OK I sent this to parador_j@tolkiengathering.com, the event coordinator...
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Hello.... I am writing on behalf of the Tolkien fans (not affiliated with the management) at www.FreeRepublic.com, a politically conservative website with a strong Tolkien fan contingent!
We have a number of discussion threads dealing with Tolkien and LoTR, all listed under the Topic of "The Hobbit Hole"
We have three ongoing threads namely:
The Hobbit Hole
Kindof our home-catch-all thread... (nearly 19,000 posts)
(460+ posts to date through chapter 4)
Place to put news and spoilers....
We recently heard through the grapevine about your upcoming event. The regular posters at FreeRepublic have also been thinking about a meeting or moot around the release of RoTK...
We are wondering whether to join with you in your effort either as a group (preferably) or as individuals. Only a couple of us have ever posted on any other LoTR boards... though we sometimes lurk of course!
As we consider what to do, would you like to talk about including us in this big effort? What participation and help might be needed or wanted from us?
Please let me know!
Diana
HairOfTheDog at FreeRepublic
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We'll see if it ends up looking interesting to get involved in...