There have been a few open invites for meet-ups of WTW folks in the past couple years, events where someone posted "Hey, I'm gonna be
here on
this weekend. Anyone want to join me?" I've done that myself and enjoyed it.
But what I'm talking about is a WTW rally something like the two I attended:
-- the one in October 2010, which got its organization started with this thread:
October 2010 and became "official" with this thread:
WTW October Pork Rally
-- and the one in October 2011,
October Black Rock?
And there have been others -- before my time or that I couldn't attend.
One reason for a little bit of "organization" is for
WHEN -- to try to pick a date when most people (who want to) can attend and/or a date far enough in the future that people can plan their schedules
to be free then. No date will work for
everyone who wants to attend, of course...but a little polling well in advance will improve the odds.
Another reason for a little organization is for
WHERE. Like, if most of those interested in getting together
somewhere live in northern Calif or Oregon the "where" probably wouldn't be near Anza Borrego. Or if there was
a lot of interest, the "where" probably shouldn't be a regular individual-site campground that will be too full on a weekend.
The 2010 Rally was kinda formally organized because
group food was prepared, so attendance needed to be planned in advance and limited...maybe the location also set a size limit?
The 2011 Rally required less organization because no group food was happening, and it was located at a big primitive BLM campground in kinda the middle of nowhere with little risk of being too full.
If this idea seems to have real interest we can move this topic to Trip Planning or start a new one there.