Registration for PALM 2007 is closed

I've been on staff for 8 years. Last year was the first time that we ever hit the 700 participant cutoff before May 1, the date cutoff. Last year we were caught off guard and ended up registering over 800 people. This year we were a little better prepared: we posted updated registration counts on the website and the blog to warn people about how many people were registering. Since the schools are smaller this year, we were monitoring the counts more closely. Anything much over 700 will impact the quality of this year's ride. We have received applications from more than 750 people and it is time to close registration. We will start returning checks with letters of regret shortly. We've been dating when we've received applications. It looks like if we've received your application by March 1, you are on the ride.

So far we have mailed out 486 confirmation letters. That means that we have over 200 applications that we haven't finished processing yet. Some of these applications have errors so we can't finish processing them (even though they will be on the ride). Still we are way behind. If you've mailed your application before February 23, you are virtually certain of being on the ride. (We go off of when we received your application, not the postmark. Most of the time you can't read the postmark.) If you mailed in your application after that, the longer it is before you hear from us, the better your chances are. Believe me, everyone who is doing the registration and everybody who is on staff for PALM feels bad about turning down anyone who wants to be on PALM.