Hi gentlemen,
First of all, I would like to apologize to the committee for not being present at the meeting last night. For some reason I am not being able to send or receive e-mails via steeringcommittee@gmail.com
I have some additional information
Regarding the TPO get together.
We have chosen a venue called Frost Valley YMCA in the Catskills. It is sort of a central location as Justin had requested. They have 8 miles of private water on the Neversink river and various feeder streams. They will provide a continental breakfast and a hot lunch. A bag lunch is also available if we want. We have a pavilion reserved if it rains. We can also use a large tent for our gathering if we want which is in place on bisquit brook. The main property is in the west valley and they also have fishing in the east valley about 20 minutes away. They have accommodations for those interested in arriving the night before for additional cost. On the day of the event when we arrive they will give us a short orientation and provide maps of the river. They will also do a quick presentation on didimo and familiarize us with their wader and boot cleaning stations. We will get a wrist band and we are good till the end of the day. Aaron may be able to bring the Hardy rep in so we can see and demo their products. As far as activities aside from the fishing we are now at the point where some ideas are welcome from the committee. Frost Valley is interested in having exposure to guys like us as our web site provides them with access to their target audience. They will get some exposure when we promote our event. They offer a yearly usage membership for fishing hunting or hiking for $250.00. They have packages for accommodations which provides a nice secluded place to go for a weekend. They have 2 trout ponds and a stocked lake on the property. Our cost for each person is. $25.00 for the day and $10 dollars for lunch. Their normal day usage rate is 50 dollars. So it amounts to $35.00 per person including lunch. The date will be June 20th. The NY fishing license is required. I also still want to have TPO shirts made up. Justin suggested taking orders so we don't get stuck with a bunch of shirts. Possibly we can have them for the event. I have been in contact with a vendor so we can get this moving too as well. Frost valley will be e-mailing me some stream pictures and other information including prices for accomodations. They hope we can make it a yearly thing so we will see. So with this in place I would like to ask for some ideas from the committee as far as what activities we might have to help make it an eventful day.
Bob