[Philmont]: We did get our #1 and this is why (MAYBE)

Greetings all,

First, we live in SW PA and received our packet late in the day on
Friday, March 19, 2004.
Mailed the postcard (regular mail) on Saturday and received
confirmation of our first choice (email) Tuesday morning March 23,
2004.

All of which goes to prove nothing, except that it seems to not matter
a whole lot what method that you use to return the postcard.

If many crews want the same trek that week, then it may matter by which
method that you send the card back. That did not affect us, the boys
chose one of the most difficult treks - #3. LOL

Looking forward with great anticipation to June 8, 2004.

Anthony Helpenstell
Trek Advisor
Crew 608-I2
--- Mike Wald <mike_wald10@hotmail.com> wrote:

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Location: Dallas Texas

Package Arrived: Wednesday March 17.

Card Mailed: Thurday March 18 via USPS next day service.

Trek Recieved: 1st Choice #3, on Monday March 22.

Crew had ranked choice in February. Crew chief received packaged,
verified Itenaries, completed the card and mail next day.

Advisor participation near Zero.

>From: "Dave Martin" <dwmartin@stny.rr.com>
>Reply-To: philmont@troop47.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list philmont <philmont@troop47.com>
>Subject: [Philmont]: I didn't get my #1 and this is why
>Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 23:48:13 -0500
>
>Philmont Pholks:
>No, this is not a rant - I have not yet gotten a response to my trek
>selection card and so I cannot say "I didn't get my #1 choice",
>but someone on the list recently opined that all of us who *are* on
this
>list will probably do okay with their choices, better than others who
may
>not be aware of this list, who are not as diligent about returning
their
>card, etc.
>
>Okay, let's test that theory.
>As you receive your trek selection confirmation, if you did *not* get
your
>#1 choice, then please tell the list, and also say if you have an idea
as to
>why:
>- My TREKS packet arrived after many others had already received
theirs
>(like Monday March 22 or later)
>- I didn't return my card immediately
>- I used ordinary US Postal Service mail versus some expedited
delivery
>service
>- I'm a long way from Philmont (like Northeast US) and it takes 3 days
for
>mail to get back there
>- We made some pretty popular choices (we got our #4 or #5)
>- Anything else?
>
>A lack of notes with this subject line will tend to prove the theory:
>despite late packet arrival, etc, we did pretty well.
>
>Dave Martin
>'63, '91, '00, 2004 728-H-2
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Received on Thu Mar 25 19:44:45 2004