_2013 Men's Fall Knitting Retreat Registration

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Labor Day is our traditional date for this event and this year, Labor Day long weekend is Thursday, August 29th - Sunday, September 1, 2013. This retreat marks our FIFTH YEAR at Dumas Bay Center in Federal Way, WA (Near Seattle). We have once again reserved Banquet Room 3 (called Eagleview Room, with AC!!) for our group.

Here’s the price breakdown for the 2013 retreat. The price remains unchanged from last year! __________________________________

Thursday, August 29 - Sunday, September 1st, 2013

Here’s the fee/price breakdown per person:
$290 - Private room for 4 days/3 nights (Thurs-Sun, includes all meals/tea coffee, & LINENS!!!)
$50 - Admin Fee (this compensates me & assistants for our planning and execution time)
$40 - Printing/Supplies Fees/Badges/Thank you cards/postage/phone
$10 - Men’s Knitting Retreat fee (this helps maintain the website and our group liability insurance)
$15 - PayPal Fees (this is now 4% of the total cost and is charged when you transfer money via PayPal)
$5 - Teaching stipend (we are offering a personal gift for each instructor/per class)
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$410 GRAND TOTAL (does NOT include your air fare, gas, shuttles, special field trips, etc.)
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Check-In Time is 3pm (8/29 or thereafter), Check-Out Time is 11am (9/1)
There is a 90 Day Contract Signing deadline (5/30)
There will be ABSOLUTELY no refunds, once we reach the 30 Day mark (7/30)

Directions to the facility are here.

Transportation Recommendations are:

  • Shuttle Express: 1-800-487-7433 or 425-981-7000
  • Local Yellow Taxi : Garry - 206-334-7498 (cell) or 253-941-4802. Garry lives locally and works 5 AM - 5 PM providing airport and other local service
  • Diamond Taxi: Dave 253-275-7208 Dave lives locally and works 4 AM - 4 PM
This year marks the first year that we've needed to put our deposit down in January and sign the contracts. We were able to do this with our surplus from last year. I had earmarked this for scholarships (and, of course, it will be used as such) but it's taking some creative accounting. I have signed our contract and I have made the deposit.  The sooner you can reserve and make your payment, the sooner I will breathe a sigh of relief. If you’re interested in going, please click on the PayPal button to the right of this column of text.

$410

MFKR Scholarship Fund

__I'd also like to contribute to the scholarship fund, to help someone attend the Men's Fall Knitting Retreat who might not otherwise be able to attend.  This year is the first year that we are offering a scholarship to a guy who has never knitted but wants to learn in a retreat setting. Feel free to nominate someone for this year's scholarship(s) by filling out this form. Selection criteria for winners include:
  • Financial Need
  • Contributions to the men's knitting community
  • Diversity
A panel of Men's Knitting Retreat coordinators will select the winner(s).

Specify Amount

Men's Fall Knitting Retreat 2013 Flyer (PDF)

Below you will find a link for a PDF version of the MFKR 2013 poster that you can share with your knitting group or local yarn store that explains what the Men's Fall Knitting Retreat is all about.

If you're having trouble with this download link, try right-clicking and selecting "Save Link As..." and saving the file to your computer. Let us know if you run into issues and we can the file directly to you. Thanks!!!
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