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[Stephen Michael Kellat <skellat@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I guess this is what happens when I come up with an idea before I have 
to quickly shuffle off to work.
Northeast Ohio is pretty darned big.  My earlier call was partly a test 
to see how we all conceived northeast Ohio.  For the size of a 
community, the entire northeast quadrant of Ohio is too darned big.  One 
of the notions behind the statistical areas mentioned earlier that I 
really should have explained further is that those areas are ones that 
are connected economically and culturally per the Census Bureau's 
reckoning.  If anything they also align with major arterial 
transportation routes.
The notion of ReLoCos is great.  The big issue is finding the right size 
for such communities.  Working with the northeastern quadrant of the 
state as a basis makes for an awfully big territory where few could 
gather together on any sort of regular basis.  Breaking things down into 
smaller components has an advantage compared to a community in which 
everybody is an hour's drive or more apart.
I'll back off on the idea of a meeting at this point.  We still need a 
bit of a census to put pins on a map so we can see where people are 
grouped physically.
And with that being said I need to go check on power supplies and see 
about rebooting the router in light of these storm cells rolling 
through.  My System76 netbook is tethered with my Nokia E71x on prepaid 
service at the moment.  Since I won't have 3G service locally until June 
30th, things are a little slow being online this way...
SMK


On 05/25/2011 06:25 PM, Joseph Zitt wrote:
> For what it's worth, I'm eager to be involved in things. I live in Cleveland Heights near Coventry, but I don't have a car and work wacky retail hours.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On May 25, 2011, at 4:23 PM, "Stephen Michael Kellat"<skellat@xxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>
> > As Paul Tagliamonte is soon to depart as leader I want to get a grip on
> > how many folks on-list are in northeast Ohio.  For these purposes we can
> > consider Cuyahoga, Lake, Geauga, and Ashtabula counties as being the
> > northeast.
> >
> > I want to organize a gathering in the resort area of Geneva-on-the-Lake
> > the weekend after Memorial Day Weekend for NEO ReLoCo folks.  Putt-Putt
> > and Karaoke are both possibilities if cards are played right.  After a
> > bit of socialization at the outdoor area of Firehouse Winery we could
> > select a new leader then while sharing fellowship.
> >
> > How does this sound?
> >
> > Stephen Michael Kellat
> > Ashtabula Township, OH
> >
> >
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