Date: March 17, 2001 To: Potential 2001 USA ARDF Championships Participants From: 2001 USA ARDF Championships organizing staff Subject: Registration Deadline and Event Update

Response to the 2001 USA ARDF Championships call for participation has been great! The number of early registrations was approximately twice what the organizing committee expected. We have received registrations from individuals and teams all over the United States, as well as Australia, and are expecting registrations from China as well!

The good news is we already have enough registered participants to defiantly go ahead with the event. The bad news is, the organizing committee is beginning to worry we may end up with too many participants registering at the last minute.

Event organizers will soon need to make several commitments on long lead-time items that are tied to the number of participants. These include room accommodations, bus size, t-shirts, food, etc.

To insure a well-organized and trouble-free event, the organizing committee has decided to set the following registration deadlines:

==> May 1, 2001 - 50% deposit on event fees and completed registration form. ==> June 1, 2001 - All event fees paid in full.

Your understanding and cooperation is greatly appreciated. However, if meeting any of the deadlines above poses a hardship, please contact the 2001 USA ARDF Championships organizing committee via email at abqardf@yahoogroups.com and will do what we can on a case-by-case basis - we want to include as many interested ARDFers as possible.

Please pass this information to your ARDF / T-Hunting friends, too. We are looking forward to hosting this event for ARDFers and T-Hunters across the USA and the world, and hope to see you in Albuquerque!

73, Brian, N5ZGT