Whats the status?
Hey Everyone,
Are we still going to meet?
- Marcus
I still want to
HI Marcus and everyone else,
I am sorry not to have bee very active lately. I would still like to see this come off. If the location is still available then I would like to set up the specifics. Right now, I am typing with a broken finger so I am not sure just how good I will be but would still like to meet. Everyone give me a shout and let me know how many would be able to attend. Right now, it looks like at least 20.
Marcus, I will be contacting you directly over the weekend. Sorry but I have been very busy with work and such. Just got back from a week long class on certification for becoming a webmaster 
Now I just need the increase in pay that goes along with it 
Peace,
Dave
Latest update
Sorry but I have been kept very busy between work and the family.
In any event this is still possible but I want everyone to know that this
will be very informal. There will not be any structured training program nor
demonstrations. This will be a short informal get together for people to meet and more or
less say hello. After wards we will be going out to dinner or a light snack. Right now
it looks like we can have use of the school from 10:00am to 12;00 noon. I am firming up the details and will post them shortly.
Thanks for keeping me on my toes as I needed the reminder. Hopefully, if this works out and enough people express interest I woulfd like to do something more organized towards next summer. My goal is to bring various families together and give everyone an opportunity to see another perspective.
I will say there has been some conern expressed to me offlist regarding some past negative experiences. I hope that by keeping this as informal as possible and limiting some of the time that this can come off in a positive light. Hopefully, this can be used to build on for future meetings and gatherings in this area.
I look forward to meeting many of you from the WCML and hopefully will be able to use this event as a means of cementing and establishing friendships and we can all work towards making this art grow within our area.
Happy Thanksgiving,
Peace,
Dave
Meeting
Greetings,
I must regret I will not be able to attend the Dec. 2 meeting. I was really looking forward to meeting everyone, and hope to do so the next time around. Due to business reasons, I will not be available for that weekend.
Dave, if you are in New York City at another time, perhaps we can meet at your convenience.
Marcus, hope all is well. I am still down for dim sum!!
Regards,
Tom
Heres the address
Hello All,
I received confirmation of the schools availability. As of right now the time will be from 10:00am to 12:00 noon on this coming Saturday December 2nd. It will be a very informal meeting with no formal instruction or demos but a time to meet and establish friendships. If this is successful then a more formal organized event will be planned for the coming year. The person allowing us to utilize the school has also graciously offered to provide Dim Sum for those in attendance. So please email me and let me know how many will be able to attend. I look forward to meeting all of you. The address is:
The school address is:
101-60 99th Street Ozone Park Queens NY 11420
Http://www.mapquest.com provides good directions 
Peace,
Dave
Reminder
Hello All,
Just a reminder to everyone that this will be taking place this Saturday from 10am to noon at:
101-60 99th Street Ozone Park Queens NY 11420
I hope to see many of you there.
Peace,
Dave
Hello All,
Yesterday the first informal gathering of Wing Chun Practitioners on the East Coast was held in the New York City area. Unfortunately, this fell far short of hoped for expectations. I think that the fates conspired against us as only one person showed up for the event. Despite having several people express interest in attending Tom was the only one who made it.
I realize that things happen which could have prevented others from attending. I myself was unable to make it. I had one of the worst days of my life which started at 2:30 in the morning and is still ongoing. Still, I would like to publicly acknowledge and thank Marcus Pasram for going forward with the event and allowing the use of his school. I spoke to Marcus and we would like to try this again after the New Year. Hopefully more people will be able to attend. I know that I will plan to be in New York the night before to eliminate any possibility of a repeat on my part.
For those who intended to come and were unable to make it I hope we can do this sometime in the future. To Tom I apologize for not making it up myself. I feel as if I let you and the others down by not being able to follow through and I was really looking forward to meeting with many from this list. Suffice it say the reason I was unable to attend was a combination of many things, from a server outage at work to some transportation changes at the last minute. Still, I hope we can try this again. I know I will keep at it till I get it right.
Peace,
Dave