The Syndicate

As Epi, said, we can do summer. Dunya, I really want you to come!! If we could get to Europe, that would be so amazing, but not sure that would be a possibility for us -passports, plane tickets, ubers, food, and place to stay is a lot.

East coast USA is easiest for us..

It's not the easiest for me to plan around certain dates, unless it's gonna be along weekend, a 4 day weekend. But those are typically centered around holidays.

July4th would be out of question because I always visit my grandfather for his birthday, not to mention, it's 4th of July

we could change the poll and keep track of answers. Our next poll could be when and where since we can set it to be able to choose two options.

Just have it here at the house. All y'all can bunk upstairs. We got a mini fridge and enough musical instruments that you could start a band.

If our house was bigger, I would be so down with that.

I wanna go somewhere with lots of fun outside places to explore

Turnip Head wrote: ↑Sat Dec 01, 2018 8:57 pm I wanna go somewhere with lots of fun outside places to explore

That rules us out.

Turnip Head wrote: ↑Sat Dec 01, 2018 8:57 pm I wanna go somewhere with lots of fun outside places to explore

Like New Hampshire?

Sloonei wrote: ↑Mon Dec 03, 2018 10:15 pm

Turnip Head wrote: ↑Sat Dec 01, 2018 8:57 pm I wanna go somewhere with lots of fun outside places to explore

Like New Hampshire?

Depending on how the weather is, I would love to check it out

Edit: we're shooting for summer so I assume it will be fuckin lovely

Let's go somewhere so incredibly boring that our only possible stimulation will have to come via one another.

Des Moines.

I can't go regardless, but I can't unrecommend Gary, IN, enough.

Really, don't go there.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Tue Dec 04, 2018 3:33 am Let's go somewhere so incredibly boring that our only possible stimulation will have to come via one another.

Des Moines.

you'll never get me to willfully set foot in iowa again.

if it happens in the summer im in no matter what unless it happens to be on July 30th (my niece's birthday) or during the con of thrones convention in Nashville which is mid july I believe...i have another group of internet homies that im gonna party with for a week during that thing. Not really interested in the convention itself lmao. anyway. those are my words on the subject.

This came on my facebook newsfeed. Not a bad price for the look of it and sleeps 14.
https://www.vrbo.com/841344?unitId=1389 ... yAodM9QMRQ

[mention]Spacedaisy[/mention] can we get a new poll going on what month is best?

The more I think about it....we could do something like that cabin (if not that one) for some people and then others could stay in hotels near by and the cabin can be the meet-up place. That cabin is 4000 sq ft. we could even bring air mattresses too.

Done [mention]Elohcin[/mention]

I allowed everyone three votes but you don’t have to use them all. That way if you are good with all three, then please vote for all three. If you are good with two, then vote for two. If you are only good with one, just vote for that one.

Crap... I didn’t save that poll. ::facepalm::

I’ll go through and compile a list from people who posted and hope that will cover everyone interested.

My family is going on vacation in late June, otherwise I'm amenable

I like the cabin, and I like the geographic location. I'd prefer it to be somewhere I can drive in a single day. :P I'm not a huge traveler.

Hope more interested parties see the poll.

@quin and I are just gonna fondle each other on our own

So I volunteered to go back on deployment in June, assuming late June. So early-mid June looks to be good for me

Is this still a thing? The mountains are calling me. If we go to Pigeon Forge, we can see the Southeastern Cat Show!

Mongoose wrote: ↑Tue Feb 12, 2019 11:21 pm Is this still a thing? The mountains are calling me. If we go to Pigeon Forge, we can see the Southeastern Cat Show!

I hope this is still a thing!

I should still be open for most of July and August. It is difficult to project with certainty, but for now it's groovy.

Is everyone who responded yes for July good with the Eastern U.S.? I can start finding lodging options to throw out there if you guys are cool with that.

Yes please!

Okay, idk if this place is too pricey, but it's near Asheville, NC, and looks amazing. I input "dummy dates" of July 18-21 just to look around.
https://www.vrbo.com/810428

Another option in Sevierville, TN: https://www.vrbo.com/658902

[mention]Lunalee[/mention] , I posted one recently in here that sleeps 14 and has a game room

I figure if we can get someone who is willing to coordinate the money and make the reservation, we can all pay that person and they can set it up. (we will need to make sure we have commitment for at least enough to sleep in the cabin. The whoever else wants to join can stay in a hotel nearby and make separate reservations individually. Are you ( [mention]Lunalee[/mention] ) a good person for coordinating the cabin reservation? I think I can trust you with my money

Elohcin wrote: ↑Sat Jan 05, 2019 3:06 pm This came on my facebook newsfeed. Not a bad price for the look of it and sleeps 14.
https://www.vrbo.com/841344?unitId=1389 ... yAodM9QMRQ

I like this one! And it looks like it's available most of June and July.

Elohcin wrote: ↑Fri Feb 15, 2019 7:42 pm I figure if we can get someone who is willing to coordinate the money and make the reservation, we can all pay that person and they can set it up. (we will need to make sure we have commitment for at least enough to sleep in the cabin. The whoever else wants to join can stay in a hotel nearby and make separate reservations individually. Are you ( @Lunalee ) a good person for coordinating the cabin reservation? I think I can trust you with my money

I wouldn't mind coordinating the reservation. It would be helpful to get specific dates nailed down with those who are interested in coming.

Lunalee wrote: ↑Fri Feb 15, 2019 7:51 pm

Elohcin wrote: ↑Sat Jan 05, 2019 3:06 pm This came on my facebook newsfeed. Not a bad price for the look of it and sleeps 14.
https://www.vrbo.com/841344?unitId=1389 ... yAodM9QMRQ

I like this one! And it looks like it's available most of June and July.

Agreed. It says it's "Accessible," which is very important to me. I like to be able to access things.

The one that says "sleeps 14" indicates "X No parties", which is a bizarre thing for a place that sleeps 14.

It looks neat though (and is probably fine, might just call for some contact with the owner). Unfortunately it'll be essentially impossible to project my availability with any specificity at this point. The summer conference schedule is always foggy.

[mention]Spacedaisy[/mention] [mention]reywaS[/mention] [mention]nutella[/mention] [mention]JaggedJimmyJay[/mention] [mention]nijuukyugou[/mention] what week in July would you like to meet up at this beautiful place? And, would you be willing to pay Luna so she can reserve? Also, [mention]Lunalee[/mention] , we will need to figure out how much extra to charge so we can all put in for groceries as well. Epi says he can cook. I'm sure others might like to as well. But if we can have a budget for the week for groceries, that would be great.

Elohcin wrote: ↑Fri Feb 15, 2019 8:13 pm @Spacedaisy @reywaS @nutella @JaggedJimmyJay @nijuukyugou what week in July would you like to meet up at this beautiful place? And, would you be willing to pay Luna so she can reserve? Also, @Lunalee , we will need to figure out how much extra to charge so we can all put in for groceries as well. Epi says he can cook. I'm sure others might like to as well. But if we can have a budget for the week for groceries, that would be great.

If we go with this place keep in mind it is $750 per night during the summer. I was thinking about a Thursday - Sunday stay? And a food budget would probably be a good idea as well. Speed and I wouldn't mind cooking some.

This cabin will only work if we have more people committed than have signed up. A week in july is $5400, which, with only 8 adults, is $700 a person not including food. We may need a smaller, cheaper place. Also, we need to set a deadline to sign up and send money as well as a no refund policy. we cannot have people back out last minute and expect their money back.

haha, we are thinking the same thing.

we can do just 4 days, but we also might need to find a smaller, cheaper place if we don't get more people willing to put up money.

dinner.....bbs

Basically, if we only have 8 adults, we could get somethings just as nice, but smaller and pay less. But, it would be nice to try to recruit others into committing so we can fill this place up.

Elohcin wrote: ↑Fri Feb 15, 2019 8:24 pm we can do just 4 days, but we also might need to find a smaller, cheaper place if we don't get more people willing to put up money.

here's a couple smaller, cheaper options I found near the general area:
https://www.vrbo.com/342302ha $183 per night, sleeps 8, Hendersonville, NC
https://www.vrbo.com/733866 $256 per night, sleeps 8, Asheville, NC

Neither of those say they're accessible. How are you going to get to them?

Epignosis wrote: ↑Fri Feb 15, 2019 9:06 pm Neither of those say they're accessible. How are you going to get to them?

idk, I suppose we'll just air-drop in.

How about we change the poll to something a little more definite?

What month works best for you?

Please note that if you vote, your vote will be visible.
You may select up to 3 options

June
8
38%


Voters: Spacedaisy, nutella, reywaS, sprityo, JaggedJimmyJay, Epignosis, Lunalee, speedchuck

July
7
33%


Voters: speedchuck, Spacedaisy, reywaS, nutella, JaggedJimmyJay, Epignosis, Lunalee

August
6
29%


Voters: Spacedaisy, nutella, reywaS, speedchuck, Epignosis, Lunalee


Total votes: 21

If you let me know what you want the poll changed to, I can change it.