Was there a NERF regional in 2022?

The 2022 NERF regional was somewhat controversial. Some thought there should not be a regional so that resources could be saved for next year's national, while others thought the regional is a practice run to build momentum.

Nevertheless, there was a small NERF regional, August 18-28, at Texas Gap

This is the news from the mailing list.

From: Focalizer-1
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2022 14:08:19 -0400
Subject: Dates/ Bank for Go-fund-me
To: Northeast Regional Rainbow Federation
Hi all,

A brief update now that Regional dates were selected for August 18-28.

We plan to start a go fund me as we need water pipe and food and the bank has no remaining funds.

From: Focalizer-1
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2022 22:17:29 -0400
I would love it if you took a moment to check out our GoFundMe campaign:

https://gofund.me/12982c2c

A conference call Saturday, Aug 13, between various focalizers and kitchens resulted in a consensus site at Texas Gap, Here are directions to Texas Gap. Due to the drought, Texas Gap seems to be the only place where there is water.

The directions given at the link above are rather long winded and outdated. Here is the short version from someone who has been there recently:

From: Focalizer-2
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2022 09:25:09 -0400
Good morning! in central Vermont..bring your smiles to rt125 to texas falls by way of rt 100 which is in hancock, or the other side from rt7 which is in Middlebury. come up the mountain turn in at the brown sign stating texas fall national forest. come thru both gates heading up the mountain,stay to the right all the way to the back..welcome home..be kind.
kitchen will be there on the 16 afternoon.
peace on the land see you there

The full moon is August 11, so on Aug 18 the moon will be in third quarter, which by standard goofy astronomical terminology, means that you will see a half moon rising about midnight (1am DST). It will get smaller and later through the week until new moon on the 27. If you stay late for clean-up you may see it come back as a thin crescent in the west at sunset.

There was some dispute about the paper-work for this gathering.