Depending on when the event is held, I have two things to contribute: The first is money! I ran a pledge drive a couple of months ago, and $1000 has been pledged by various people to support a dedicated QLis30 show. If you book the hall and advertise the event, you'll receive my pledge at least a month before the event is due to happen. I'll also email the other people who made pledges to remind them of their pledge, and when their promise becomes due. You might need to outlay a bit of money for a while, but you can be reasonably confident of getting a good proportion of it back well before the show - you certainly shouldn't be running the show with cashflow problems.
The second is new and returning products. In returning products, I have Minerva MK II with and without I2C, and the MPlane. The battery adapters are shipping this week. In new products that will be ready before your proposed date, there's the Sandy SuperMem, an 896K memory expansion that is highly configurable, very fast, and that has a through connector. I'll also be about ready to release UltimIDE by then, hopefully. There'll be more details and photos in next month's QUANTA magazine. I'll also be able to show progress on other projects, including showing prototypes and other inside info. Will this be a QUANTA event or independently organised? Dave On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 1:07 PM, Geoff Wicks <gtwi...@btinternet.com> wrote: > Second attempt to avoid retyping: > > Holding an event in Edinburgh is to a certain extent risky. There is no > large QL community within the immediate catchment area. This means we have > to attract QL-ers from outside the area and I think these will be mainly > the more active QL-ers whom you might term the "movers and shakers" of the > QL community. > > One advantage of Edinburgh is that it is an interesting city and some may > wish to extend their stay for a short holiday. There would also be plenty > for partners to see elsewhere in the city when we are busy QL-ing. > > One problem for us is that we have no idea what numbers to expect. When I > talked to George Gwilt last weekend he suggested anywhere between 10 and > 50! Some indication of numbers would give us an idea of what to do at the > event. > > It has been suggested that if we can get the developers and more active > QL-ers together, we do not need an extensive program as they will > automatically provide some of the content. An interesting argument worthy > of discussion. > > > HARDWARE > > Recently hardware is where most progress has been made and should have a > prominent place at the event. Peter Graf would like to attend and Dave Park > hopes to participate online. I think they will have much to contribute. > > > GAMES > > I wrote my account of the last 5 QL years (www.gwicks.net/justwords.htm) > with QLis30 in mind. One of the things that surprised me was that games > have been an area of great progress. Rich Mellor has put a huge amount of > effort into preserving and re-releasing vintage software and it also > relevant is that many of the recent additions to Dilwyn's website have been > software re-releases. I think this is worthy of a slot at QLis30. I would > welcome ideas on how to build on this theme. > > > SOFTWARE > > This is a difficult area as most of the recent software progress have been > the emulators rather than new applications. Again I would be interested in > suggestions on how to profile software at the event. Have there been any > benefits from the loosening of the SMSQ-E licence restrictions? > > > ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS > > I would like to have an internet facility at the event, but thought this > might not be possible. However John Sadler has indicated that 2 of the > possible 4 venues have WIFI. We may need some technical help. > > I think we could do far more electronically. As far as I know there has > only been one online presentation at a QL show in Italy a few years ago. > Quanta did set up a WIFI network at their 2012 AGM, but I don't think much > use was made of it. > > I think, if they are interested, Quanta could have a valuable contribution > to make following the constitutional change to permit electronic > participation in all meetings. There has already been individual > participation electronically at committee meetings and the AGM. At this > years AGM there is a choice of participating personally; via Skype; or via > telephone conferencing. An even more interesting development is that Quanta > will soon have its first overseas committee member. > > In short if Quanta is interested in describing their electronic > participation experiences then we should give them a slot. > > > > So far there have been few suggestions about the content of a QLis30 > event. I hope this will provide a starter for more ideas. So your feedback, > please, > > Best Wishes, > > > > Geoff > > > _______________________________________________ > QL-Users Mailing List > http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm > -- Dave Park Sandy Electronics, LLC d...@sinclairql.com _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
