Applications Finished and a Warning

Things slowed down application wise in March. OK, things stopped application wise in March. Things changed in April: we processed 252 applications in the first week in April. We've added a few since then and we now have 845 people registered. That's everybody but maybe 20 problems. Everyone should have received their confirmation letters by now. If you haven't, please email us. You could be one of the 20 problems or we could have sent your confirmation to the wrong address somehow. If you email us, we can email your confirmation letter to you directly, bypassing that messy mailing stuff.

I mentioned in January that you had until May 15 to buy meals and bus rides. A lot of you took advantage of this and included notes saying that you will be buying meals later. Last year we had roughly 650 people at each meal. So far the most meals we've sold for any meal has been 620 for breakfast at Otsego. We have yet hit 600 at any dinner. I have a feeling that we are going to be deluged with meal requests. If you intend to buy meals, NOW is the time. PALM doesn't make any money on the meals: whatever we collect we give to the people making the meals. (It's a fund raising opportunity for local groups.) After May 15 we give each site the number of breakfasts and dinners to prepare. It's in their financial interest to prepare exactly that many meals. Even if they make a little extra, we are talking about bikers here. They make locusts look like anorexics. Don't expect to buy meals at the site. If you want the meals, buy them now. Here's a link to this year's application. You can use it to order meals and/or bus rides. You don't have to fill it out completely, eg sign the waiver again. Your name would be nice. Please include a stamped self addressed envelope. I am so tired of addressing envelopes.