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. > > > ======================================================================= > === > Paul Jones > "Gort! Klaatu barada nikto!" > http://www.ibiblio.org/pjones/ at the Site Formerly Known As > MetaLab.unc.edu > [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (919) 962-7600 fax: (919) 962-8071 > ======================================================================= > ==== > > _______________________________________________ > TriLUG mailing list > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ: > http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html > _______________________________________________ TriLUG mailing list http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ: http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html
