RASC Hamilton [ Special Announcement] AstroCASM Swap Meet - Important Announcement

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Yes the meeting is cancelled ...thank you all for volunteering.....
Gary

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-----Original message-----
From: joe at pipitone.ca
To: astronomers at hamiltonrasc.ca
Sent: Sat, May 26, 2012 17:09:32 EDT
Subject: Re: RASC Hamilton [ Special Announcement] AstroCASM Swap Meet -	Important Announcement

I was wondering the same thing. What is the answer?

Joe Pipitone

On 2012-05-26 14:58, Victor Grimble wrote:
> Am I right in presuming that the meeting of the volunteers for next > Monday
> June 4th is cancelled ?
>
> Victor
>
>
>
> From: announce-bounces at hamiltonrasc.ca
> [mailto:announce-bounces at hamiltonrasc.ca] On Behalf Of Gary Bennett
> Sent: May-25-12 11:30 PM
> To: announce at hamiltonrasc.ca
> Subject: [RASC Hamilton Special Announcement] AstroCASM Swap Meet -
> Important Announcement
>
>
>
> Good News, Bad News
>
>
>
> Late Wednesday afternoon we learned that the our AstroCASM event > location
> (Holiday Inn in Oakville) suffered a catastrophic electrical > transformer
> failure and the entire complex is without power. Naturally, the hotel > will
> be closed until repairs are completed and they estimate that this > will take
> 6 weeks, at minimum.
>
>
>
> The hotel was able to accommodate our evening banquet at their > Burlington
> location so we are 100% a GO for the banquet. Unfortunately, this > location
> is NOT suitable for hosting our Swap Meet event. Being that this is
> prime-time wedding season, we are not able to secure a new location > on such
> short notice. This leaves us with no other choice but to cancel the > Swap
> Meet. Rather, we are postponing it until next year.
>
>
>
> Naturally, we are more than a little disappointed. The organizing > committee
> has invested hundreds of man hours in the planning and execution of > this
> event, but this is an outcome that is beyond our control. The good > news is
> that planning for next year is already underway and it will be an > even
> bigger and better event that will include exhibits from some of the > major
> astronomy equipment manufacturers.
>
>
>
> The Banquet is still a GO! And we still have a few tickets available. > The
> deadline for ticket reservations is June 1.
>
>
>
> Our dedicated website (www.astrocasm.com) will be updated in the next > few
> days to reflect the news mentioned in this email. I will also update > the new
> location with map links. In the mean-time, take note of the new > banquet
> location:
>
>                 Holiday Inn Burlington Hotel & Conference Centre
>
>                 3063 South Service Road
>
>                 Burlington, ON L7N 3E9
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>
> For those who purchased tickets to the Swap Meet, you will be > receiving a
> refund shortly. I will also be contacting Swap Meet ticket buyers > directly.
>
>
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> "Electronic Tickets" for the banquet will be issued via email on or > before
> June 4. Your ticket is also your entry for door prizes, so please > make sure
> you bring you ticket with you.
>
>
>
> On behalf of the AstroCASM Organizing Committee, we look forward to > seeing
> you all at the Banquet on June 9.
>
>
>
>   Gary Bennett
>
>
>
> NOTE: This message is being sent to our "Announce List" and is a > 1-way
> email. Please direct replies to astronomers at hamiltonrasc.ca


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