Mid-Month Newsletter

Hello Mid South Scrappers ~

I've got a couple of quick updates for you ...

All Day and Into the Night Crops - At this time there is not an "All Day and Into the Night Crop" scheduled for July as I'm looking for another venue to host it. The hotel did negotiate with me, if you can call it that, by reducing the rate by a whole $25! That's a drop in the bucket compared to their increase. I've already checked out a couple of the other hotels near that Holiday Inn and their Meeting Rooms are just too small. The Pickering Center and the Homebuilder's Association are WAY too expensive so I'll be looking some more. I do want to hold to the new format of "being on your own" for you foods as this allows everyone to enjoy exactly what they want based on their tastes and lifestyles, so the crop fees will be much lower that the $40 as I'll be looking to keep it in the $20 - $25 range for a 12 hour period. I can tell you that I'll be looking at scheduling a crop for Saturday, July 10th if I can find a suitable location which is two weeks away from Scrapper's Summer Camp.

Scrapper's Summer Camp - Two important things here! First, I'm not going to limit the number of "luxury options" for the weekends. That said, you can go to the website, www.midsouthscrappers.com, and print off your registration form and send it in selecting the "luxury option" which is the bed and table to yourself if that's what you wanted. The second big thing is that there needs to be a whole lot of you sign up filling these cottages so the weekend can go on. At this present time, there's just not enough that have "officially" signed up to keep it afloat. I've heard from several croppers that plan on coming but I can't count you until you register and submit your payment.

Payments ... The deadline for all monies to be in is Friday, June 4th! This date is fast approaching!!!! It's only 3 weeks away from this Friday! That means that there's really not enough time for you to split your payments into three payments unless you're going to make a payment every week, which is fine.

Please note ... Glynn and I will be leaving for vacation this Saturday, May 15th and will not be returning until Monday, May 31st. If you send in your registration, please send me an email letting me know this and what you've paid for so I can mark my tally sheet which I will have with me while we're gone. You'll also need to let me know who your roommate or bed/table mate is depending on what you select if you have someone coming with you. If you don't have someone coming with you, I'll do my very best to place with croppers you're sure to love! You can also call me if you'd prefer at 901-413-1589.

Get the word out to your croppin' buds and get them fired up (and signed up) about spending a summer weekend away with just the girls!

Thanks,

Terry Dunlap
Mid South Scrappers

www.midsouthscrappers.com

Mid South Scrappers May 2010 Newsletter

Mid South Scrappers May 2010 Newsletter

Hello Ladies! We've already had a little taste of the summer that's yet to come so let me tell you what's in store for croppin'...

All Day and Into the Night Crops:

I'd like to thank you for the responses given about the format of the "All Day and Into the Night Crops". The overall consensus was to be "on your own" for your meals. At the April 17th "All Day and Into the Night Crop" I passed out information for the next crop taking this into consideration (along with the hefty rate increase from the Holiday Inn) letting you make your own decisions for your meals as well as your snacks and beverages for this event thus reducing the rate from $40 down to $25. I also changed the hours to 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. as most folks call it a day after that time period anyway. I called this a "bare bones" crop, meaning that you would be paying for your crop space only and I would continue to provide ice for your beverages as well as run the power cords for you to hook up to for your electronic items. I have had no takers for this crop/format to date so I have canceled that booking. I do want to let you know that at $25 for 12 hours, you're paying $2.08 per hour to crop in a climate controlled environment where you have no responsibility for setting up and/or cleaning up, you just come in, crop and go.

Scrapper's Summer Camp:

Registration is underway for our Scrapper's Summer Camp being held the weekend of July 23rd - 25th at Kirkwood National Golf Course in Holly Springs, MS. Registrations for the "luxury option" are full and there have been a few register for the "thrifty option" but we're no where near where we need to be for this weekend to be a "go". I have had several croppers give me a "verbal" intent of coming but can't count you until you officially register. Also, since April is almost over, any payment plan option will have to be fulfilled in a shorter time period as all monies have to be in by June 4th which is five short weeks away. If the "luxury option" is what you really wanted and not being able to have this has stopped you from coming, please send me an email at: terry@midsouthscrappers.com and we'll go from there.

Vendors:

At this time we have two vendors for this event, Melissa Brazelton/Creative Memories and Kristin Taylor/Scrapbook Memory Garden. If you represent a home based paper crafting company and you'd be interested in vending please send me your information and I'll be glad to get with you regarding the criteria for being a vendor.

Thanks,

Terry Dunlap
Mid South Scrappers
www.midsouthscrappers.com

http://midsouthscrapperscropsnweekends.blogspot.com/

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