The official letter
===Greetings all!

===Walking the Thresholds 6 is about upon us, and we are about to reach the final pre-registration cut-off.

http://www.rialian.com/elvsgath.htm

===People may note that the gate fee has risen significantly. This has been done to hopefully encourage people to register at least a week ahead of time...as I have to order things such as porta-pots...and there is nothing quite so annoying as not having enough of those...(chuckle)

===In the past, I was able to get away with not having my numbers so early...but the gather has gotten large enough that this is no longer really feasable for me. We have always had a lot of people simply show up and pay at the gate at the last minute, and request some financial hardship understanding in their gate fee. And I have been able to eat the cost.

===This year I am unable to do so. If I do not hear from people before the 25th, I cannot put your name on the list of pre-paid folks that I submit to the site...which is being very kind and handling gate registration for me this year.

===Please contact me if you want to discuss your situation. This year I cannot promise that I can be as nice as I have been in the past.

===We are currently at the standard level of pre-reg...and last year I had over 70 people attend, many of whom were at-the-gate.

===I have based my porta-pot estimates on that pre-reg. I cannot change this after the 25th. Please be kind to us all, and pre-reg.

===There is no official meal plan this year. I have had a few people in the community offer to help out so that there can be something...some offers viable, some not. I will be contacting those people by Sunday to start the finalization process for that issue. My own inclination is to get back to the basics of hearth....a kitchen area near the hearth with people volunteering and feeding the people that put in for the hearth. No one at that hearth shall be turned away....offer what you can (honestly).

===Anyone with comments, suggestions, or concerns should feel free to contact me personally.

Rialian