2010 Ximango Calendar is available.

[Webmaster]

Hi Ximango Enthusiasts:

I used some of the photos stored in the gallery at www.xopa.org and pasted together a calendar for 2010 using the iPhoto tools on my Mac. It looks like the price will be $20 + shipping to me and then to you. So I would say the approximate cost will be under $30. If you want one or more please reply with an address. I will pass the bill on to you when I complete the order. I will make special arrangements for international orders, if any.

I have attached a link to the draft of the calendar as a .pdf file (see below). I am not the best at graphics layout and I didn't get everyone's pictures effectively included, but I think I got a good smattering of what was posted. Thanks to Roland Martin, Neil Watt, John Lawton, Rob Morgan, and Horst Stratmann, among others, for submitting photos.

Let's collect up some good pictures during the coming year for next year's calendar. If the response is good this year, I might even get a pro to spend a little more time laying out the calendar.

Happy New Year!

Steve Sliwa
volunteer webmaster

PS - I plan to do some annual maintenance on www.xopa.org after the first of the year. Please send me any suggestions or comments so I can tune it for maximum benefit.

Calendar File [12.4MB]: http://snipr.com/tvukm-lxz

[Webmaster]

The first batch of calendars are in the mail. If you want one, let me know.

[John Lawton]

Hey Steve,

Mine arrived on Saturday. Great work!

Regards,

John Lawton
Whitwell, TN (TN89)
Ximango #135

[Ron Snedecor]

Hey Steve,

Just got my calendar. You must have put a lot of work into it. It's beautiful. Thank you.

Ron Snedecor
T Ximango #115

[Cliff Goldman]

Hey Steve --

Great calender. I don't recall ordering one (CRS?), or paying for it but I'm not about to send it back. What do I owe you?

Cliff

[Steve Sliwa]

I got a bunch of calendars and distributed. I have a few more. Rather than going through the pain of issuing invoices and depositing checks, this year I am just encouraging people to make a donation to a favorite charity, perhaps one that supports Haiti. Calendar plus postage came in at about $25.

Next year I hope to collect more photos in the gallery, hopefully with many XOPA members contributing. I will arrange to put the XOPA calendar into a shopping cart so people can just buy it with credit card or PayPal or something.

In the meantime, I have a few more left. If anyone else lets me know we can send them out. First come, first serve!

[Webmaster]

I got in bed with the owner of Morning Wings and was able to get Ximango products offered through her online shopping cart. Additional calendars can be order at my wife's website:

Morning Wings - Shopping Cart -- Smart Products for Plane People

The product listing can be directly addressed at:

Morning Wings :: Ximango :: XOPA 2010 Calendar

The Morning Wings team will provide the order fulfillment as well.

Regards,

Steve