Reminder Mail sent to guests who confirmed their RSVPs

To: (Picn*x XVI guests)
From: "Picn*x 16 Reservations" <picnx16_rsvp@linuxpicnic.org>
Subject: reminder: Linux Picnic today

Just a reminder - the Linux Picnic is Saturday!  (That's today when most
of you read this.)  This is being sent to guests who confirmed their RSVPs.

Guests should plan to attend between 11AM and 4PM.  Volunteers should
start arriving around 8-9AM.  Actually, anyone who wants to help can find
things to do at any time between setup and cleanup.  If you can only help
a little, it's still appreciated!

The Sunnyvale Baylands Park is in Sunnyvale (about 5 miles north of
San Jose) just north of Hwy 237 at Lawrence/Caribbean.  The park charges
$5 per vehicle for entry.  Save your receipt in case you need to leave
and come back in.  Turn *right* after entering and park anywhere.
(That's the other side from last year.)
   http://maps.google.com/maps?q=37.410831+N+121.996919+W&t=h&z=17

The Baylands Park is a beautiful place with walking and cycling trails.
We have reserved the Meadowlands and Indian Grass Circle picnic areas.

Wi-Fi at the site is again provided by Finisar Corp, whose offices are
across the street, and by a Wi-Fi relay station you'll see in the parking
lot, a Jeep with a big dish antenna, by volunteers of the Silicon Valley
Wireless Users & Experimenters (SVWUX).

Please note that the "Great Meadow" sports field is shared among all users
of the park and is not exclusively reserved by us.

We're obligated to let you know the park rules:
* Nothing can be attached to or leaned on trees.
* The park is a wildlife refuge.  Do not bring pets.  If you see any
  animals, leave them alone - don't even feed them.
* The park only allows beer or wine to be consumed as part of a meal.
  All other alcohol is forbidden.
* No soliciting is allowed in the park.

While there are some things which sponsors are giving away, please be sure
to ask before taking anything.  For example, some volunteers brought some
beer for themselves a couple years ago and it disappeared shortly after
they arrived to work on the picnic.

If you want to help, we'll be happy to accept help with setup, registration
table, cooking, and then cleanup at the end.

If you have an Amateur Radio license, Hams will be on these frequencies:
* 446.5 simplex within the park - set your handheld radio to this
* Charlie Repeater 147.855- 100pl - talk-in and transit shuttle dispatch
Please bring your HT and be part of our emergency response network.
We'll use Amateur Radio to dispatch the transit shuttle.  Hams can help by
offering to make transit shuttle runs to pick up people at shuttle stops.

We have 8 groups totalling 15 people who requested shuttle pickup.  We'll
send them a cell number to call for pickup in a separate message.  But if
anyone else needs to be added, send an e-mail to
   picnx16-shuttle@linuxpicnic.org
with your name, the pickup location (VTA Crossman or Old Ironsides, Sunnyvale
Caltrain or Amtrak Great America) and and the scheduled arrival of your train
or bus.  We'll also have one pickup at San Jose International Airport.

Thanks to the Open Source Partner Organizations which have promoted Picn*x 16
on their web sites and mail lists:

  BayLISA       http://www.baylisa.org/
  Haiku OS      http://www.haiku-os.org/
  LUGOD         http://www.lugod.org/
  sbay.org      http://www.sbay.org/
  Smaug         http://www.scruz.org/
  SVWUX         http://www.svwux.org/

And let's close our e-mail with an acknowledgement to the sponsors who made
Picn*x XVI possible.  The sponsors paid for the food, t-shirts, park
reservation and supplies.

  Oracle Technology Network     http://otn.oracle.com/linux
  BayLISA                       http://www.baylisa.org/
  GroundWork Open Source        http://www.groundworkopensource.com/
  Untangle                      http://untangle.com/
  No Starch Press               http://www.nostarch.com/

Also, a "thanks again" to the Picn*x 15 sponsors because the sponsorship
surplus from 2006 was applied to this year's picnic as well.