I have just been told by some privately that it is an 250 mile trip one way. So that will rule that out for me on Friday. So it looks like a bus (or walking) tour of Las Vegas on the Friday morning. Mike Boyd ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Boyd" <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> To: "Lauren Boyd McLachlan" <confido@gmail.com>; "Boyd List" <Boyd@rootsweb.com>; <agm@clanboyd.org> Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 12:59 PM Subject: Re: [BOYD] House of Boyd AGM 2011: Las Vegas, Nevada, April 15-17 > Lauren > What "sort" of program are we looking at for this weekend. > > I was thinking of have the Boyd "history" talk at about 5 or 6 pm - > Hopefully at the same hotel we are staying at. > > However, on the Saturday night - could or should - we go as a group to the > Tattoo. > > I was thinking of "doing" a bus tour around Las Vegas on the Friday > morning > to see the sites there but a trip to the Grand Canyon might be better - if > it can be fittered in, in time. > > Do any other members have any suggestions or comments on this weekend for > the AGM that members can do together. > > I will be leaving Brisbane on Thursday 14 April and going via Auchland New > Zealand, with a few hours stop over at Los Angles before getting to Las > Vegas at 6.30 pm on Thursday 14. So I will be ready for bed on getting to > the hotel on Thursday night. > > Mike Boyd > Brisbane, Aust. > HBS 423 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lauren Boyd McLachlan" <confido@gmail.com> > To: "Boyd List" <Boyd@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 5:11 AM > Subject: [BOYD] House of Boyd AGM 2011: Las Vegas, Nevada, April 15-17 > > >> Dear All: >> >> I need a rough head count of those who are planning on attending. Also-- >> what would be your needs regarding the dates to book your hotel room? >> As >> soon as I can get back to the hotel with our "numbers" we will be given a >> special rate. >> >> Please respond to agm@clanboyd.org >> >> The festival is April 16-17. >> >> Mike is planning a Boyd History/Genealogy meeting for Friday April 15. >> >> The Las Vegas International Tattoo is also being held April 15-16. >> >> There is much more to do in and around Las Vegas. Plan on more time to >> see >> the sites, perhaps travel to the Grand Canyon. >> >> Thanks! >> >> Lauren >> >> > > > > _______________________________________ > House of Boyd Society's (HBS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Gathering of > the Clan 2011 will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA in conjunction with > The Highland Games and Celtic Gathering April 16-17, 2011. Mike will be > returning to America to join us! Write AGM@clanboyd.org if you would be > interested in helping to plan it. > _______________________________________ > Support the Fellowship Activities of the Clan. Join the House of Boyd > Society! > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BOYD/2008-06/1212428046 > ______________________________________ > House of Boyd Society sends HUGE thank you to all of our volunteers. The > Society would not be what it is without you! > ______________________________________ > > Want to contribute an article or query to the Dean Road? Contact Kevin > McLachlan, Editor at Editor@clanboyd.org > > ==================== > Visit the House of Boyd Society Website http://www.clanboyd.org > ==================== > For Officers and other Contacts, see > http://www.clanboyd.org/officers.shtml > ==================== > Most replies should go to the list, not just the author of the post. Make > sure to include the list address Boyd@rootsweb.com > ==================== > Need to contact the Admin? Write me off list at Boyd-admin@rootsweb.com > ==================== > Can't recall what the beginning of a thread was? Subscribe > mid-discussion? Visit the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=boyd > ==================== > Got an issue that is beyond the purview of this list? Write the Help Desk > for assistance http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/ > Honor your fellow subscribers -- follow the Golden Rule! > **************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message