On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, Kurth Bemis wrote:
> when i was in band and something was canceled instead of having to call
> all 200+ band members we had a phone tree...
The thought occurred to me, but I'm not sure we would have enough people to
really justify this. Having a single person doing the phoning also makes
things considerably simpler (Airplane Rule).
> we also had the tree setup so that ppl didn't have to make long distance
> calls......
I get the same phone rate anywhere in New England on my cell phone, so
that's not a problem for me.
On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, Derek Martin wrote:
>> Personally, I think if something goes south the *same day* of the meeting,
>> the meeting should happen anyway, and we'll find *something* to talk about,
>> even if it is only a presentation on how to use the 'logout' command.
>
> Or worse case, drink and be merry! :)
There is that, too. :-)
> I'm inclined to agree, despite the fact that my job basically involves
> reading e-mail all day so there's almost no chance that I could miss such
> a cancellation message.
When I am in the office, I generally hear my workstation beep.
But when I'm in Salisbury, Quincy, Boston, Framingham, and Hudson (yes, all
on the same day, Boston twice actually, this is why I was in a bad mood) all
day long, and drive right to Nashua afterwards, I don't have that opportunity.
> And after all, do we need a specific reason to get together and hang out,
> other than that we all like Linux, and like to hang out in bars and share
> war stories/thoughts for the day?
Those of us that were there did have some fun swapping war stories and
drinking their beverage of choice before we finally found out from the
waitstaff that the meeting was canceled.
This is as much Martha's fault as anybody's; the first waitperson I talked
to didn't know anything about a reservation for "Linux" or "Jerry Kubeck",
canceled or not.
> Or is it just that the talks given at the meetings are a way to justify
> this type of behavior to our friends/spouses/loved ones?
As has been said before: Aren't we just a bunch of drinkers with a computer
problem? ;-)
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