This appears to not have gotten thru to CH on Friday, so I am re-sending it. ~~~ All, It's time to start moving on this. Cut-off date for receiving your checks is Thursday, September 21, 2000. Just spoke to Mary Garcia at 4:10 PM Pacific Time.. They started picking this week. She's got us scheduled for picking & into the Driscoll' cooler in Oxnard, CA on Th., 9/28/00; Carlos of Guzman Bros. Trucking has penciled us in for pickup from that cooler and drive them up to our Grey Bears cooler on Fri., 9/29/00, probably around 10 PM. Mary needs to know the size of our order a week ahead, so I need to have your checks in hand by Th., 9/21/00. So far, Bill Gosper has ordered 3 boxes of savinas & his $90 check is in hand. Dan Laybourn & Doug Law (please send your $30 checks) have ordered 1 box of savinas each. Jack Curry has ordered 12 boxes of savinas. That's 17 boxes. We need 33 more to complete the order. Art The below is a repeat of the FIRST CALL on Wed, 23 Aug. 2000. ~~~ For anyone who wants to get in on this low-priced group purchase before the cut-off date (Thursday, 9/21/00): 1) The orders are in 10-lb. box increments. 2) Pre-paid orders only. 3) $30 for each 10-lb. box. 4) The cut-off date for last arrival of checks made out to me is 9/21/00. 5) Please specify # of boxes you want of savinas &/or franciscas. [Please email me ahead so I can keep the Garcias informed on how fast our group buy is getting to the minimum they'll do, and also send confirming note in the snail mail envelope along with your check.] 6) Checks received after the cut-off date will be returned to you in the next postal mail. 7) As usual, the $ after costs - $17 the first year, $404 the second year - will go to the California Grey Bears (CGB): http://www.infopoint.com/sc/orgs/greybears/ http://www.ecoquality.com/sqa/recipgreybears.htm 8) Your pick-up spot for the 10-lb. boxes is the cooler at CGB, 2710 Chanticleer, Santa Cruz, CA (1.831.479.1055): http://www.mapblast.com/myblast/map.mb?CMD=GEO&CT=&IC=&LV=&GMI=&GAD1=&GAD2=&GAD3=&GAD4=&AD2=2710+Chanticleer+Ave&noPrefs=&req_action=crmap&skip=&serch=&PHONE=&noBRP=&remLoc=&AD4=USA&AD2_street=2710+Chanticleer+Ave&AD3=95065&apmenu=&apcode=&selCategory=&x=41&y=9 9) Please also call me in every case to pre-arrange each and any pick-up you'll be doing. Art Pierce pierces@cruzio.com 714 Almond Drive Watsonville, CA 95076-3608 1.831.724.7204 [Only if you're nearly broke: 1.888.723.3038]