Cousin Becky, As emailed earlier today, we'll be more than willing to use our car and follow the bus. That makes two more off the bus, hopefully everyone else will fit now. About the Charity Concert, it sounds like the attendance capacity is fairly limited if our 16/17 represents almost a fourth of the seating capacity. Is it even possible to get more tickets at this point?? We would really not want to miss any opportunity to hear and experience a Welsh choral program. Would be happy to share in the cost of buying more tickets if they're available. Take care, hugs, Cuz'n Susan -------------- Original message from "The Thill Group, Inc." <ttg-inc@comcast.net>: -------------- > Dear Cuz's, > > "Houston we have a problem." Mayor Phillip has been graciously working > very hard to make this Wales trip an experience of a lifetime for the Dr. > Thomas Wynne descendants. Over the last year the numbers that were > attending were all over the place. It settled down when it came to > "Booking" the trip or actually putting a commitment to the trip, with the > numbers dropped very drastically, from a count of 100 down to a count of > 16/17 people. That number stayed there for several weeks, Mayor Phillip and > myself figured that would be the final number. He then started a great > campaign of getting things finalized making this a special trip, at a very, > very low cost, if it cost us at all. Bravo Mayor Phillip!! > > Then we had a last spurt of people. [No we are not asking anyone not to > go, so don't go there, hear me out!] This is not a problem "IF" we realize > the complications that it causes Mayor Phillip, and as long as we all > realize that we are going to have to work together to get the opportunities > that he is making available to us. > > I am taking responsibility of causing Mayor Phillip the problems that > we now have to deal with. But I am asking the good hearted WGS Cuz's to > step up to the plate and help me and in turn Mayor Phillip out. > > These are the problems and my suggested solutions. Please read them > carefully and then respond with what you feel you can do to help us out. > > > > TRANSPORTATION: > > Going to/from Caerwys to the Manchester Airport. > > Tour Bus costs; money was received to pay for our bus. When WGS member > numbers reduced, this was great because funds would be enough to get us a > smaller bus with out the licensing costs, size restraints and fuel costs > that a large tour bus would be. > > There will be enough money to pay for a 16/17-passenger bus for us to > use for the entire visit. YEA!!! Way to go Mayor Phillip! > > There is an exception, the cost of petrol/fuel for the bus and the > luggage van. [The luggage van will be needed to get our luggage to and from > the airport; it will not fit in the bus.] > > Solution: Each WGS member who uses the bus for transpiration to and > from the airport, for touring, plus transportation to events in our honor > pays a fuel charge. Mayor Phillip feels that $30.00 to $40.00 US dollars, > per person would cover the excess costs. This cost is less than what it > costs for a taxi to our airport. I don't feel that is a bad cost for all > the running around that we are going to do! DO YOU AGREE? Please respond. > > > > Transportation to various activities and touring > > Group size, we have 23 WGS guests going and a bus that will only hold > 16/17 people. I have asked Mayor Phillip to inform me if it is 16 and the > driver or 17 and the driver. Should hear from him soon. > > Solution: Several members have access to personal cars or rental cars. > If they would volunteer to use them, following the bus to our various > activities we could handle the extra people and everyone would get to > everything. We need a reduction of seven [7] people from the bus. Either > they don't go and or we use the personal cars. Incentive: if they volunteer > their car then they will not have the transportation fuel charge of $30 to > $40 US dollars. A great savings to their rental car cost and/or fuel costs. > > Alice Neff who has a total of five people has graciously volunteered > to use their cars for her five people. We only need two people to use their > cars to help out. WILL THE PEOPLE WITH CARS VOLUNTEER PLEASE? Please > respond. > > > > MAYORS CHARITY CONCERT > > Mayor Phillip asked the committee of the Charity Concert he hosts in > March to move the concert to May and allow us 16/17 free tickets, so that > we can have the experience of hearing the wonderful welsh choirs they are > famous for. They agreed to the cost of the 16/17 tickets to be absorbed > into the administrative costs and allow the decrease in profits due to > losing near a fourth of their seating to us. Our numbers went up to 23 and > bottom line it is too much for their budget. > > Solution: We have 17 WGS members, 4 spouses, and 2 friends attending > which brings us to 23 guests for this concert. We can stipulate that only > the WGS members can attend the concert. But I would like for any one that > really doesn't mind not going to the concert to step forward first. If > everyone chooses to go, then we will have to ask the spouses and friends to > stay home from the concert. PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU DON'T MIND NOT GOING > TO THE CONCERT. Please Respond. > > > > I believe that is all the problems, if you would kindly step forward > and respond to the problems I would greatly appreciate it and I know that > Mayor Phillip would appreciate our help with these items. > > Mayor Phillip has been telling me all the great things he has planned > for us and we are going to have a jam packed great time on our visit to > Caerwys!!! Wait till you hear all we are going to get to do and all we are > going to get to see, wow, I am overwhelmed with it all. Please help me out > in making these few adjustments. > > > > Hugs Cuz B asking for your help! > > ttg-inc@comcast.net > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ttg13/ > "Life may not be the party we hoped for... but while we are here we might > as well dance !" > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. 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