A day at the Aquarium: Cleveland Ohio Meetup!

If you're going to be in the Ohio/Great Cleveland area on April 21st feel free to attend if you're able. I'd prefer you RSVP via the Facebook event page (just so I can stay organized) which can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/events/267752569964080/

If you'd like to attend but aren't a member of the Ohio EGL facebook page, please feel free to PM me via LJ with your facebook name so I can send an invite to you.
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We'll start out our day at the NEW Greater Cleveland Aquarium to take photos and look at all the fantastic aquatic life they have there on display.
Afterwards, we'll dine at The Cleveland Harp which is a close drive away and right by the lake. They have Irish inspired food along with american favorites. Brunch, lunch, and dinner served all day, and their prices are very reasonable.

I've inquired with a friend of mine who's a photographer to see if she's available to take photos for the day. Hopefully she'll be able to make it.

There will also be a nice prize raffle while we're there, and other fun things.
Details to come!

Be at the Aquarium by: 12:00 noon *tentative*
Be at the Harp by: 4:00 pm *tentative*

Information for both places can be found here:
http://greaterclevelandaquarium.com/
and
http://www.the-harp.com/menu.html


Now the catch: PLEASE READ -- IMPORTANT INFO --
Aquarium Admission is 21.95 per person. If we are able to get 15 people to attend prices drop to 17.95 per person. However, to get a group rate we have to make reservations and PAY for reservations in advance.

So here's how we're going to do this:
To be able to get the group rates I need at least 15 people to RSVP by March 17th and be able to PAY for the visit in advanced. If we're able to get 15 people by March 17th then I'll send the aquarium a second e-mail making our group reservations for April 21st. I will inform you all when payments need to be made by in order for me to pay for the tickets. I'm going to assume they're going to need to be made ASAP when they confirm our reservation -- so probably by March 23rd or so.

To make this easier on me I'm going to make a comment ON THE FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE  that says "Group Rate Reservations" If you are able to PAY NOW for group rate reservations please just post a little comment under it -- this way I can keep count of how many people are RSVPing and can actually pay me in advance for the group rate. Again, I'll only need this money IF we can get 15 people to RSVP and be able to pre-pay.

If you're reading this on LJ please either join Ohio EGL on facebook so you can get an invite, or PM me on Livejournal with your Facebook name so I can invite you to the event's facebook page.

Just for safety reasons, since if we end up doing a group rate reservation you'll be sending me money via paypal for tickets in advance, here's my EGL feedback page for a reference:
http://eglfeedback.livejournal.com/685372.html

Also, I'm not sure if I can *add* to the group once I put in reservations. So if you want to go, but can't RSVP for the group rate, please don't think you can't attend. You still can, but you'll have to get your ticket full price at the aquarium.

You don't *have* to go to both events. If you can make it to the Harp but not the aquarium, or vice-versa, please let me know so I can make the appropriate reservations.

If we can't get 15 people by March 17th then prices for the aquarium will just be full price, and will be payable at the aquarium that day.

Now that that's out of the way:

PLEASE RSVP for the meetup in general no later than March 24th 2012. I need to be able to tell The Harp how many people are going to be coming, and be sure they set aside room for us if there's a larger group.

Hope to see everyone there!