Tails From The Trail Mix - Vol. 1 No. 1

[Mike Buettner]

I had a phone message this A.M. from a woman who had the winning bid
on the walking poles. One is broken and she couldn't find the New
Outdoor Store in the phone book. I called her back and she had figured
out it was The Outdoor Store with no "New" in the name. She called
them and found it was the store owner bidding against her and that she
is getting an exchange.

But she went on to say what a great event it was. Everything
absolutely perfect and fun. She is becoming a member.

Mike

[Nancy Stephenson]

The store owner was bidding against her? I guess he figured he'd try and get her to pay more, and if not he'd be better off taking them back and re-selling them. Very sorry they were broken... not sure how that happened. Glad for the happy ending.

And it is a happy ending. I thoroughly enjoyed "working" with all of you.  What a great party! We were competing with a lot of activity this weekend, but the folks who came really appreciated what we did, and feel closer to what our group is trying to do. We accomplished quite a bit for trail awareness.

Looking forward to our after-event party, too! We have a lot of wine leftover-- a lot of it is Brian's to return. You all were so generous and supportive. 

(I like your subject line, Mike. We're far from done with these emails, Rick-- get used to it!)

[Nancy Stephenson]

I just talked to the woman who had the broken pole from the Outdoor
Store, because she won a raffle set as well. The guy who was bidding
against her for the poles was named John, and he kindly said that if
she wanted them bad enough she could have them.

When she talked to the Outdoor store on the phone she learned that the
store manager's name (not owner) was John (there are actually 2 'John'
managers there). She assumed it was the same John that was bidding
against her for some unreasonable reason! I talked to the Outdoor
store and it was NOT either of those Johns. Safe to say there are lots
of Johns in town, and well, on a positive note, there are at least two
that are TTHB supporters. :-) Please take The Outdoor Store off your
"shilling-shit-list".
Thanks,
Nancy

On Jun 6, 2010, at 1:15 PM, Mike Buettner wrote:

[Jennifer Mason]

It was my friend Johnny Calkins, NOT the manager of the Outdoor Store.  He really wanted the poles, but then discovered they were women's, so let her outbid him.  We were keeping an eye on it all night, then he told me that he let her have them.  Much ado about nothing, and a case of mistaken identity.
Jenny

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[Jennifer Mason]

Oh, and I will be leaving this Friday so won't be able to make any of the post event get togethers.  I'll be back the beginning of July.
Jenny

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[Corey Tipton]

That's really good news. Thanks for that update, Nancy.

Corey

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[Ingrid Kosek]

Does anyone know what happen to the Mad River kegs?  they haven't been returned yet?
Ingrid

[Mike Buettner]

I would guess either at the Grange or the Northcoast Regional Land Trust on Samoa Blvd. in Arcata. Want me to check?

Mike

[Nancy Stephenson]

Sorry- that task was removed from my list of things to worry about on Saturday night. I heard the NRLT appreciated the leftover beer immensely.

[Jen Rice]

Uh oh, the land trust told me that they returned them... will confirm.
Jen

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[Nancy Stephenson]

Turns out the poles aren't even broken. She's now making other
accusations that we are redistributing raffle winnings to make more
people happy. I've assured her that's not the case. It's time to step
away from her conspiracy theories and cash her check quick-- she's
threatening to stop payment even though she will keep the poles. Like
M Welch says, there may be no way to make her happy. I just hope she
stops calling us before 7am about this. :-(

[Corey Tipton]

I deposited the check with the rest of the cash/checks on Monday, so she won't be able to make that happen, I'm sure.   Corey --- On Wed, 6/9/10, Nancy Stephenson <na...@humboldt1.com> wrote:

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[Mike Buettner]

I say refund her money and end it.

mike

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[Mike Buettner]

We don't want bad PR no matter how wacky she might or might not be. We need to settle up with her.

Mike

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[Mike Buettner]

Customer is always right.

On Jun 9, 2010, at 11:35 AM, Corey Tipton wrote:

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[Corey Tipton]

So does she want a refund AND keep the poles? --- On Wed, 6/9/10, Mike Buettner <mi...@bitman.com> wrote:

[Mike Buettner]

If need be I will hand deliver a refund and pick up the poles. We can use them next year.

Mike

[Corey Tipton]

Sounds good, Mr. Pres. I'll follow your lead.

[Nancy Stephenson]

She still needs to come pick up her chocolate and coffee.  She is thinking there was something else in her basket, like a gift certificate or something. Michael suggested she may have been confused by a neighboring basket that also had coffee in it, along with a Los Bagels certificate. She said she would not have gotten excited about a LB certificate, but she can't remember what she was excited about. If you really want to try and settle with her I can offer to buy her a certificate of her choosing from our sponsors that donated certificates. What do you think? It's a shame...

[Nancy Stephenson]

She's not focused on the poles anymore...

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[Nancy Stephenson]

Haha. No one bid on the Mediation certificate donated to us. We still have that. Perhaps we can give that to her. :-)

[Michael Welch]

PERFECT! - Unless, of course, you have a certificate with a local psychologist.

Nancy Stephenson wrote at 12:26 PM 6/9/2010:

>Haha. No one bid on the Mediation certificate donated to us. We still have that. Perhaps we can give that to her. :-)
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[Nancy Stephenson]

I might need that if we did.

[Mike Buettner]

I would bid on that.

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[Nancy Stephenson]

Hi folks. I wondered about this. I thought maybe Mark took them with
him. Anyone know what happened to Mark's coffee pump pots? Maybe at
the grange still? Yikes. -Nancy

[Jen Rice]

I remember Ingrid washing them out and thought she put them in your truck, but perhaps they went with her... pretty sure sinks were empty. Can ask the NRLT folks or Jack, if not. Probably not far if they got left.

Thanks to you and Mike for going out to the trail tomorrow!!

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Hi folks. I wondered about this. I thought maybe Mark took them with him. Anyone know what happened to Mark's coffee pump pots? Maybe at the grange still? Yikes. -Nancy

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[Michael Welch]

Hi gang. This reminds me.

There was a note in with the NEC wine stemware that we should give them $x for each broken wine glass.

We found two cracked glasses from the North bar, and threw them away. There may have been others, I have no idea.

Also, it was interesting, and understandable, that the CCC crew was NOT allowed to wash anything that had held alcohol.

[Mike Buettner]

I took them To Tara's. Didn't know....

Mike

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[Nancy Stephenson]

Whew- thanks! Tara- can you bring them to me or over to Kinetic Koffee
asap? He needs them by Tuesday.
Thank you. 820 "N" St. #A, Arcata
Nancy 845-2315

[Tara Stetz]

I'm sorry, I meant to ask Mike why I had them.  They're safe and sound.  I can drop them off this weekend.  

-tara

[Mike Buettner]

What a team!

[Nancy Stephenson]

No kidding! Thank you, Tara. Kinectic Koffee is at 550 South G Street, Suite 19, 825-9417 . Not sure if they are open weekends, and my studio is not. I guess we have Monday too, if not this weekend. -N

[Nancy Stephenson]

I found the 2 clear-stemmed glasses. They were my friends' and I paid
them off. Thanks for remembering that.
Will you be joining us on Monday eve, at the Marina? You are welcome
to join us!
I suspect the CCC rule is for a reason. I think a couple of students
at NPA were finishing off wine glasses at our event before they washed
them!

[Michael Welch]

Thanks so much for the invite, but I am heading to Sacramento for my annual trip to the Midwest Renewable Energy Fair.

Otherwise I would LOVE to join you all.

Great job, everyone!

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