amydavis Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 (edited) Okay, I received several messages while I was away from the computer with contact information for those of us in NC. I'm starting a new thread, so we can more easily talk, since our replies are getting lost in the mixture on the other thread. For anyone that hasn't sent me anything - if you live in the area (even the mountains, beach, etc. and would be willing to drive to the more central part of the state) please send your contact info. to davis98us@gmail.com So, Charlotte, Asheville, Greensboro, Wilmington, Raleigh, Fayetteville, etc...just send me the info. Do me a favor, if you're from a small town, just tell me in your email what the nearest major city is, so I can group people by regions (without having to break out the maps!). This will be helpful for all of us, so maybe we can form smaller groups that would like to get together at some point. *I can't tell you how long I've wanted to get a group together to tackle things like science, from a different perspective than what is typically offered in our local co-ops. Oh, a girl can dream, can't she? ;) Include your name/address/email. You can also list anything useful for us to know (contacts you have, skills, etc). I will compile everything and send out something tomorrow to everyone so we can stay in contact. ETA: Include your board name if you'd like, so we can figure out who we are, LOL. We need to meet sometime soon, virtually or in person, to get a proposal together to submit. I can't wait! Edited March 30, 2011 by amydavis Thought of something else! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amydavis Posted March 30, 2011 Author Share Posted March 30, 2011 :lurk5: Bumping up, so people can find it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amydavis Posted March 30, 2011 Author Share Posted March 30, 2011 :lurk5: Okay, after so many emails...I don't think people are finding this thread...so, I'm bumping it again. If you open this, leave a smilie before you email me, so it will stay near the top. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 I sent a pm, but I will go ahead and email so you can consolidate more easily. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amydavis Posted March 30, 2011 Author Share Posted March 30, 2011 I sent a pm, but I will go ahead and email so you can consolidate more easily. :001_smile: Got your PM, but thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdalley Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Emailed you. Thanks for heading this up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenNC Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovthesurf Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedmom4 Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Don't know anything about this. I live in the Charlotte area. What is the proposal? God Bless, Elise in NC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingMOm Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 I emailed you! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amydavis Posted March 30, 2011 Author Share Posted March 30, 2011 Don't know anything about this. I live in the Charlotte area. What is the proposal? God Bless, Elise in NC We need to agree on a place to host the home conference idea that SWB mentioned. Once we have that, we can contact her people to see if they would like to come to our area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Don't know anything about this. I live in the Charlotte area. What is the proposal? God Bless, Elise in NC http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=259132 :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimnc Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 :lurk5: Wow, I go out for a trip to Target and the library for 2 hours and a new thread opens up! I pm'd Amy. Have seen several people here from the triangle area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 :lurk5: Wow, I go out for a trip to Target and the library for 2 hours and a new thread opens up! I pm'd Amy. Have seen several people here from the triangle area. Ha! I went to Target in between too! Mostly for new storage containers for writing, drawing and coloring implements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechWife Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovthesurf Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Bumping again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuntPol Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 I put in the request to use our office and the guys approved it as long as it is on a weekend so not to disrupt business hours. Our office is north Raleigh right off 540, near Triangle Town Center. There is a a conference room that probably hold up to 40 women and a smaller conference room and a big square hallway where people can put up tables with their curriculum. There are bathrooms for both genders. It's much better than my house (that needs repair and has parking issues). I will send this info into Susan's assistant tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zookeeperof3 Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 I e-mailed! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenL Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 I emailed you with information from the Charlotte area! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scmama Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 I emailed you as well. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaT Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 I will send you an email - Asheville area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizzyBee Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 I put in the request to use our office and the guys approved it as long as it is on a weekend so not to disrupt business hours. Our office is north Raleigh right off 540, near Triangle Town Center. There is a a conference room that probably hold up to 40 women and a smaller conference room and a big square hallway where people can put up tables with their curriculum. There are bathrooms for both genders. It's much better than my house (that needs repair and has parking issues). I will send this info into Susan's assistant tonight. That sounds perfect. I would be very surprised if we can't get 40 people together for this, and in fact, we might have more that want to come. We have to have snacks, chocolate, water, tea and coffee; name tags; a set up crew and a clean up crew; and someone to pick up and drop off Susan at the airport. (I would love the extra chat time so count me in as a volunteer. :auto: ) I'm sure there's more that I'm not even thinking of, but those are the obvious things that come to mind. Someone will need to start tracking estimated costs, then we'll need to assess interest so we can figure out how much to charge per person. I'm a CPA and would be glad to help with that. I know of people not on the boards who I'm sure would be interested. I was thinking of posting on my facebook, "If you'd be interested in a small, intimate homeschool conference with Susan Wise Bauer in the Raleigh area in 2012, please post a comment." Do you think that would be appropriate? I am so excited; I hope we can make this happen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2a&z Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Just emailed you from the Greensboro area :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuntPol Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 That sounds perfect. I would be very surprised if we can't get 40 people together for this, and in fact, we might have more that want to come. We have to have snacks, chocolate, water, tea and coffee; name tags; a set up crew and a clean up crew; and someone to pick up and drop off Susan at the airport. (I would love the extra chat time so count me in as a volunteer. :auto: ) I'm sure there's more that I'm not even thinking of, but those are the obvious things that come to mind. Someone will need to start tracking estimated costs, then we'll need to assess interest so we can figure out how much to charge per person. I'm a CPA and would be glad to help with that. I know of people not on the boards who I'm sure would be interested. I was thinking of posting on my facebook, "If you'd be interested in a small, intimate homeschool conference with Susan Wise Bauer in the Raleigh area in 2012, please post a comment." Do you think that would be appropriate? I am so excited; I hope we can make this happen! I know a few off the boards as well that interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan C. Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 In am in SE South Carolina, near Savannah, GA. Hoping for something closer, but if it doesn't happen, Charlotte is about 3-4 hours away. Other cities may be getting too far, but keep me in the loop please! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenNC Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 If there's enough of us, we could look at splitting into a Raleigh and a Charlotte one, maybe even Asheville? I'm sure we could round up some additional folks in the various cities to make it worthwhile. It might make things more attractive to SWB to come to the area---fly into one city and fly out of the next one? Combine with hitting somewhere in southern Virginia? I'm guessing that the Greenville, SC area wouldn't be a high priority since she was just there this spring. Karen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakia Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 I emailed you. I'm in the Asheville area. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amydavis Posted March 31, 2011 Author Share Posted March 31, 2011 If there's enough of us, we could look at splitting into a Raleigh and a Charlotte one, maybe even Asheville? I'm sure we could round up some additional folks in the various cities to make it worthwhile. It might make things more attractive to SWB to come to the area---fly into one city and fly out of the next one? Combine with hitting somewhere in southern Virginia? I'm guessing that the Greenville, SC area wouldn't be a high priority since she was just there this spring. Karen I'm hoping to get more names through the night. I've compiled a list of about 20 right now. Most of these are in the Raleigh area. There are a couple in Wilmington, Asheville, Charlotte, Fayetteville areas too. Considering that this doesn't even take into account what could be gathered from our own local contacts...I think we very well could have enough to do more than one area. However, we may be able to plan something slightly larger based in the Raleigh area. I'll send out the list tomorrow, and we can get to brainstorming! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicurn Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Will send you an email Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackacre Farm Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Just emailed you from Durham! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amydavis Posted March 31, 2011 Author Share Posted March 31, 2011 Wow! There are so many of us! :) I'll update the list tomorrow, and get it sent out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuntPol Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 I'm hoping to get more names through the night. I've compiled a list of about 20 right now. Most of these are in the Raleigh area. There are a couple in Wilmington, Asheville, Charlotte, Fayetteville areas too. Considering that this doesn't even take into account what could be gathered from our own local contacts...I think we very well could have enough to do more than one area. However, we may be able to plan something slightly larger based in the Raleigh area. I'll send out the list tomorrow, and we can get to brainstorming! I will probably have 5 more off the top of my head that would probably come but are not on the boards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingMOm Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 I've got a few friends who are also interested in coming- one, maybe two, here in Greensboro with me & another friend in Charlotte. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amydavis Posted March 31, 2011 Author Share Posted March 31, 2011 I will probably have 5 more off the top of my head that would probably come but are not on the boards. I've got a few friends who are also interested in coming- one, maybe two, here in Greensboro with me & another friend in Charlotte. Well, what I'll do, for now, is put those numbers next to your names, so it gives an idea of how many participants we're looking at in different areas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amydavis Posted March 31, 2011 Author Share Posted March 31, 2011 :lurk5: Bumping for the early morning crowd. Hello North Carolina!!! Anyone else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCMom Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Emailed you! And then I realized that I know a few others who might be interested. :001_smile: Thanks! Georgia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingMOm Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Can I post this to two groups here? An email loop & a cc group that I know would be interested? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinmom Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Oh, oh! Me, me! I'm in Hickory, an hour northwest of Charlotte and 1 hr, 15 minutes from Asheville. I'll take either location!!! Emailing you my contact information now. Can't wait! :party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaAkins Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan in SC Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 I sent you an email last night!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amydavis Posted March 31, 2011 Author Share Posted March 31, 2011 Hi, just another bump for the lunch crowd! I'm still getting names in, but I'll get the new ones added on, and send the list after lunch this afternoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy in C-ville Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Just sent you an email. Add my name! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizzyBee Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Looks like we might get 40 people here before even publicizing it off the board! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane in NC Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 So even though my one and only is now a college student, I have asked Amy to keep me in the loop. This gathering might give me an excuse to discuss Math! :D Jane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amydavis Posted March 31, 2011 Author Share Posted March 31, 2011 Just to update. It's taking a little longer than I thought because I'm pulling it over to google docs. I'm trying to make sure everyone can easily open the list since I created it on my Mac. I'm running out to pick up my son from an envirothon competition, then take him and his sister to dance...ugh. (It's rainy and dreary, which means I do not want to leave my house!). Anyway, when I get in, which will be around dinner time, I'll finish entering all of you wonderful North Carolinian gals into my contact list... So, expect the list by this evening. I have to get it done before Grey's Anatomy...(don't judge me...) :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdalley Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 I can travel to Raleigh easy and can bring at least one - if not more. I have to take an informal poll at the next support group meeting. Last month a lady did ask me about TWTM and I told her it was a 'must have'. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto3innc Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Sent you an email--Raleigh area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amydavis Posted March 31, 2011 Author Share Posted March 31, 2011 So even though my one and only is now a college student, I have asked Amy to keep me in the loop. This gathering might give me an excuse to discuss Math! :D Jane Which, as it turns out, I would love to talk to you about math! I'm dealing with two children, with such opposite needs in that area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amydavis Posted April 1, 2011 Author Share Posted April 1, 2011 I just sent out the contact info to everyone that sent me an email address. Check your mailboxes and make sure the information is correct. I only sent email info at this point, and general location info. I can send something out later with more specific info if needed. If anyone wants to be added, contact me at my email! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaAkins Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 I just sent out the contact info to everyone that sent me an email address. Check your mailboxes and make sure the information is correct. I only sent email info at this point, and general location info. I can send something out later with more specific info if needed.If anyone wants to be added, contact me at my email! Thanks for all the hard work you put into compiling this list, Amy! Unfortunately, I am not able to open the document....any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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