Hey everyone;
It's official. The next Florida Laser Enthusiast's Meeting will be held on Friday, January 13th and Saturday, January 14th, 2017. The contract is signed, and the check was sent out last week. We are booked!
I'll be in town Thursday afternoon(ish), so Friday around 10 AM or so I will probably head over to the venue to start setting things up. With luck I will have Brad with me, and maybe Hank as well. Too soon to predict yet if Adam Raugh will be able to join us or not, but we're hoping.
Folks are welcome to show up anytime on Friday to get things loaded in and hooked up. The general plan is to try to go out for dinner Friday night around 7:30 PM or so. (How about Angelo's again? Love me some Italian food...) And yeah, like before we'll probably head BACK over to the venue for some more laser fun after dinner.
Saturday morning we will start things up at 10 AM again, and like always we will run well past midnight. Truthfully, I will probably be at the venue well before 10 AM on Saturday, so if you're up early and want to get in the building early, just give me a call on my cell. (After all, I'll be staying at my Mom's place, which is less than a block away!)
I will bring 4 Pluto RGBs. (All direct-diode, with 462 nm blue and 520 nm green) I will also bring a few other toys to play with, including some FPV quad-copter gear. Not sure yet about the sound system... If I have a covered trailer by then, I'll bring massive sound. If not, I might just bring some smaller speakers and use them in parallel with DZ's system we had last time. To be determined...
Any specific requests for this event?
Adam
PS: I have a call in to the sales office at the Holiday Inn Express in Leesburg (the hotel that is just across the bridge from the venue) asking about group room rental rates, but I have not gotten a call back from them yet. As soon as I get that info, I will post it here. EDIT: Group room rates confirmed: $111 (plus tax) for a single King-size bed, or $120 for two Queen-size beds. Call (352) 742-1600 to reserve your room and mention that you are with the "PhotonLexicon Laser Enthusiast's" group to get the special rates. And remember that these rates are only good if you book before January 1st. EDIT: oops - my bad! The group rate expires on December 29th! After that, you'll pay the full price.