[TriLUG] Tech Circus wrap-up

[Paul Jones]

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.


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                             Paul Jones
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