GGC2004

[Erm369]

The Great Group Cruise was planned right here on rec.travel.cruises, but
some of the people who have signed up for this one are reluctant to post
here for fear of all the flaming. My question is, who has signed up for
GGC2004? I know Bill and I have. Details of this can be found at:
http://www.ggc2004.com

Ermalee <---will not respond to flames

[Sue and Kevin Mullen]

Erm369 wrote:

> The Great Group Cruise was planned right here on rec.travel.cruises, but
> some of the people who have signed up for this one are reluctant to post
> here for fear of all the flaming. My question is, who has signed up for
> GGC2004? I know Bill and I have. Details of this can be found at:
> http://www.ggc2004.com
>
> Ermalee <---will not respond to flames

We were booked, but had to cancel, I hope to join another GGC later on.

sue - who ignores all flames

[Sue Keenan]

Joe and I are signed up and hoping to go, but we may have to cancel,
since we'll be in the middle of relocating to the left coast.

Sue <---moving to Cali-for-ni-a

Erm369 wrote:
>
> The Great Group Cruise was planned right here on rec.travel.cruises, but
> some of the people who have signed up for this one are reluctant to post
> here for fear of all the flaming. My question is, who has signed up for
> GGC2004? I know Bill and I have. Details of this can be found at:
> http://www.ggc2004.com
>
> Ermalee <---will not respond to flames

[Joe Keenan]

On 9/19/03 2:44 PM, in article ,
"Erm369" > wrote:

> The Great Group Cruise was planned right here on rec.travel.cruises, but
> some of the people who have signed up for this one are reluctant to post
> here for fear of all the flaming. My question is, who has signed up for
> GGC2004? I know Bill and I have. Details of this can be found at:
> http://www.ggc2004.com
>
> Ermalee <---will not respond to flames


Speaking of the GGC2004....

First, I'd like to apologize to the for being so quiet on the subject of
late. As some of you may have noticed from Sue's post earlier today, we're
likely to be moving to the west coast this fall/winter. Lot's of changes at
work, and I've been working a hellish schedule of late. Lots of domestic
travel, and a bunch of international as well (Virginia to San Francisco to
Amsterdam and back to Virginia last week, for instance).

So the GGC2004 has been limping along with just Peter Berlin keeping things
going of late. It's time to step things up a little bit. The next order of
business is to get a Social Host(ess) lined up to help organize some of the
events for the week. We usually have a trivia contest, door decorating
contest, Carribbean clothing competition, etc. If you're interested in
helping out, please send a message to or
.

I'm also looking for people to organize newsletters for the cruise (daily or
less than daily), and t-shirts as well. it'll be a couple of weeks before
we get these roles filled, because many of our regulars are heading out on
the Paradise this weekend, and have already left their computers behind.

Thanks!

Joe Keenan
GGC2004 Chairman
http://www.ggc2004.com

[McCormick's]

JMHO- I think a "social hostess" is a wonderful idea, as long as there is no
"overt" advertising of the TA for the group. I have always believed that
GGC chatter belongs on rtc. This IS where it all started. I love the idea
and have even participated in one. I may even participate in the future,
but for now.....I like to know what's happening with the GGC/SGC cruises.
Please keep up the chatter!!

Yvonne in NH<---who thinks the VERY best part of her GGC cruise was finally
being able to cruise with Warren! (and Rory too, he was a blast!)
"Joe Keenan" > wrote in message
...
> On 9/19/03 2:44 PM, in article
,
> "Erm369" > wrote:
>
> > The Great Group Cruise was planned right here on rec.travel.cruises, but
> > some of the people who have signed up for this one are reluctant to post
> > here for fear of all the flaming. My question is, who has signed up for
> > GGC2004? I know Bill and I have. Details of this can be found at:
> > http://www.ggc2004.com
> >
> > Ermalee <---will not respond to flames
>
>
> Speaking of the GGC2004....
>
> First, I'd like to apologize to the for being so quiet on the subject of
> late. As some of you may have noticed from Sue's post earlier today,
we're
> likely to be moving to the west coast this fall/winter. Lot's of changes
at
> work, and I've been working a hellish schedule of late. Lots of domestic
> travel, and a bunch of international as well (Virginia to San Francisco to
> Amsterdam and back to Virginia last week, for instance).
>
> So the GGC2004 has been limping along with just Peter Berlin keeping
things
> going of late. It's time to step things up a little bit. The next order
of
> business is to get a Social Host(ess) lined up to help organize some of
the
> events for the week. We usually have a trivia contest, door decorating
> contest, Carribbean clothing competition, etc. If you're interested in
> helping out, please send a message to or
> .
>
> I'm also looking for people to organize newsletters for the cruise (daily
or
> less than daily), and t-shirts as well. it'll be a couple of weeks before
> we get these roles filled, because many of our regulars are heading out on
> the Paradise this weekend, and have already left their computers behind.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Joe Keenan
> GGC2004 Chairman
> http://www.ggc2004.com
>
>

[Freddyp]

Ditto Yvonne


"McCormick's" > wrote in message
...
> JMHO- I think a "social hostess" is a wonderful idea, as long as there is
no
> "overt" advertising of the TA for the group. I have always believed that
> GGC chatter belongs on rtc. This IS where it all started. I love the
idea
> and have even participated in one. I may even participate in the future,
> but for now.....I like to know what's happening with the GGC/SGC cruises.
> Please keep up the chatter!!
>
> Yvonne in NH<---who thinks the VERY best part of her GGC cruise was
finally
> being able to cruise with Warren! (and Rory too, he was a blast!)
> "Joe Keenan" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On 9/19/03 2:44 PM, in article
> ,
> > "Erm369" > wrote:
> >
> > > The Great Group Cruise was planned right here on rec.travel.cruises,
but
> > > some of the people who have signed up for this one are reluctant to
post
> > > here for fear of all the flaming. My question is, who has signed up
for
> > > GGC2004? I know Bill and I have. Details of this can be found at:
> > > http://www.ggc2004.com
> > >
> > > Ermalee <---will not respond to flames
> >
> >
> > Speaking of the GGC2004....
> >
> > First, I'd like to apologize to the for being so quiet on the subject of
> > late. As some of you may have noticed from Sue's post earlier today,
> we're
> > likely to be moving to the west coast this fall/winter. Lot's of
changes
> at
> > work, and I've been working a hellish schedule of late. Lots of
domestic
> > travel, and a bunch of international as well (Virginia to San Francisco
to
> > Amsterdam and back to Virginia last week, for instance).
> >
> > So the GGC2004 has been limping along with just Peter Berlin keeping
> things
> > going of late. It's time to step things up a little bit. The next
order
> of
> > business is to get a Social Host(ess) lined up to help organize some of
> the
> > events for the week. We usually have a trivia contest, door decorating
> > contest, Carribbean clothing competition, etc. If you're interested in
> > helping out, please send a message to or
> > .
> >
> > I'm also looking for people to organize newsletters for the cruise
(daily
> or
> > less than daily), and t-shirts as well. it'll be a couple of weeks
before
> > we get these roles filled, because many of our regulars are heading out
on
> > the Paradise this weekend, and have already left their computers behind.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Joe Keenan
> > GGC2004 Chairman
> > http://www.ggc2004.com
> >
> >
>
>

[Rich and Kathy]

Sue,

Where in California are you guys headed? We're from the Left Coast (I'm a
native Californian) and had to cancel the GGC2000 because we moved from the
SF Bay Area to Portland around the same time. But now we are in the process
this very minute of moving to Florida. The haulers are loading now. :) So,
we're definitely planning to go on the GGC2004, barring any unforeseen
circumstances.

-- R&K




"Sue Keenan" > wrote in message
...
> Joe and I are signed up and hoping to go, but we may have to cancel,
> since we'll be in the middle of relocating to the left coast.
>
> Sue <---moving to Cali-for-ni-a
>
> Erm369 wrote:
> >
> > The Great Group Cruise was planned right here on rec.travel.cruises, but
> > some of the people who have signed up for this one are reluctant to post
> > here for fear of all the flaming. My question is, who has signed up for
> > GGC2004? I know Bill and I have. Details of this can be found at:
> > http://www.ggc2004.com
> >
> > Ermalee <---will not respond to flames

[Sue Keenan]

Somewhere in the Silicon Valley area.

If I'm allowed to keep my present job and telecommute then we'll
probably end up in San Jose. If I'm not allowed to telecommute, we'll
end up closer to San Meteo, because there seems to be more job
opportunities available in my programming skill set further north.

Sue <---a native Floridian

Rich and Kathy wrote:
>
> Sue,
>
> Where in California are you guys headed? We're from the Left Coast (I'm a
> native Californian) and had to cancel the GGC2000 because we moved from the
> SF Bay Area to Portland around the same time. But now we are in the process
> this very minute of moving to Florida. The haulers are loading now. :) So,
> we're definitely planning to go on the GGC2004, barring any unforeseen
> circumstances.
>
> -- R&K
>

[Rich and Kathy]

Sue,

I guess we're swapping places. :) We were also in Silicon Valley. The last
few years I had become a consultant so I had worked for many of the big high
tech companies. I found that most of them, for me, were in the San Jose
area. We lived closer to San Mateo, in Redwood Shores. Rich took a transfer
to Portland but then the big semiconductor crash came and we ended up taking
a job in Ohio for a year. We're especially glad to be moving on to Florida
after that experience -- totally foreign to anything I had known. Where are
you guys moving from? Anyway, hope that you'll be able to make the GGC so we
can exchange stories.

-- Kathy

"Sue Keenan" > wrote in message
...
> Somewhere in the Silicon Valley area.
>
> If I'm allowed to keep my present job and telecommute then we'll
> probably end up in San Jose. If I'm not allowed to telecommute, we'll
> end up closer to San Meteo, because there seems to be more job
> opportunities available in my programming skill set further north.
>
> Sue <---a native Floridian
>
> Rich and Kathy wrote:
> >
> > Sue,
> >
> > Where in California are you guys headed? We're from the Left Coast (I'm
a
> > native Californian) and had to cancel the GGC2000 because we moved from
the
> > SF Bay Area to Portland around the same time. But now we are in the
process
> > this very minute of moving to Florida. The haulers are loading now. :)
So,
> > we're definitely planning to go on the GGC2004, barring any unforeseen
> > circumstances.
> >
> > -- R&K
> >

[Sue Keenan]

We currently live in Northern Virginia near Dulles International
Airport. Joe works for Apple Computer, who is headquartered in
Cupertino, but also has a small office in the DC area in Reston, VA.

Sue <---thinks you'll like Florida

Rich and Kathy wrote:
>
> Sue,
>
> I guess we're swapping places. :) We were also in Silicon Valley. The last
> few years I had become a consultant so I had worked for many of the big high
> tech companies. I found that most of them, for me, were in the San Jose
> area. We lived closer to San Mateo, in Redwood Shores. Rich took a transfer
> to Portland but then the big semiconductor crash came and we ended up taking
> a job in Ohio for a year. We're especially glad to be moving on to Florida
> after that experience -- totally foreign to anything I had known. Where are
> you guys moving from? Anyway, hope that you'll be able to make the GGC so we
> can exchange stories.
>
> -- Kathy

[Rich and Kathy]

I did a small consulting job for Apple once, too. Cupertino is very nice. We
were married in Cupertino just 7 years ago.

Kathy <-- who wanted to move to Florida since her first cruise/trip to WDW
in '82


"Sue Keenan" > wrote in message
...
> We currently live in Northern Virginia near Dulles International
> Airport. Joe works for Apple Computer, who is headquartered in
> Cupertino, but also has a small office in the DC area in Reston, VA.
>
> Sue <---thinks you'll like Florida
>
> Rich and Kathy wrote:
> >
> > Sue,
> >
> > I guess we're swapping places. :) We were also in Silicon Valley. The
last
> > few years I had become a consultant so I had worked for many of the big
high
> > tech companies. I found that most of them, for me, were in the San Jose
> > area. We lived closer to San Mateo, in Redwood Shores. Rich took a
transfer
> > to Portland but then the big semiconductor crash came and we ended up
taking
> > a job in Ohio for a year. We're especially glad to be moving on to
Florida
> > after that experience -- totally foreign to anything I had known. Where
are
> > you guys moving from? Anyway, hope that you'll be able to make the GGC
so we
> > can exchange stories.
> >
> > -- Kathy

[Rich and Kathy]

Sue,

One more comment before we're outta here.

I looked at the GGC web site and noticed that you and Joe were married in
Hawaii. Well, we honeymooned on Maui.

Definitely hoping to meet you two on the GGC2004.

-- Kathy <-- heading for Florida


"Sue Keenan" > wrote in message
...
> We currently live in Northern Virginia near Dulles International
> Airport. Joe works for Apple Computer, who is headquartered in
> Cupertino, but also has a small office in the DC area in Reston, VA.
>
> Sue <---thinks you'll like Florida
>
> Rich and Kathy wrote:
> >
> > Sue,
> >
> > I guess we're swapping places. :) We were also in Silicon Valley. The
last
> > few years I had become a consultant so I had worked for many of the big
high
> > tech companies. I found that most of them, for me, were in the San Jose
> > area. We lived closer to San Mateo, in Redwood Shores. Rich took a
transfer
> > to Portland but then the big semiconductor crash came and we ended up
taking
> > a job in Ohio for a year. We're especially glad to be moving on to
Florida
> > after that experience -- totally foreign to anything I had known. Where
are
> > you guys moving from? Anyway, hope that you'll be able to make the GGC
so we
> > can exchange stories.
> >
> > -- Kathy

[Erm369]

>From: Sue and Kevin Mullen

>Erm369 wrote:
>
>> The Great Group Cruise was planned right here on rec.travel.cruises, but
>> some of the people who have signed up for this one are reluctant to post
>> here for fear of all the flaming. My question is, who has signed up for
>> GGC2004? I know Bill and I have. Details of this can be found at:
>> http://www.ggc2004.com
>>
>> Ermalee <---will not respond to flames
>
>We were booked, but had to cancel, I hope to join another GGC later on.
>
>sue - who ignores all flames

Sorry you had to cancel, Sue. I was really looking forward to meeting you.

Ermalee

[Erm369]

>From: Sue Keenan
>
>Joe and I are signed up and hoping to go, but we may have to cancel,
>since we'll be in the middle of relocating to the left coast.
>
>Sue <---moving to Cali-for-ni-a
>
>Erm369 wrote:
who has signed up for
>> GGC2004? I know Bill and I have. Details of this can be found at:
>> http://www.ggc2004.com
>>
>> Ermalee <---will not respond to flames

Sue, I hope to see you and Joe on this one. I just can't believe you're moving
out there to the wild, wild west :-).

Ermalee

[Sue and Kevin Mullen]

Erm369 wrote:
>>From: Sue and Kevin Mullen
>
>
>>Erm369 wrote:
>>
>>
>>>The Great Group Cruise was planned right here on rec.travel.cruises, but
>>>some of the people who have signed up for this one are reluctant to post
>>>here for fear of all the flaming. My question is, who has signed up for
>>>GGC2004? I know Bill and I have. Details of this can be found at:
>>>http://www.ggc2004.com
>>>
>>>Ermalee <---will not respond to flames
>>
>>We were booked, but had to cancel, I hope to join another GGC later on.
>>
>>sue - who ignores all flames
>
>
> Sorry you had to cancel, Sue. I was really looking forward to meeting you.

I was also sorry to have to cancel, I was looking forward to meeting you
and many other RTC friends. We will try to make another GGC in a year or
two.

thanks,
sue

[Erm369]

>From: "McCormick's"
>
>JMHO- I think a "social hostess" is a wonderful idea, as long as there is no
>"overt" advertising of the TA for the group. I have always believed that
>GGC chatter belongs on rtc. This IS where it all started. I love the idea
>and have even participated in one. I may even participate in the future,
>but for now.....I like to know what's happening with the GGC/SGC cruises.
>Please keep up the chatter!!
>
>Yvonne in NH<---who thinks the VERY best part of her GGC cruise was finally
>being able to cruise with Warren! (and Rory too, he was a blast!)

>"Joe Keenan" > wrote in message
...
>> On 9/19/03 2:44 PM, in article
,
>> "Erm369" > wrote:
>>
>> > The Great Group Cruise was planned right here on rec.travel.cruises, but
>> > some of the people who have signed up for this one are reluctant to post
>> > here for fear of all the flaming. My question is, who has signed up for
>> > GGC2004? I know Bill and I have. Details of this can be found at:
>> > http://www.ggc2004.com
>> >
>> > Ermalee <---will not respond to flames
>>
>>
>> Speaking of the GGC2004....
>>
>> First, I'd like to apologize to the for being so quiet on the subject of
>> late. As some of you may have noticed from Sue's post earlier today,
>we're
>> likely to be moving to the west coast this fall/winter. Lot's of changes
>at
>> work, and I've been working a hellish schedule of late. Lots of domestic
>> travel, and a bunch of international as well (Virginia to San Francisco to
>> Amsterdam and back to Virginia last week, for instance).
>>
>> So the GGC2004 has been limping along with just Peter Berlin keeping
>things
>> going of late. It's time to step things up a little bit. The next order
>of
>> business is to get a Social Host(ess) lined up to help organize some of
>the
>> events for the week. We usually have a trivia contest, door decorating
>> contest, Carribbean clothing competition, etc. If you're interested in
>> helping out, please send a message to or
>> .
>>
>> I'm also looking for people to organize newsletters for the cruise (daily
>or
>> less than daily), and t-shirts as well. it'll be a couple of weeks before
>> we get these roles filled, because many of our regulars are heading out on
>> the Paradise this weekend, and have already left their computers behind.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Joe Keenan
>> GGC2004 Chairman
>> http://www.ggc2004.com

Hi Yvonne, I would love to see you on GGC2004. I also hope Joe and Peter get
some response in their call for help. We had a wonderful Social Hostess on the
last GGC, in the person of Dawn (aka Muffin)
Gorsuch. I don't know who did the newsletters.

Ermalee <----got to spend a few minutes with Warren back in January :-)