Fw: Railfair 2004

["Steve Wise" <swise@aoot.com>]

Tinplaters,

We are not invited to the Burnet Railfair this year due to space constraints.
They are rotating model train clubs and we'll be invited next year.

Adrian, could you please update the schedule accordingly?

Rick, I guess that means you're off the hook for coordinating this event!  ;-)

CU.


Stevo.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pearce, John A." <jpearce2@ix.netcom.com>
To: "Kim Saign - swbell" <ksaign@swbell.net>; "Steve Wise" <swise@aoot.com>;
<Bostet@aol.com>; "Leland Stewart" <lstewart@mwiusa.com>; <BJS786SP@aol.com>;
"John Luke" <2luke@earthlink.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 11:43 AM
Subject: Railfair 2004


> Hello All Railfair Model Railroader Exhibitors,
>
>     I hope that you are all well and ready for some RR fun.
>
>     This is to let you know that The 2004 Texas Hill Country Railfair
> and Festival is scheduled for  Saturday and Sunday June 26 and 27 in
> Beautiful Downtown Burnet Texas.  That is the good news.
>
>    The less-good news, I am sorry to say, is that we have far less space
> for all of the exhibits this year, including the model railroads.  We
> (Railfair) do not have access to the former "Burnet Bulletin" building,
> nor the former "Bill's Dollar Store".  The result is that the model RR
> exhibits will be sharing the former "Branded Tree" restaurant with the
> RR memorabilia museum and perhaps a few of the non-profit exhibitors.
> The other venue which is available for model RR exhibits is the "Country
> Store", which is the store on the square just next to the "Bill's Dollar
> Store" (not the corner "Badger Building", but the store between the
> corner & Bill's).
>
>    Consequently, we will have to exhibit model RRs in shifts,
> alternating clubs and years.  I have had to make the hard decision, and
> I balanced years of Railfair history against available space dimensions
> to get this year's selections.  Assuming that the available space
> doesn't change much in future years, we should be able to alternate
> clubs on an every-other-year schedule.
>
>    So, for this year, I would like to put:
>
> 1.   the AustNtrak club in the "Branded Tree" space.  The available
> layout space is a rectangle, 16 by 18 feet.
>
> 2.   the Heart of Texas G-Gaugers in the Country Store.  The available
> layout space is 14 by 38 feet.  Bob, I think the G-Gaugers set up there
> two years ago.  Is that not so?
>
> 3.  John Luke, there is a small rectangle available near the entrance to
> the Branded Tree (about 6 by 7 feet) which may accommodate a small
> version of the Z-Scale layout in case that you may be interested.  Are
> you able to come this year and potentially interested in setting up?  I
> could get more accurate dimensions.
>
>      The space availability I have listed above is actual layout space
> and leaves 5 to 6 foot aisles around the RR set up.  The Fire Marshall
> insists on these limits, and we must comply.
>
>      Assuming that next year we have similar space availability, I will,
> of course,  invite the New Braunfels NScale Club and the Tin Plate
> Trackers to set up.  I am sorry about the smaller space, but it is a
> situation forced upon us and there is literally nothing that I can do.
>
>      We also have a very strict occupancy limit in Bertram at the "Iron
> Star Hall" for the exhibitor appreciation dinner this year.  Last year
> the hall was grossly over-crowded due to last minute "add-ons" and folks
> "cadging on" for various reasons, all of them persuasive at the time, of
> course.  So, to avoid such a dangerous situation this year, tickets to
> the dinner and attendance inside the hall will be strictly limited in
> number.  I will do my best to keep everyone included who gets their
> reservation in early.  But please know ahead of time that it will not be
> possible to issue additional tickets to this dinner in Burnet or close
> to June 26th.  I will let you know how many tickets each club is
> allocated as soon as I know for sure.
>
>      I hope that I have the right email addresses and that the necessity
> of limiting the number of exhibits is not too depressing for y'all.  If
> any of the selected clubs will not be able to exhibit, please let me
> know as soon as possible so that I can make other arrangements.
>
> Thank you for your continued support of Railfair.
>
>
> John Pearce
> Model RR Coordinator
> 2004 Texas Hill Country Railfair & Festival
>
>