Gene McCracken (Clan MacNaughton) has asked me if the rabble would like to rent a tent space next door to the MacNaughtons for Woodland.

See, the thing is that while they like having us around and they enjoy being sort of honorary X-Markers, a dozen X-Markers DOES make the tent a bit tight when other MacNaughtons show up. So they have a proposal for us for Woodland, and I'd like to suggest to all of us that we consider this for Woodland, Dunsmuir (?), Campbell, and Pleasanton as well.

(No MacNaughton tent at Livermore and Casey/Alan do the tent at Ben Lomond)

Gene says that if we'll pay for a tent space and a tent, then they will reserve TWO spaces under the name of Clan MacNaughton. We have to bring a fold up tent and some furniture, but it will be a space for X-Markers and also "extra" MacNaughton clan members to hang out.
We can't have an X-Marks tent, no Games will recognize us as a Clan and besides Hank et. al. has nixxed the idea. But we can continue to tag along with Clan MacNaughton if we buy a space.

Personally, I'm all for it, and will happily chip in for the space.

If it's $30 for a 10 x 10 space at each of the Games, and we do this at Woodland, Dunsmuir, Campbell and Pleasanton, that would be $120 for the season. I will chip in $30 to the "season tent fund" and will bring two chairs (though I won't be at Dunsmuir).

way2fractious, can we use your tent, or should we splurge for a tent upgrade?
As a gathering place at Livermore, last year we used way2fractious's tent, which worked well. Now way2fractious's tent is a $20 Home Depot special and that polythene cover may not last long, but then maybe instead of buying another tent one of us sewing whizzes can just make a new cover when the cheapo one fails.

Thoughts?