Thread: Will there be another scraping class?

Originally Posted by Machtool

Sorry, I have no idea what "FF points" means. Please dont make it harder than it has to be.

Hi Phil,
I think you'll find it's frequent flyer

Stuart

Originally Posted by Machtool

Sorry, I have no idea what "FF points" means. Please dont make it harder than it has to be.

Yep frequent flyer points.
As I will need to fly in from the west I was hoping to reduce my travel costs by using FF points but this is not usually possible during school holidays and regular air fares are usually more expensive at that time.

Why don't you guys actually do something like the following:

Phil nominates a range of dates he's available. OK he's done that.

Someone (anyone) sets up a spreadsheet or similar with those weekends on it and everyone nominates a max of 2 dates they'd like - preferred and alternate.

Date with max score wins. Anyone who can't make it then, too bad.

If no date has the requisite numbers of people required, abandon the entire exercise until the participants get with the program.

It doesn't have to be this difficult!

PDW

Peter has a good idea, i can work the spreadsheet.

Edit: Someone PM'ed me with a better way to collect the info - cheers!

Tell me weekends you prefer / are available and also which weekends you are NOT available for. I realise some people like ueee can do any weekend at all, others have one or two they need to keep free. That way we can nail down two that will suit everyone.

Weekends are:
Aug 30th
Sep 6th
Sep 13th
Sep 20th
Sep 27th
Oct 4th
Oct 11th
Oct 18th

Hi Scotty,

I can do 6th/13 Sept and Oct 18, can't do the others.

Thanks
Bob

Originally Posted by scottyd

Peter has a good idea, i can work the spreadsheet.

Edit: Someone PM'ed me with a better way to collect the info - cheers!

Tell me weekends you prefer / are available and also which weekends you are NOT available for. I realise some people like ueee can do any weekend at all, others have one or two they need to keep free. That way we can nail down two that will suit everyone.

Weekends are:
Sep 6th
Sep 13th
Sep 20th
Sep 27th
Oct 4th
Oct 11th
Oct 18th

Originally Posted by scottyd

Weekends are:

We could throw in late August, if that helps any one out. Sat 30th & Sun 31st Aug.

I just checked the weather, that weekend has a historical average of 22 C. And it has 11 hrs 11 min of day light. So not too cold and dark.

Thanks for taking that on board Scott.

Originally Posted by BobL

As I will need to fly in from the west I was hoping to reduce my travel costs by using FF points but this is not usually possible during school holidays and regular air fares are usually more expensive at that time.

G'day Bob. That's half the reason for giving every one 4 months notice. So they can get early bird fares. I just jumped on webjet, for Fri 3rd & Mon 6th Oct Perth - Melb.

Its showing plenty of options at reasonable times for under $300 bucks each way.

Regards Phil.

Originally Posted by Machtool

We could throw in late August, if that helps any one out. Sat 30th & Sun 31st Aug.

I just checked the weather, that weekend has a historical average of 22 C. And it has 11 hrs 11 min of day light. So not too cold and dark.

Thanks for taking that on board Scott.

On my birthday

but i could be in that...will check my diary

Originally Posted by eskimo

On my birthday

I could put a candle in one of the dumplings at Saturday nights dinner if that helps.

Scott,

Any of those weekends suits me fine, including the end of August.

Thanks,
Joe

Originally Posted by eskimo

On my birthday

but i could be in that...will check my diary

Can you list any other options that are / are not any good for you? Ill put you down as a yes for late august.

Originally Posted by Machtool

We could throw in late August, if that helps any one out. Sat 30th & Sun 31st Aug.

Thanks for taking that on board Scott.

August has been added to the spreadsheet, ill amend my previous post.

No worries!

To BobL: Ive put you down as a yes for the dates you indicated and as a no for all others, including the newly added august date. If you can make august, let me know and ill change it to a yes.

To Ueee / Azzrock / jmebgo: As youve indicated, any date is fine by you, youre down for yes' across the board. Let me know if thats no longer true.

To Bob Ward: Are you available all other weekends other than those you listed in post #40?

To Simonl: You mentioned being interested in this class, but your name isnt on the list and I couldn't see any comments since. Want in?

Originally Posted by scottyd

To Simonl: You mentioned being interested in this class, but your name isnt on the list and I couldn't see any comments since. Want in?

Simon did the 2012 class. I think he's volunteered to help with the cooking. He would also be our first aid guy.

I didn't put Guzzi John on the list either. I wasn't excluding him. He's more than welcome. But he and RC are getting there heads together up north, so I think he's covered.

Regards Phil.

Originally Posted by Machtool

I didn't put Guzzi John on the list either. I wasn't excluding him. He's more than welcome. But he and RC are getting there heads together up north, so I think he's covered.

I will be learning from Central Queensland's own master scraper but may still put my hand up for the Melbourne session. I'll see how things pan out.

If I can fit a scraping weekend between some Victorian sightseeing it could work out well.

John

The only weekend i cant do is the 6/7 september, I'm free for all the other dates.

I can do any weekend.I think.
John

Originally Posted by GuzziJohn

I will be learning from Central Queensland's own master scraper

I wasn't going to let the party tricks out of the bag this early. But theres a 50/50 chance the little master* might be down here for it.

Regards Phil.

*I'm trying to find the least offence version of that, that sounded better then grasshopper