Galen-Ames to sit out summit directly

-Marina del Rey, CA
-Former FF chef Brianna Galen-Ames says she is "unsure" if she will be able to participate in talks at the Scouting summit November 2nd and 3rd due to her broken ankle.

Galen-Ames said she was likely to participate via phone or webcam.

Galen-Ames broke her leg when she was forced out of a conference room by an angry crowd Oct. 20, slipping on a wax floor.

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More Telecommunicational Troubles Saddle Ticketing

-Marina del Rey, CA
-Thursday brought another day of technical malfunctions at the Ticketing Office for Feast Fest, after a smooth Wednesday fooled workers into thinking the problems had passed.

The issues began Monday, when routine overnight maintenance wreaked havoc on the ticketing hotline, and worsened Tuesday when a combination of scheduled and emergency maintenance led to a phone wire mix-up, leading some calls to be transferred to an office of the NCA in New York.

Wednesday brought smooth interactions, but Thursday saw the issues returning. 24/7 maintenance is being performed and it is estimated that the hotline should return to normal service Friday.

The technical difficulties led a will call check not to be performed Thursday, the third day this week that a check has failed to be performed.

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Ainenl Wants to Move Scouter - Galen-Ames -Ainenl Summit

-Paris
-Claudien Ainenl, the Parisian master that is looking to get signed by FF for 2012, has requested to move the Nov. 2nd and 3rd summit between FF scouters, himself, and former chef Brianna Galen-Ames, who may re-join in 2012, to another location.

Ainenl wants to move the Columbus, Oh.-set summit to Tahiti, presumably because he has backers there.

Feast Fest Events, Inc., is set to talk him out of it, saying Tahiti would be a much more cumbersome location for everyone, himself included.

But, "Ainenl wants what he wants," said FF official Arthur Ayeiy. "If we want him as a part of our team, we must negotiate with him strategically and with all our smarts. Location may play a huge role with that." Ayeiy added, "holding the summit in Tahiti could either really help or really hurt our goals."

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At Last Minute, NCA Changes FF DigIn Time

-New York
-NCA officials in New York announced Thursday that they would be abruptly changing the DigIn time for Feast Fest 2011.

An official, Beryl Shady, was quick to announce that the official DigIn time had been changed from 7:02 p.m. to 7:03 p.m., which will give chefs an extra minute to prep in time for DigIn.

Shady said the change had been made for a "logistical reason," but said she was not authorized to release just what that reason was.

Shady said she herself was not made aware of the reason for the change, but said that "further word" on it should come on Friday, or, failing that, on Monday.

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