Army.ca Hits 10 Years

[Mike Bobbitt]

This December, we‘ll hit the 10th anniversary for this site. To celebrate this milestone, I have a number of ideas in the works.

First and foremost, a significant redesign of the site, as it hasn‘t really changed in a long time. The 10th Anniversary changes are scheduled to be unveiled near the end of July. At the same time, I‘m planning on having a small celebration in one of the local pubs here in Ottawa. Everyone is of course welcome to attend. (Exact date and location TBA.)

As the planning comes together, I‘ll post updates here, but for now I just wanted to get the ball rolling.

If anyone has suggestions on what can be done, please feel free to post them here.

Cheers

 

[Mike Bobbitt]

Hi all,

Well, it‘s time to start planning the 10th Anniversary gathering. Here are the details:

26 July 2003

1415 - Meet at Canadian War Museum
1630 - End of tour
1700 - Supper: location TBD
1900 - Meet at The Brig for a few beer

Note: We have a reservation at the War Muesum, so please try to be there for 1415 if you want to participate. If you want to catch up with us once we hit The Brig, that‘s OK too.

The War Museum‘s address is:
330 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0M8

with a map available here:
http://warmuseum.ca/cwm/cwmeng/cwmcueng.html

So far response has been good, there are a number of people who will be joining us who aren‘t represented in the poll.

It‘ll be a good opportunity to put faces to names and solve the world‘s problems over a few pints. I hope those who are local will be able to attend. If all goes well, this may become a regular affair.

In order to help planning, please let me know if you think you‘ll be able to make it or not.

If you have suggestions, complaints, etc, please reply to this poll with your ideas.

Thanks

 

[Pikache]

Other option is if it was scheduled around CAC for Ontario boys/girls since CAC is in Pet this year...

 

[Mike Bobbitt]

Anyone have the CAC dates? I‘m away for the first half of August, but there may be some crossover...

I recognize that there won‘t be a date that works for everyone (probably not even half of us), but we‘ll try...

 

[Devlin]

Mike:

The dates for CAC according to my OPS O are Aug 11th - 24th. I would like to meet up at the Brig but I am working.

 

[Danjanou]

While not local, it‘s not too far (5 hours) so if I can sneak away from the wife for the weekend (Mike can you send her an e-mail saying I was recalled to the Colours?)I‘ll try and attend.

BTW can we smoke there? Or should I leave the Cubans behind?

 

[Mike Bobbitt]

Thanks for the CAC dates, that‘s good to know. My preference at this point is to go ahead with the 26th and make it a regular event, so nobody feels left out.

We‘re a smoke free area now, though I think patios are still OK, and last time I was there, the Brig had a small one...

Edit: confirmed, they have a patio. Here‘s some general info in the Brig: http://www.ottawaplus.ca/profile/41903/

 

[Mike Bobbitt]

Here‘s another thought: how would people feel about adding a "day event" to this? For example, tour the War Museum, then hit the pub?

Thought it might be more worth while for folks like Danjanou to make the drive if there was more to it...

P.S. Email to domestic 9‘er sent. Now you need to return the favour for me...

 

[Danjanou]

Actually i was thinking of making a weekend of it so I could visit the War Museum. I just realised that I haven‘t been through it in over 20 years.

In the doghouse again with 9‘er (never marry a naval type) so it looks like my weekend will be make up gardening or something similar again.

 

[Mike Bobbitt]

Apparently the Diefenbunker is also a decent Museum now, though I‘ve never been through it. Wouldn‘t be hard to make a pretty full day or weekend out of it...

 

[Pikache]

Hmmm... I‘ve never been to the War Museum before either.

 

[rolandstrong]

Boy, it can be lonely in the military out west. Museums, parties, etc. Anyone wanna come out this way and get run off the road by a VW Van because you wear a uniform? Could be fun...?!?!?

 

[SNoseworthy]

Wow, ten years, good job guys!

 

[kurokaze]

heck, I‘ll come up to Ottawa for a weekend..
might get lost but should be fun!

Visiting the War museum would be a good idea!

 

[Harris]

I‘ll be there.

 

[Mike Bobbitt]

Ok, we now have a reservation at the War Museum for 1415 on the 26th. I‘ve booked us as a party of 15 (minimum required to make a reservation), and I think we‘ll have that many. (We get a slight price break as 15 or more.)

A tour typically takes 90 minutes, after which we‘ll go for supper, then to The Brig. Any suggestions for supper? We could just go to the Brig, but that‘s not very imaginative. I‘d like to make a reservation at the restaurant as well, so we‘re not stuck waiting.

I‘ve updated the schedule above to reflect the changes.

 

[robertmullan]

I will be coming on the 26 July. I plan to bring
my my cartoons with the intention of getting some feedback on which ones should
go into the book or not. Could you poll the ones who responded to see if
they would be interested in doing this or not
Cheers

Robert Mullan :rocket:

My cartoons:
http://www.rcaca.org/Mullan-Humour.htm
http://regimentalrogue.tripod.com/mullan/cartoons.htm
http://www.geocities.com/hollywood/theater/7041/humour.html
http://www.canadaka.net/cka/modules.php?name=News&new_topic=30
http://www.canadaka.net/cka/modules.php?op=modload&name=My_eGallery&file=index&do=showgall&gid=33
http://www.militarymags.com/cartoon1.htm

 

[Mike Bobbitt]

Just a reminder to everyone that the site‘s 10th Anniversary gathering is taking place on Saturday, July 26th. Schedule follows:

1415 - Meet at Canadian War Museum
1630 - End of tour
1700 - Supper at The Brig

Note: We have a reservation at the War Muesum, so please try to be there for 1415 if you want to participate. If you want to catch up with us once we hit The Brig, that‘s OK too. I expect we‘ll be there for a few hours.

The War Museum‘s address is:
330 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0M8
[Map]

So far response has been good, I expect there‘ll be about 10-15 of us. If you‘re planning on joining us, please post if you haven‘t already, so I have accurate numbers.

Looking forward to meeting some of the folks I‘ve come to know here!

Thanks

P.S. I‘ll bring Army.ca shirts for $15 for anyone who wants to buy one.

 

[Mike Bobbitt]

I should also mention that I‘ll be unveiling the new web site that weekend. I‘ve been working on updates for the last few months, so stay tuned for some big changes.

 

[Mike Bobbitt]

We‘re confirmed at the Brig for 1700, and if the weather‘s nice, they‘ll hold a spot on the patio for us.