Ok guys - I have the skinny on John. As for the phone number confusion, he changed his phone number a few months ago. I talked to him tonight & he has been very busy lately. He did tell me about a scheduling conflict that has come up for the weekend of the Dragon. He works a certain event every year for the last 11 years & he thought it was the weekend AFTER the Dragon. As it turns out it is the same weekend as the Dragon. He just found this out a few weeks ago. He said that he is trying to work something out but it doesn't look too hopeful. I promised him that if he isn't able to make it that I was sure that a few of us could be be persuaded to go to NC in the spring for a "mini-Dragon". He promised to log on soon & was very humbled that he had an entire thread dedicated just to his location.