[TriLUG] Tech Circus wrap-up

John Turner ukgrad89 at mac.com
Mon Sep 30 12:16:51 EDT 2002


I am sure heat will not be an issue at any future show (that was a  
lesson learned).
As for Bob Young's comments about user groups, I am going to tell him  
what I think the next time I see him. As well as everyone else at Lulu.

John

On Monday, September 30, 2002, at 12:07 PM, Paul Jones wrote:

> i have watched to the forums at the site and they have been cleared of
> dissent several times. i agree some of the dissent was raw and even
> offensive, but i doubt that i would post there.
>
> about the heat and blaming the gubermint. i have been to many dog  
> shows in
> the building in warm weather. the rolling doors were open and the big  
> fans
> are put in front. it's simple and helps a lot. for whatever reason the
> doors were completely closed unless we begged to have them opened even
> slightly. this is a show management problem not a state problem. the  
> state
> never represented the building as completely airconed. yellow shirts  
> did
> many good things and i don't blame them for keeping the doors down,  
> but i
> do blame folks further up the line.
>
> bob should appologize to the vendor groups for his remarks in news  
> forge.
> non-profits like community-lead user groups don't have gobs of $$$ or
> even gobs of time (and much of this on short notice). they did fine
> considering the vision of the show that could be distilled from (gawd  
> save
> me) powerpoint slides.
>
> on the other hand, my son had a wonderful time. he is a lego maniac,  
> and
> robot builder and a vr fan. he had a perfect 9 year old time on sunday  
> and
> asked if the show would be on this coming week end too.
>
>
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