This is information bulletin #2. The first one had some important information on it, so please see here if you did not receive it.

July 17, 2006

Dear friends:

I'm cleaning the old BBQ grill outside and have taken a break while the oven cleaner does it's thing to catch up on the latest details of the BBQ.

First, if you've sent in your registration in the last week, this is your confirmation that it has been received and recorded. But please make sure you read the previous information bulletin. The link is posted above.

Second, an update on the previous information bulletin. Howard Kaney, Terry Frazier and Larry Frey are providing additional grills, so we should have no problem with cooking facilities. Also, with approximately 217 people planning to attend (as of this afternoon), I'll be adding a third campsite to the RV BBQ enclave so we'll have more room to stretch out. Bob Condrey has volunteered an additional canopy so you'll be able to get out of the sun.

I haven't yet put a shopping list together yet (I have to figure out how many pounds of chicken an average person can eat. Hot dogs, brats, and hamburgers are a little easier to calculate). I have decided to add watermelon to the menu and I hope to be able to find someone to sell us about 50 pounds of potato salad or cole slaw. Maybe next year is the year we do corn-on-the-cob. We'll see.

We'll have plenty of beverages and if you haven't yet send an e-mail to tell us what you and your guests prefer to drink, please do; it'll make shopping a bit easier.

Also, PLEASE -- if you haven't already done so -- let me know the names of your spouses (be sure to provide a last name if it's different from yours), children, and other guests who may be attending to I can have a name bad ready for them. I'll be starting on the badges tomorrow. Rick Belsaas and Rob Hanberg have offered to volunteer with the name-tag-handing-out and registration stuff (that means showing you where the tub is where you can put your donation).

Again, a reminder to please check the first information bulletin, especially if you're staying off site, for information on parking. I'm pretty confident we've got everything taken care of on the BBQ front, but we've never had the majority of people attending the BBQ staying off-site and I'm a little concerned about the logistics of that, mostly because that's EAA territory and out of our hands.

Please remember to bring a chair with you if you can (those over-the-shoulder, fold-up airshow chairs are perfect).

I can't remember if I mentioned this before but over by the West End store they'll be showing airplane-based movies on a huge screen at dusk (I think around 8:30). On the night of the BBQ, it's Air Force One with Harrison Ford. And Harrison Ford will be there to introduce the movie. Some of you may want to wander over there from the BBQ to check that out, but feel free to wander back as we'll be going until around 10.

As I write this, the current "feels-like" temperature in Oshkosh is 99 degrees,which is usually the conditions -- for some reason -- that greet me when I'm trying to put up the tent. However, the 10-day forecast shows arrival temperatures on Friday afternoon will be 83 degrees with a low of 63. Perfect. Unfortunately, BBQ night has scattered showers predicted with a high of 80. That doesn't sound like it'll be a problem.

And finally, I have a small vehicle to bring everything back to the Twin Cities so at the conclusion of the BBQ, please help me by taking away any left-over food, beer, soda etc.

Thanks again for coming to the BBQ. I hope you have a good time. If there's anything you need or if you can think of anything we're leaving out, please e-mail me.

Regards,

Bob Collins