if the day shift person can stay a little late. Do you know the driving time from your place to the space & rocket center?

 

[firefightered]

Your lying L@rry..... You started computing on rocks.......:roll:

Kewl, I'm kinda geeky myself. Learned to program on a Radio Shack Color Computer. That led eventually to IBM S/36, S/38, & AS/400. Now I build DIY electronics like reef controllers, LED drivers, etc. Arduino C programming.

Also, in a previous life I had a commercial pilot's licence.

 

[jason.tammy]

We can do it @ 12:00 and everyone can show up any time before then say 11:00 on.Last time I think we done pizza since it was close and easy.No cooking for us.We will have plenty of corals/frags available and encourage everyone who has any to bring them for trading or selling.I do plan to a fish order to arrive this Tuesday and maybe another before the meeting if anyone is looking for something let us know.Tammy,Willie&I will provide pizza's for everyone.I hope we have a good turn out so we can tell tank lies.lol.From the space&rocket center I can make it here in about 45min.If anyone needs directions or anything please feel free to call or PM us.256-737-9775.Here is our address.
1673 co. rd. 385
cullman al
35057.
We look forward to meeting new folks and seeing some of us oldies
Jason

 

[firefightered]

The 25th is good for me too so far. I can smoke another butt like the last meeting if ya'll like. But the way they have been working us I can not commit yet. I'll do my best to be off that day.
Markazdad.... Jason and Tammy are about 1hrs from RSA. They live in culllman (kinda) Right next to Smith Lake.

About this Geek gang you guys are starting..... I don't think I'll fit in. I am a pilot also if you include R/C airplanes and I also have 554 skydive jumps under my belt. My exp. with computers is knowing alot about locking them up. Now if you give me a piece of wood I can build anything. I'm just a dumb old firefighter with not a bunch of scense (I run into a building that everyone else is running out of). But I do seam to get along with just about everyone.

 

[EmilyXLC]

Would anyone in Huntsville like to carpool? Cullman's a way out there!

I don't mind being the one driving if you don't mind being squeezed into a Mini Cooper.