Wayne, Would you consider hosting occasional independent online events like the lounge?
73, Julia On Sun, Mar 14, 2021, 22:40 Wayne Burdick <n...@elecraft.com> wrote: > Clearly there were major technical glitches with the Expo. I won't rehash > the well-earned gripes. > > There's a mitigating fact many of you were probably unaware of: The two > most critical technical contributors to the effort were laid low by > Covid-19 over the week leading up to it. Despite this, most of the site's > functionality was ultimately restored. Many presentations went on, and many > received rave reviews. Of course I feel for those whose presentations were > not accessible or were otherwise compromised. > > Some of our material was deferred as well. Yet there was one very > significant highlight: The Lounge. > > For me, Elecraft's Airmeet lounge rooms really *did* recreate much of the > ambiance of our booth/hangout space at Dayton. I had dozens of wide-ranging > conversations with experienced operators, newbies, and friends. It felt > like like a homecoming on the year after an apocalypse. > > So, while the Expo didn't go smoothly -- something the organizers have > already fallen on their swords for, multiple times -- I believe it will > also be remembered for introducing many of us to the benefits of the > multiple small-video-group paradigm. No doubt this will become a fixture of > virtual hamfests. And in physical hamfests to come, it can facilitate the > active participation of those who have no choice but to remain virtually. > > Merging the Airmeet platform with Vfairs was risky, but visionary. As we > say around my house when things go sideways: points for style. > > I suggest we all take a deep breath and give QSO Today a chance to work > out the kinks. I'm sure that next time, with lessons learned, the > experience will be fully beta-tested. > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to ju...@juliatuttle.net > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
