Mark; You are to be commended as a "relative newbie" for utilizing the club's website as a reference resource to answer some of your valid questions. That's exactly why the site was created.

Mid-week next week, this message board will in all probability be deserted ... as many of the people who regularly post information on this bb will be in Las Vegas attending the annual CC & GTCC INTERNATIONAL convention. In the event that you are not planning to attend the club convention, it would be a good opportunity for newbies like yourself to explore the club website even further and familiarize yourselves with what past history has been preserved. Go back into the archives of not only the club website, but the archives that are available on thechipboard.com. There is lots of useful information that has been saved by Greg Susong who owns and services this chipboard.com site. Some of the information you will find might not be so useful ... but I'm sure you'll discover much of it to be entertaining reading if you become bored.

I'm out of here early tomorrow morning on my way West, with a flight change in St Louis (and hopefully a volunteer "bump" or two). Looking forward to meeting many of you for the first time next week. Brenda and I will be in Laughlin for two nights prior to the convention opening, but we plan to be attending Greg's wild party at Palms on Tuesday night.

Happy chip hunting to all .....