Howdy Fellow Commodore Users!

You probably received an e-mail from Roger Hoyer a few weeks back indicating we are looking at dates for the 2009 C=4 expo. The response to the e-mail seems quiet. I’d like to use this opportunity to give that discussion a little kick. For those who didn’t receive the e-mail, this is how it read:

 Hi all,

At the meeting last Sunday we discussed when to have next year's Expo. All weekends in May and June are available at the Drawbridge Inn. Those present decided we don't want to have it Mother's Day or Father's Day weekends for obvious reasons. We leaned toward Memorial Day weekend because of the success the Lucky group had with theirs on that weekend. Please "reply all" with your thoughts so we can discuss this further at September's meeting and make a decision.

 Thanks,

 Roger -=||:)

We have tried a date of June 28-29th this year, last year we tried a date in May 5-6th 2007, and the year before that June 3-4th 2006. Since there has been no contrary reason to not have our expo during the Memorial Day weekend, it looks like that will be the weekend. PLEASE, let us know if you believe a better date should be picked. After all, this is YOUR expo, being supported by YOUR club. Keep in mind, the longer we wait to get the room set up, the better the chances are that some other organization will occupy the space, forcing us to make a decision on another week.

I’d like to thank those that helped out at the Winkle farm to gather all the equipment for our club. We had wonderful temperatures that weekend, which made the job a little bit easier to muster during the afternoon. We have a large collection of hardware added to our inventory due to this donation from Jan. Thanks Jan! Because we found our equipment to be subjected to a high failure rate at this year’s expo, we decided to pull the hardware inventory list of items for sale until those items can be tested and cataloged. Bear with us as this will take time. However, for those members in our club who need a piece of equipment, as always you folks will get first crack at those pieces of equipment. Ask Dave if he can look for a machine for you, if you have a general need. That will give him a heads up, so he can start the process of finding one for you.

 Don’t forget at the end of September is ECCC expo in Lombard Illinois. Roger and I will be taking the club’s inventory, minus the hardware. I’ll see you at this month’s meeting at the retirement community on Sunday September 21st.

Keep on Commodoring!