# Wisconsin Dopers -- Minifest? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 4, 2001, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-dopers-minifest/53076 "2001-02-04T03:59:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gazoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce73a5/32.png) [@Gazoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazoo)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2001, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-dopers-minifest/53076/1 "2001-02-04T03:59:56Z")
I don’t know, whatd’ya think? **Sledman** and I are already here in Stevens Point, **ChiefWahoo** will be in town next weekend. That’s three. Anyone else in the area? I’ll send **Bottle of Smoke** an e-mail and see if he’s able. ---
**Author:** ![Gazoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce73a5/32.png) [@Gazoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazoo)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2001, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-dopers-minifest/53076/2 "2001-02-04T04:57:13Z")
BTW, other than those mentioned in the OP, who else is from WI? ---
**Author:** ![Thrashbarg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Thrashbarg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thrashbarg)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2001, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-dopers-minifest/53076/3 "2001-02-04T07:48:40Z")
I’m from WI, Hayward to be exact. Don’t think I can get to Stevens Point next weekend, but I’m all for the idea some other time. Anyone else? ---
**Author:** ![Skarecrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Skarecrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skarecrow)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2001, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-dopers-minifest/53076/4 "2001-02-04T07:56:38Z")
I’m in Door County, though I doubt next weekend is doable I would be interested in one in the future. ---
**Author:** ![Gazoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce73a5/32.png) [@Gazoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazoo)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2001, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-dopers-minifest/53076/5 "2001-02-04T15:36:18Z")
Hey **Thrashbarg** and **Skarecrow** , good to see some more Wisconsin dopers. Yeah, I guess a week is a little on the short-notice side. We should try to plan something for Spring or Summer perhaps. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2001, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-dopers-minifest/53076/6 "2001-02-04T15:54:59Z")
I’ve been tossing the idea of a WI dopefest around my head lately. Maybe summertime in Madison? No rush yet, _hay tiempo_ I know **pkbites** and **Qadgop the Mercotan** are somewhere in the Milwaukee area. **Myron Van Horowitzki** is a Wisconsonian and I know there are more. It’s short notice, but if you can make it to Point this weekend I give you the gold Wahoo guarantee of a good time. ---
**Author:** ![Gazoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce73a5/32.png) [@Gazoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazoo)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2001, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-dopers-minifest/53076/7 "2001-02-04T16:20:40Z")
**ChiefWahoo** - when are you coming in to town? Is the first destination Partner’s? ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2001, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-dopers-minifest/53076/8 "2001-02-04T16:45:30Z")
I should be in Point around 8:00pm on Fri. I usually start my Point weekends at Ella’s, but I could be convinced to go to Partner’s. I’ll leave it up to the hometown boys. ---
**Author:** ![Gazoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce73a5/32.png) [@Gazoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazoo)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2001, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-dopers-minifest/53076/9 "2001-02-04T17:19:13Z")
I’ll see what **Sledman** thinks. He’s in the Twin Cities right now though. Hmm, I haven’t been to Ella’s in ages… ---
**Author:** ![timmar68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/97f17d/32.png) [@timmar68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/timmar68)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2001, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-dopers-minifest/53076/10 "2001-02-04T22:25:33Z")
I just signed and on and read the post. I live in WI, too, in Eau Claire. I wouldn’t have made it to the get together anyway. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Gazoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce73a5/32.png) [@Gazoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazoo)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2001, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-dopers-minifest/53076/11 "2001-02-04T22:59:01Z")
Hey **MaryAnnQ**!! Yeah, like I said, probably short notice. We’ll have to work on a Summer Dopefest though! ---
**Author:** ![Sledman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Sledman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sledman)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2001, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-dopers-minifest/53076/12 "2001-02-05T04:18:53Z")
Lunatic13 needs to check in on this thread too. Rassafrassa &\*&^^#@^%\*&#\*^ I think I would miss the Point Dopefest anyway. Go away for a weekend of ice fishing and excessive drinking with a college buddy in Minnesota come back late today and what should I find awaiting me on my answering machine. Wow…How did you guys know it was a message from work saying I fly out to the state of Washington tomorrow and won’t fly back till saturday night. WTF!!! I am tired and my brain is probably in need of 2 days of recovery time. And no big deal it is just a blockbuster deal our company is trying to win. No pressure!! Sorry needed to vent… Anyway I think a summer gathering may be in order. Maybe I can make a Saturday night gathering this weekend also. Keep me or the wife posted Gazoo!! ---
**Author:** ![AquaPura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@AquaPura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AquaPura)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2001, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-dopers-minifest/53076/13 "2001-02-05T08:49:50Z")
Im in WI too, the Milwaukee area. Next weekend wont work , but Im up for some planning ahead~! ---
**Author:** ![Skarecrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Skarecrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skarecrow)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2001, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-dopers-minifest/53076/14 "2001-02-05T14:46:22Z")
I think summer in Mad town sounds good. ---
**Author:** ![Kvallulf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@Kvallulf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kvallulf)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2001, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-dopers-minifest/53076/15 "2001-02-05T18:03:48Z")
I live in Madison! ---
**Author:** ![Gazoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce73a5/32.png) [@Gazoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazoo)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2001, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-dopers-minifest/53076/16 "2001-02-05T18:10:09Z")
Cool, we almost have a full gaggle of Wisconsin Dopers so far. Let’s look for sometime in the summer. Madison? ---
**Author:** ![Montgomery\_Burns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/db5fbb/32.png) [@Montgomery\_Burns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montgomery_Burns)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2001, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-dopers-minifest/53076/17 "2001-02-05T18:23:21Z")
Another Madison-area resident checking in. If it is not beyond my bounds as a sporadic poster (and if it is, I’ll leave it up to the veterans), I would nominate the Union Terrace as a spot to meet. You can’t beat the terrace in the summer for any kind of gathering. ---
**Author:** ![Gazoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce73a5/32.png) [@Gazoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazoo)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2001, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-dopers-minifest/53076/18 "2001-02-05T18:31:23Z")
Well, if we go with Madison, I’ll let the locals come to a concensus on locale. I haven’t been out in Madison for probably 10 years or so, so I don’t think I’d be of much help. ---
**Author:** ![Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myron_Van_Horowitzski)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2001, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-dopers-minifest/53076/19 "2001-02-05T19:21:53Z")
Hey, I’m in! Madison, for sure, this summer. Although Point is nice too, and we often pass by there on our way up to the NortWoods. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2001, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-dopers-minifest/53076/20 "2001-02-09T13:43:02Z")
So what’s the story for this weekend? I’ll probably be at Ella’s around 16 hours a day, whenever I’m not out trying to kill myself on the rugby field. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-dopers-minifest/53076.md?page=2)