Posted on 11/02/2004 11:51:31 PM PST by Jim Robinson
Edited on 11/03/2004 12:35:15 AM PST by Jim Robinson. [history]
Yup, Senator Edwards speaks. SoreLoserman II begins tonight, but I'm not waiting!
Congratulations President Bush!!
It's all over but the crying for the SoreLosermen!!
And now it's time for us to start planning the Free Republic George W. Bush Inaugural Ball II!
I've had Kristinn checking venues and prices and we're in the process of getting a proposal from the Wyndham City Center Hotel in Washington, DC (the other Wyndham that we used last time is already booked).
The costs have more than doubled from our first ball, so we're estimating the price per person will have to be in the neighborhood of $175 per person. We'll also have to move fast on this. We'll need to make a quick decision as soon after the elections results are official as we possibly can and then we'll need to quickly raise the funds to put up the required deposit.
So, here's the question: Are you ready for an Inaugural Ball?
If so, please post here if you plan to attend and how many will be in your party.
Thank you all very much and hope to see you in DC on January 20th!!
By the way, everyone told us last time that the Free Republic Ball was the best one in town and it was half the price or less than all the others. I suspect that this Ball will also be the best in town and at $175 will still be priced less than any other!
I love Paul Shanklin's stuff. I'll have to check this one out soon.
This ping list is comprised of all those who have expressed an interest in the Ball on this thread.
I wrote an IE plugin that is nearly finished that will got through a thread from start to finish and scrape a out a ping list of everyone who posted to the thread, delete duplicates, and delete exclusionary names on the list. It then formats the list into a delimited text string ready for ping posting...
Is this somthing you guys would be interested in having? For instance this thread with over a thousand posts would be distilled into a ping list in about 1 minute with a high speed connection.
The plug in version is half done, and a stand alone mini browser version is 90% done...just needs some final testing and polishing. The stand alone is written in VB, and the plug in is C# .NET
Let me know.
Another feature of the device is that it manages ping lists, lets you shift names into lists, merge lists, name lists...etc etc
Is anyone doing a slide show for the FReeper ball?
Unfortunately I don't have the capability to do one like I did for the FRN conference in Vegas in 2002, and I probably can't even attend the ball. :(
Maybe Laz can do it, or another FReeper can step up to do something worthy of this fine occasion.
Feel free to show the slide show I did for the 2002 FRN Vegas conference at the ball as appropriate. Bob J should have a good copy of the video tape. Laz or Bob J may have a copy of the 2000 Inaugural Ball slide show/highlights video that could be shown as well.
Yes, we're still ready for an Inaugural Ball. We already have hotel reservations in DC, just need the details.
Thanks. We've got a couple people looking at doing a visual presentation.
Gee,no pressure there! ;) How do ya feel about slightly past mid?
Bump
Count us in! That would be 2!
Regarding post 123, pod, kristinn, should we do something? What is the video set up ?
Please keep me on that ping list... Post 417
Thanks!!!
Hey kristinn! Thanks for the ping.
One thing.. last time the name tag thing sucked (I lost mine in 5 minutes... stuff doesn't stick to velvet).
I have been looking online for some options and would be willing to make sure they get printed etc if anyone is intrested in something a bit classier than the stick on things.
Whadda think?
Works for me! I need to do a little more research on how long this will take and how much it will cost. I will contact Seeking to see if they would like to get involved.
Thanks!
thanks very much - hope we can make it!
Ping! thanks and eagerly waiting.
Keep pinging :-)
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