[firstlight (Tony)]

Hi everyone,

We are finalising our preparations for opening registration to this years event. The Queensland Astrofest will be run from afternoon of Friday the 25th July until the Morning of Sunday the 3rd of August. Gates will open for registration on-site at around 4:00pm on Friday.

I will be putting up info on the website as soon as the host can get us back up online. Apparently there has been some sort of electrical discharge and the host is currently rebuilding servers... So at this stage at least we don't have a presence online.

This year we are hiring a large coldroom to hold our supplies, the coldroom at the rear of the kitchen will not be available to any participants, as this will be used by the managers/caterers. Speaking of which, Sue and Ian have moved on, and the Lions Club have appointed new managers. Our committee will be meeting with them after they have had a chance to settle in, but at this stage we expect that the food arrangements will remain much the same as previous years.

Our fee structure is hoped to remain the same, but as we are spending more money on basics, it may rise a dollar or two per person per night.

More info to follow, hopefully on the website in the near future

Tony