[Mutant Fest] Re: AMF9 location (friday 1PM update)

[Jon Green]

Hiya friends, greenjon here, still portlandishly located. 

   I haven't heard from aaron or ratstar yet, though, as of last night, aaron
changed the 1800-gun-numb message to say that the location wouldn't be
announced until mid-day friday. It's quite dark out there so perhaps there
were not able to look at the sites last nite and were going to old off 'til
this morning...

   however, the 1800-hum-numb line is currently broken, and attempts are being
made to fix it. keep checking and hang in there. I'll email directions as soon
as I know which site they prefer. The call of mutopia rises....

Be well my dearies!
I'm looking forward to seeing you all!

     ~greenjon~




Jon Green <jon at greenjon.com> said:

> 
> hello friends. greenjon here <portland>. AMF9 location is being chosen right
> about now by SPAZ and/or RatStaR, and as soon as they relay word to me I'll be
> sending it out and posting it on the 1800gun-numb line, hopefully before
sunset. 
> The sites being looked at are all in Gilford Pinchot National Forest, south of
> the town of Randle, which is on East 12 (some are south, some are
east/southeast.
> FOlks coming from the north will want to take the 5 south to east 12 and east
> on that to Randle. folks coming from the south could also drive to the 12 and
> to randle OR, from vancouver, wa, head east on the 14 (just north of the
> columbia river) and then go north into the forest from there. Folks coming
> from the east will likely want to goto yakima and take the 12 to randle.
> 
> FYI cellphones pretty much don't work anywhere in the forest, so don't drive
> into the forest to wait for the word.
> 
> If you're wondering why the announcement is so late, it is simple: very little
> scouting was done this year, and in my opinion, none of the potential sites
> found is without serious difficulties: either space for soundsystems, parking,
> camping, being very spread out, etc etc. 
> 
> It is/was everyone's responsibility to support scouting efforts, ESPECIALLY
> those wanting to set up sound systems or park buses there, yet the total
> effort towards scouting this year is/was close to ZERO. 
> I don't have a soundsystem but canceled many plans and spent hundreds of
> dollars (that I don't actually have) to scout for the fest this year, and I
> have a really hard time understanding the casual, hands-off approach that has
> been universal this year (with the exception of OLYTOPIA, who scouted and do
> rock!). I hope that is food for thought.
> 
> more later,
> greenjon
> 



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