The Venue Search Committee is pleased to announce that our bid to locate the premier social gathering for the summer of 2011 has been accepted. We are sure that all the necessary facilities and infrastructure will be completed despite the fact there are only 7 short months left to complete all the work. The exact location will be 2172 Erb. St. W., Waterloo, formerly known as the Foreman's Club. The facility has been the site of a previous Dumont Reunion so it may be familiar to some people. The exact dates of the event will be Friday July 29 to Monday August 1.
Since our last communiqué, several committees have sprung to life. The CPC-ML has organized a blog which they are encouraging everyone to visit, join and post comments. There have been some visits but they are most anxious for many others to join in. For your information, CPC-ML stands for Central Prairies Committee - Machine Literate. There has been some feedback that this is a pretty lame attempt at humour but the authors welcome even more lame attempts if anyone feels up to the challenge.
A Women's Caucus has formed and had a meeting in the real world which seemed to involve a fair bit of wine (and one man-servant). They have subsequently had some virtual meetings and even posted a treatise on the blogspot, ready for critical analysis. It seems their memory only extends so far into the far reaches of time and they need some assistance with events after a certain period of Dumont's existence.
The local DUMOC organizing members will attempt a meeting early in January to discuss more details of the event. Some questions have been raised concerning local accommodation, transportation, sporting and other recreational activities, music, etc. We would like to hear what thoughts people have, whether you plan to attend, whether you need accommodation and the degree of luxury required, etc. etc. We most likely will form many more committees, organize meetings and produce more reports which we can post to the blog.
Merry Christmas everyone. See you soon.
