Well, where there is food there is FAMILIES, and where there is families there is "thank goodness" FAMILY history. How is that for going full circle with the thought.. Not bad, huh, for a girl in Maine turning in to an icicle. <VBG> Okay, thinkinking out loud.. Kelly and I have brochure for the WIGenWeb Project in the making... still trying to decide on the darn cow, to use... <VBG>, and although I digress, don't think I didn't notice that MAK is herding in her contributors for her thank you pages, and although her cows are nice, mine are cuter!!!... and Nance, well, I did notice the pun on your brochure (umm... have you shared those with all?) and Rita, God love ya, if the Chamber of Commerce doesn't hire you I will!, and Dick.. your fault, you started it all with a GREAT brochure for Brown County! And then there is Kelly.. my graphic wiz, and all around good scout .. ummmm me thinks she actually found that cow I am so enamored with.. Then you throw into the mix Holly and Sunny, and I could go on for hours!! But I wont! (I hear the Yoorahs!!) ... We have received brochures from 8 WI counties (hope I counted right!) plus the State one, plus the Calendar that I recently put up. I have been also thinking that a "Featured County of the Month" would be a terrific way for us to showcase to our visitors the specialness of particular counties, and the hard work and "magic" that you and your contributors put in on a day to day basis! Somewhere in all of this.. is the makings for what MAK sugguests! Who amongst you can help me put concrete ideas and a plan in place.. I am willing!! Let's discuss! Tina In a message dated 1/13/01 1:09:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, makkuehl@yahoo.com writes: > Tina, MAK is hanging head, AH SUCKS, but really, it was the brainstorming on > Wednesday night CHAT with the crew that got me thinking about a THANK YOU > site... I see mine are linked already, thanks so much (grin)... My other > comment is that we put a link back to the State pages, so everyone gets a > double dose of thank yous... > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wigenweb/thanks.htm > > Kelly, I agree, California is the PLACE TO BE... during the winter > months... > it has gotten into the 40s and I am freezing various body parts off... Can't > imagine 3 feet of snow and below zero - I would turn into an icecycle > (sp?). > > Rita, WOW WOW WOW, You do the greatest stuff, the chamber of commerce > might do > well to reconsider??? LOL with ya... > > Nance, I love your thank you pages... > > Tina and all, I thought of a great idea... Now, don't hit me (OK?), but > what > if we created a virtual tour for our Celebrate WI??? Have a front page that > features what is happening in WI that month or area that people outside the > area would be interested in and link to our main pages (or the brochere) or > special page featuring that event in our county, so they can "VISIT": Only > CCs > that want to play need to, but I think if we get the idea off the ground, > then > more CCs will start to participate... And, since most of it is annual, > once it > is up and running, we only have to change the dates (grin) except those who > are > smart enough to be generic (LIke nomally held the first week of.... ) > > Example, central WI has Cranberries and there used to be a Cranberry > festival, > DoorCo cherry festival, and somewhere near Madison is a wonderful strawberry > festival, I am sure there are Cheese Festivals, Octoberfests ets... Notice > the > theme is FOOD, I must be hungry (grin)... > > Sunning in Southern California, R/S MAK > > > > >