----- Original Message ----- From: "John Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [ql-users] QL2004
> > I have had a long discussion with Roy Brereton, secretary of Quanta, and the > outcome is that QL2004 will go ahead. > Highly favoured is October 2004 and the venues under consideration are the > Horizon Centre Portsmouth or St Joris College Eindhoven. > Combining the event with the AGM is not an option as one would detract from > the other. > I would opt for Eindhoven as there is local support, an excellent motel > within walking distance and it may influence attendance from mainland > Europe. Thank goodness something is happening at last. I have a couple of comments. The first is not so important, but I disagree with you that the AGM and QL2004 would detract from one another. I think that QUANTA does not profile itself strongly enough for its role is supporting and financially backing shows. How many people realise, for example, that QUANTA provides the insurance. Not important, of course, until one day there is an accident. Having the AGM and QL2004 together would reinforce the connection. I would like to see the QUANTA AGM become the major UK QL event each year with a fully organised social and QL programme on the lines of the North American show. Then local groups would then be free to organise what they want, when they want and on the scale they want. Market forces would apply and if they want the punters and traders it will be up to them to provide a workshop that will attract them. I like the idea of a continental QL2004 because I think they deserve it more than we do. With the exception of D & D systems, who have made the Q60 a reality, all the major QL advances in recent years have come from outside the UK. This is a bad record when the UK has the highest number of QL users in the world. Unfortunately I doubt the practicality of Eindhoven. It is about 5 years since QUANTA was last at Eindhoven and about the same time since Eindhoven has hosted a major international show. In that time SinQLair has become a poor shadow of its former self and the Eindhoven shows I have been to recently had attendance that could be counted on your fingers and thumbs. Pity because it really is a fanastic venue, both for facilities and accessibility. Best Wishes, Geoff
