[Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: Jan. Gathering -- Final Message]

[Jim Stauffer]

I sent this to the county council regional list.



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Jan. Gathering -- Final Message
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:15:56 -0800
From: Jim Stauffer <jims at greens.org>
To: Regional List <sc-sm at lists.sonic.net>

It does not appear that we will be able to host a state Gathering in January.

A valiant effort was made by people in both counties. But, the short
planning horizon presented too many challenges. The promising venues in San
Mateo aren't available on the dates we need. While a few people were
enthusiastic about hosting, and others were at least willing to volunteer
some time, we did not achieve a sufficient number of volunteers to
adequately staff a project of this size.

I've communicated this message to the state CC.

Thanks to all who worked on the preliminary effort, and to those who did
volunteer to help.

If there is interest, we could consider hosting the plenary in April.


Jim