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BAPM 2007 - San Francisco Bay Area Prototype Modelers Meet

The 2007 BAPM meeting had previously been held in the spring, and efforts were made to do that again. However, scheduling conflicts made those dates untenable. If you think getting something like this off the ground is easy, think again!

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Original Announcement

The following is the official announcement regarding BAPM for 2007:

The Bay Area Prototype Modelers (BAPM) organizing committee held a meeting recently to discuss whether or not to host this year's annual Railroad Prototype Modelers (RPM) meet in Fremont, CA. We originally scheduled April 28, which was moved back one week to May 5th to accommodate another RPM event that required changing their meet date. At the time we re-scheduled BAPM 2007, we were aware the Pacific Coast Region (PCR) of the NMRA was holding their own convention in Santa Cruz, CA the same weekend. Believing we could still attract attendees, we pressed ahead with our plans.

Over the past weeks it became increasingly apparent that some of the expected attendees (also clinicians) we hoped to get from the PCR event could not attend BAPM. This would likely severely impact the attendance, perhaps not come close to the break-even point required to host the event. Therefore, we regrettably announce BAPM is hereby canceled for 2007.

Meanwhile, we're at work planning BAPM 2008, along with returning to hosting the meet on our customary last weekend in April. When we initiated BAPM several years ago, careful checking showed no other local railroad groups hold events that weekend. Winterail is always the 2nd Saturday in March; the Western Pacific Historical Society holds its convention in early April; and the NMRA's PCR generally uses early May for their convention/meets.

Please mark your calendars now and make plans to attend BAPM 2008!

Bay Area Prototype Modelers
BAPM 2008
Saturday, April 26, 2008
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Marriott Hotel
46100 Landing Parkway
Fremont CA 94538
http://marriott.com/property/propertypage/SJCFM

The BAPM organizing crew consists of: Elizabeth Allen, Thom Anderson, Ryan Martin, Bob Pires, Dave Pires, Rob Sarberenyi, and Harry Wong