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Mailing List Archive
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| New Meetup: Tuesday Strolling - Announcing a new Meetup for The Windy City Walkers! What: Tuesday Strolling When: July 15, 2008 7:00 PM Where: Click the link below to find out! Meetup Description: Meet in the garden/bench area between the Trib | Barbara | Jul 14, 2008 |
| Week night walks - WCWers, We are at a point where some members would like me to schedule twice-weekly walks in the evenings, but I won't always be at them. I alternate my time between the city and the suburbs. So I will schedule Tuesday and Thursday evening walks | Barbara | Jul 14, 2008 |
| Thursday Strolling July 17 7PM - Thursday Strolling Due to rain, we will have to kick off our week night walking with next Thursday. Check out the website and please RSVP! Barbara | Barbara | Jul 12, 2008 |
| Graceland Cemetery Walk .....Again! - Graceland Cemetery Check out the October 4 (Saturday) walk in Graceland Cemetery. In the fall, we go back to 9AM starting time! | Barbara | Jul 10, 2008 |
| New Meetup: Lincoln Park Loop - Announcing a new Meetup for The Windy City Walkers! What: Lincoln Park Loop When: August 2, 2008 8:30 AM Voluntary donation: $1.00 per person Where: Click the link below to find out! Who should come: | Barbara | Jul 6, 2008 |
| New Meetup: Thursday Strolling - Announcing a new Meetup for The Windy City Walkers! What: Thursday Strolling When: July 10, 2008 7:00 PM Where: Click the link below to find out! Meetup Description: At this posting, Thursday evening is l | Barbara | Jul 6, 2008 |
New Walk: State Street, that great street! - For more details, see the full listing: http://walkers.meetup.com/578/ calendar/8287744/ When: August 10, 2008 8:30 AM Where: Corner S State St & E Roosevelt
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Barbara | Jul 6, 2008 |
| Week night walks - WCWers, If you have any interest in week night walks, please click on "polls" on the home page of our Windy City Walkers website and voice your preference for which week nights are good for you. If we get enough interest, we will | Barbara | Jul 5, 2008 |
| Calendar - Hi WCWers, I just wanted to dash off a quick email about our website calendar , which lists future walks a couple of months ahead (and we've even scheduled one in September and one in October already!) It came to my attention that some walkers | Barbara | Jul 5, 2008 |
| New Meetup: Riverside - Announcing a new Meetup for The Windy City Walkers! What: Riverside When: September 21, 2008 9:00 AM Where: Click the link below to find out! Meetup Description: We will go on a 4 mile walk through a suburb des | Barbara | Jul 2, 2008 |
| New Meetup: Gold Coast Cruise - Announcing a new Meetup for The Windy City Walkers! What: Gold Coast Cruise When: July 5, 2008 8:30 AM Where: Click the link below to find out! Meetup Description: Meet at the Rock Bottom Brewery (outside on the | Barbara | Jun 29, 2008 |
| New Walks on the Calendar - Hello WCWers! Just wanted to alert you all to new walks on the calendar for July and August weekends. Hyde Park architectural walk is being repeated, as are some of our tried and true routes along the lakefront and in Grant Park, as well as the rout | Barbara | Jun 14, 2008 |
| Summer Walking Schedule - Good Morning WCWers, Eighteen votes have been cast in our walking times poll, as many as ever have been cast in our past polls. If we leave the poll up longer, we may get a few more votes, but I think if you look at it, you can see the direction peo | Barbara | Jun 10, 2008 |
| Earlier times - WCWers, Now that summer is here, it can get very warm under that ozone-depleted sky if it's sunny! It has been suggested we start earlier in summer months so that by the time we finish the walk, we'll be inside at brunch and out of the sun | Barbara | Jun 8, 2008 |
| July, August calendar - Hi WCW'ers! Just a heads-up to tell you there are July and some August walks already on the calendar. Some new, some tried and true. You may want to scan the calendar now. We have gotten such positive feedback about the walks and the fri | Barbara | Jun 4, 2008 |
| Changes to Meetup.com website - Hi WCWers! Just a heads-up to let you all know that this morning I "attended" a webcast by Meetup.com for meetup organizers, showing changes and improvements that Meetup.com is initiating in the near future. So when you log in an | Barbara | May 16, 2008 |
| Two Walks' Dates Switched - Hello WCWers! Please accept my sincerest apologies, but we have decided to switch the June 14 walk with the June 29 walk, due to availability of walk leaders. I hope this doesn't cause any inconvenience for any of you and that you will tak | Barbara | May 15, 2008 |
| Grant Park Meander - Grant Park Ramble Let's spend some time together walking through Grant Park! From Millennium Park over the footbridge, through the beautiful gardens to Buckingham Fountain! We'll s | Barbara | May 15, 2008 |
| Lincoln Park Loop - Lincoln Park Loop Route created for our June 7, Saturday morning walk in Lincoln Park....we'll end up for breakfast at the renowned Ranalli's on Belden and Clark! Come on | Barbara | May 15, 2008 |
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Pier and Park Walk - I've updated this meeting. For more details, see the full listing: http://walkers.meetup.com/578/calendar/7923940/ When: Saturday, May 17, 2008 at 9:00 AM Where: Navy Pier
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Barbara | May 12, 2008 |
| Sweet Home Chicago - Sweet Home Chicago WCWers, Bear with me....still learning how to communicate new walks, etc. with the membership! Thanks! Barbara | Barbara | May 12, 2008 |
| Step to the Blues! - New walking meetup June 6, Friday, 7PM! | Barbara | May 12, 2008 |
| Newly Scheduled Walks - Check out our calendar as we have added dates for weekend June walks....walking routes to be announced soon....but you may want to mark your calendars with the dates! We'll soon be trying a few evening walks -- Thursdays or Fridays -- as voted | Barbara | May 12, 2008 |
| Museum Campus Circle - New Walk! When: Saturday, May 24, 2008 at 9:00 AM Where: Shedd Aquarium 1200 S Lake Shore Drive Chicago, IL 60605 Voluntary donation: USD1.00 per person You can always get in touch with me | Barbara | May 12, 2008 |
| New Walk May 15, Thursday 10AM - Can anyone make a weekday morning walk? This one is shorter and quicker (approximately 40 minutes) than our usual weekend walks. Focus is just on the exercise, but the location is lovely! | Barbara | May 10, 2008 |
| Tell us what you think! - New poll on website. If you want to be "heard", please cast your vote(s) on the new poll (and any open poll) on our website! We are still in the process of determining what our members would like as far as frequency of offered walks. | Barbara | May 9, 2008 |
| May 10 RSVPs: 9 Yes, 2 Maybe, 7 No - Please RSVP either "yes", "maybe", or "no" to our walks! :) So far the tally for the May 10 Meander is 9 yes, 2 maybe, and 7 no. Still plenty of room for anyone wishing to join us last minute! I've als | Barbara | May 9, 2008 |
| FYI: Dues cancellation - Hi WCWers! Based on possible problems with yearly dues that organizers of several other meetups explained to me, it has been decided not to have yearly dues for WCW. Instead, we'll follow suit with what some other meetups do to cover costs | Barbara | May 8, 2008 |
| Olive Park Stroll cancelled - Hi everyone, Due to lack of "yesses", tomorrow night's walk at Olive Park has been cancelled. We'll add it to the calendar another week. Barbara | Barbara | May 7, 2008 |
| Polls - WCWers, There are two new questions on our polls for you to add input. Please go to the polls and voice your opinions, so that future walks can reflect the wishes of our members more accurately. Thanks, Barb | Barbara | May 4, 2008 |
| Revision to email re: dues - Hi WCWers! In hindsight, perhaps I should've offered a "trial" walk with the group for all new members, before suggesting a $5.00 yearly membership fee. We thought the dues were quite minimal, but it would be nice for a new membe | Barbara | May 3, 2008 |
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Meeting details changed: Lake and Park Meander - I've updated this meeting. For more details, see the full listing: http://walkers.meetup.com/578/calendar/7865545/ When: Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 9:00 AM Where: Navy Pier
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Barbara | May 3, 2008 |
| New Meeting: Pier to Olive Park Stroll - Announcing a new meeting for The Windy City Walkers! What: Pier to Olive Park Stroll When: Thursday, May 8, 7:00 PM yearly membership fee: USD5.00 payable your first walk Where: Click the link below to find out! | Barbara | May 3, 2008 |
| Yearly Dues - Dear WCWers, Today at our first walk, we discussed the idea of fees or dues (since running the meetup is $144/year for the organizer). Several options were suggested. It was decided that we initiate at one-time per year dues of $5 per member, payab | Barbara | May 3, 2008 |
| In Case of Rain - Hi WCW's, In case of rain for a scheduled walk, please be sure to check the website (if possible) an hour before we take off. I'll watch the weather until that late for us all, rather than making a decision the night before. If we cancel it too ear | Barbara | Apr 28, 2008 |
| Welcome! - Welcome to Windy City Walkers, everyone who has signed up so far! I'm not sure if Meetup.com has sent out the automatic "welcome" I created for new members, and I want to be sure you all feel welcome, so I'm emailing the group personally. | Barbara | Apr 20, 2008 |
| Polls - Hi New Members, If you would like to help determine the path this group takes, why not take a moment to answer the polls on the website about best places, days and times to walk? More walks will be arranged then for the majority votes. | Barbara | Apr 19, 2008 |
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