A Mid-Atlantic Spring Get-Together?

[Angus Hines]

LOCATION: My Shop in SMITHFIELD, VA (not Fairfield, Va. You can only edit for 30 minutes after a post Dan....LOL) I'll post a map and directions as we get closer to the date.

WHERE to STAY: Hampton Inn Smithfield, Va. (this property just opened yesterday and is absolutely gorgeous) I have negotiated a rate of $129.00 a night and will post the group discount code as soon as I get it.

Phyillis bring your groceries and you are more than welcome to use our kitchen here.

TIME: 10 am or whenever you get here til whenever.

[Angus Hines]

The discount code for the Hampton Inn in Smithfield is: [SMC]

Our room rate is 129.00, their regular room rate is 169.00.

Hampton Inn
200 S. Vincent St
Smithfield Va. 23430

Phone: 757-365-4760

Our Group won't be in the system til Monday however. But if you want to call early just ask for Lori and let her know your with the SMC Group and she can help you.

If you want to make your reservations on-line at Hampton Inn then you will need to wait till Monday when she gets us in the system.

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[Ray Mighells]

Any Place around there I can park my RV (34' no slide-outs)??

[Angus Hines]

Sure is Ray. Got power and water to if you need it. So come on.


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[Angus Hines]

Spoke to Bill Young with ShopBot today over at his shop and it looks like he'll be making an appearance also.

[Angus Hines]

Map to My Shop


Ok wasn't able to get a Map to the Hampton Inn the hotel and street are to new for MapQuest and Google.

JUST MORE HOTEL INFO:

Hi Angus,
I also left you a voice message this morning.

Your group is available to book by calling 1-800-HAMPTON (426-7866) and referring to the group code of SMC.

To book online, please have your guests log on to our website @ www.smithfieldsuitesva.hamptoninn.com
They can enter the group code (SMC) and make reservations under the group block.

If you need further assistance, please don't hesitate to contact me. Have a marvelous Monday :-)


Lori Leib
Director of Sales
Hampton Inn & Suites Smithfield
200 Vincents Crossing
Smithfield, VA 23430
Phone 757-365-4760
fax 757-365-4764
Visit us at www.smithfieldsuitesva.hamptoninn.com

[Keith Outten]

Bring your laptop computer.

Just to make things a bit more interesting I will have a portable USB hard drive with me loaded with files to share. Anyone who has a laptop computer with them will be welcome to connect to my drive and copy files. You will also be encouraged to copy your files to the drive to share with others. Throughout the day the amount of files should grow so you may want to visit the drive more than once


Prepare your files in advance. Make a directory on your laptop drive with your name that contains the files you want to share. When you connect to the USB drive copy your directory first. You may then copy any of the directories on the drive you want to your laptop.

Files of particular interest are:
Vector Graphics
Pictures and line art for engraving
Autocad Drawings
Vectric VCarve Pro Files
Vectric Aspire 3D files
Corel Drawings
PDF Files

No Piracy!!!!!!!!
Please bring only files to share that belong to you or that you know are public domain.

I trust that everyone knows to scan their files for viruses before you connect to the drive
Connect to the USB drive at your own risk
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[Dan Hintz]

Keith, just saw this post...

If I have everything in time, I'll bring a few DVDs downloaded from Microsoft's clipart repository. Surprisingly enough, the majority of their clipart is in SWF format (vector), so it's very useful stuff. I believe the respository is open to the public, but I have a fast connection so grabbing Gigs at a time is no big deal for me.

If anyone has any specific requests, let me know beforehand...

Also, if anyone has a DVD burner on their laptop, those of us without a laptop (me) would appreciate a burned disk or two at the end of the day (or one mailed afterwards is fine ).

[Keith Outten]

Dan,

Sounds like a good plan to me. I'm willing to bet that file sharing will make it an even more special day and everyone will go home loaded with valuable stuff
I have a really large inventory of public domain files I have collected and I will include most of the CNC files we have been using lately and a good collection of engravers files.
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[Angus Hines]

I've got 4 machines with DVD burners so you'll go home with plenty of stuff

Keith, just saw this post...

If I have everything in time, I'll bring a few DVDs downloaded from Microsoft's clipart repository. Surprisingly enough, the majority of their clipart is in SWF format (vector), so it's very useful stuff. I believe the respository is open to the public, but I have a fast connection so grabbing Gigs at a time is no big deal for me.

If anyone has any specific requests, let me know beforehand...

Also, if anyone has a DVD burner on their laptop, those of us without a laptop (me) would appreciate a burned disk or two at the end of the day (or one mailed afterwards is fine ).

[Phyllis Meyer]

Hey Everyone,

I have been chatting with Tom Benard (Laser Buzz) and after his latest newsletter, I asked him if he could attend our gathering...he said he would look it up. We are really excited!

Looking forward to meeting everyone!
Phyllis

[Scott Wigginton]

I dunno, gas is nearing $2/gal again I don't know if I can splurge on the 2 gallon round trip

Will try to swing by after my daughter's soccer game.

[Mark Fitzmorris]

This sounds like a great time and the location could not be better! Please let me know which weekend you decide on and I will go.

Mark Fitzmorris

[Dan Hintz]

Mark, see post #28...

[Mark Fitzmorris]

Thanks Dan I had missed that post. Looking forward to meeting all there.

Mark