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in reply to: The ‘Committee’ and voting #48569

This is a public event, and the more public opinion, the better. That is one of the reasons why we chose to discuss this whole organization on a public site. If you can get the a poll system working, I am all for it.

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in reply to: How do we organize this whole thing? #48568

There are 2 steps to this process. First we need to gather names of volunteers, and post them on the website (RJ has a good idea on how to do that), and then we can let the peak coordinators take over and actually take care of the details and the coordination of each specific hike. As for when we officially start taking names, I am about to post a new thread on that topic.

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in reply to: The name of the event #48530

After much thought, I like “Flags of the 48, a Sept 11 memorial hike” It covers it all, and it is not too long.

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in reply to: How do we promote this event? #48575

Word of mouth does go a long way. I have been spreading it and have gotten about 20 hiking friends to verbally sign on. I also think that when we do decide to start spreading the word officially, we should use the many online bulletin boards, (Alpinezone, AMC, RMC, Lexicom) and if we still don’t have enough support next Aug, we could move to more drastic methods (newspapers/magazines)

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in reply to: The Mission Statement #48544

Great job RJ! I like your mission statement. It is well written and concise. Just 2 minor things that I would like to suggest. I suggest changing inexorable to inexorably, and I would change “all the 4 thousand foot mountains” to “all the 4 thousand foot, or greater, mountains”. It seems a little misleading since their are (6) 5,000 footers and (1) 6,000 footer.

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in reply to: Raise other nations’ flags? #48520

I agree with most every one else. If people want to bring another flag of their heritage, or for any other reason, they should definitely be allowed to. Who are we to tell volunteers not to. As long as the American Flag flies, other flags will just add to the overall global tragic loss.

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in reply to: Setting the Date (was: I’ll start) #48497

I agree with Mary, there are many peaks that alot of people typically backpack to reach (Bondcliff, Bond, W. Bond, Owl’s Head, Isolation, ect..) To get people to take several days off during the middle of the week is a tough thing to do. We would get much more support if this was held on a weekend. And keep in mind what the goal is, “Flags on all the 48” if we fall short on a few peaks, we will fall short on our goal. Also the more people who view this, the better. This is not an isolated event for just a group of people who sign up, this is for all of the public to have a chance to participate and wittness.

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in reply to: The List #48512

I think that you might be jumping ahead a little bit. I don’t remember us discussing the website page at all. Did Greg agree to create a page on this site? I haven’t seen anything regarding that. I think that it would be great if he did, but we still have to discuss the content, setup, and numerous other details. I also thought that we were going to wait 4-6 months before we start taking names, which is something else we still need to go over. What am I missing here?

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in reply to: Setting the Date (was: I’ll start) #48495

I also like the 14’th due to the fact that we would get alot more support if the event was held on a Saturday, compared to a Wednesday.

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in reply to: The List #48510

Actually, when we decide on where and who is going to set up the web page, that person will probably be the one who process the email requests. This all still has to be discussed and decided yet. Since we are talking about the web site issue, I liked the suggestion that someone made about having it be part of an already existing site, like maybe Alpinezone, or the AMC’s site. That way it would recieve alot more visibility, compared to one that we set up on our own.

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in reply to: Setting the Date (was: I’ll start) #48490

I just put the kids to sleep, now it is time to put some thoughts out for discussion. One of the first things that we need to decide on is a date. That might affect the name of our event, which in turn might affect the mission statement.
Scenario 1. Memorial Day, which is a Holiday, and everyone will most likely have it off, which means lots of support. It also is a Day for Memorializing people who have died representing America. Someone mentioned the crowds on the trails, but personally, I think the more people who witness this event, the better. Some of the bad things are that it could be buggy. Also some of the trails could still have alittle snow, depending on the spring thaw.
Scenario 2. Sept 14, which is the National Remeberance Day for the tragedy. The good thing is that it falls on a Saturday next year. It is also a great time of year to hike (no bugs/no snow, hopefully). I can’t think of any bad things about this day, other than there won’t be as many people viewing this as Memorial Day.
Scenario 3. 9-11-2002, the actual anniversary. The good thing is that it actually is the proper day to do this. The bad thing is that it falls on a Wed. next year, which would be very tough for people to attend.
Scenario 4. A day that we choose which has no significant meaning other than it is the day we will run the event.

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