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	July 23-25, 1999 We went to New York City (via Newark, NJ!) to meet old friends and make new ones.... (As told by MsGini)
On Friday, I was the first person to arrive and my first 'mission' was to go to the airport to meet Xavier (who came in from the furthest distance - San Francisco!) When we got to the hotel we saw Traveler while he was checking in, before he went on his 'mission' which was to meet Ruth's plane coming in from Tennessee. After resting up from the trip I went down to the lobby and called Ruth's room... (Ruth dear, I don't know why none of the pics of us came out on my roll of film... I'm crossing my fingers and hoping that Trav may have gotten some with you in it too?!!?) Anyways... even though I don't have any of the pics of Ruth SHE REALLY WAS THERE!! She said that she was going to come and she DID COME ...
Traveler & Xavier

Friday night - X & Trav consulting about some new stock tips!
Mona & MsGini

Friday night - Mona (from the IR Onelist) bravely came into the hotel bar all by herself EVEN after they told her at the front desk that they didn't know anything about an IR Gathering!
Traveler, Mona, Xavier & MsGini

Friday night at the hotel bar - The first of many taken just so you could see us together online!
DELTA118 & Traveler

Friday night - just when we thought nobody else was going to show up in walks DELTA118!!!
DELTA118, Traveler, Mona, Xavier & MsGini

Friday night at the hotel bar - Another pic of the group.
Traveler & MsGini

Saturday - I took this picture myself... that's why we're too close!!!
Traveler at Manhattan Magic

Saturday - At the top of the World Trade center we watched a show while strapped into our seats and the floor (platform) moved as if we were riding in a helicopter.
MsGini

Saturday - Taken at the TOP of the World Trade Center...(the little girl on the left is standing in front of where you would see the Statue of Liberty.)...and if you're wondering about the hair, just imagine how windy it is when you are that high up!!
Trav & MsGini

Saturday - Same place, but look on the left and this time you can see the Statue of Liberty!
Traveler, MsGini & Xavier

Saturday - Still at the World Trade Center, but this time on the North side.
Xavier & Traveler

Saturday - Watch out when you come to one of these Gatherings, I make people pose for pictures even in dark subways!!
Xavier, MsGini & Silli

Saturday night- At "Webster Hall" (nightclub). Actually, we started out on Sunday morning if you want to get technical... it was just after midnight when we left the hotel to go to the club.
Traveler, Mona, Frank, Cris, Silli, Xavier & MsGini

Saturday/Sunday- Outside the club, just before we split up and said goodbye... Traveler's brother Cris and his friend joined us while they are here visiting from Denmark.
MsGini & Steve

Saturday/Sunday - I had a pic taken of me with the guy that I 'grabbed' to take the picture you see above!! (Actual time we left was about 4:30 am?!!)
So.... the turnout was MUCH lower than expected... but do you know what? That didn't matter much at all to those of us that came! We had a blast together, and Trav is already asking when and where is the next one!!! It was really a pleasure for me to meet those people that attended for their first time and it was a whole different feeling to see some of the "old" folks from the DC Gathering! (Like seeing your cousin that moved away??!!) (Anyone that attended is invited to offer captions for some of the pics above, to go along with or replace what I wrote!) If you see any of the names listed above when signing up for a Gathering list, you can be SURE that they'll be there!! "MsGini"

ANYTIME anyone wants to try to get a Gathering going ANYONE can do it!! This isn't something that you have to be assigned or designated to do.. it's a volunteer thing! DebB has set up mailing lists for each state and you can sign up for one of those at INTERracial...

Thank heaven I had Traveler helping me out with the NYC Gathering... all I had to do was the computer work... he did ALL the footwork... GO Steve!!!

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