2012 Costa Mesa (Orange County) CA Games, May 26-27

[Alan H]

The thing is, to meet up, everybody has to take some specific time away from their activities to actually MEET. If I'm throwing all day, I'm focused on throwing, and it's only during the lunch break that there might be time to meet other people. If you're piping, then you probably have a schedule around your solo piping competitions that you have to work with, as well as the several times during the day when your band will be playing.

All of these things are not necessarily scheduled to the minute. I know that our lunch hours sometimes start at 12:00 and sometimes at 1:00 and sometimes at 1:35 1/2. Assuming that droves of X Markers will drop everything to hunt you down while you are concentrating on your piping/dancing/selling/drinking/throwing is just not realistic.

So the thing to do is for SOMEONE who knows the grounds to just make an executive decision like...."X Markers will meet up at the Clan Donnachai'dh Tent at 2:30"....or whatever.... and then see who makes it. Otherwise, it will never happen. Personally I nominate sydnie7 as chairwoman, but she can decline, of course.