kjohn@richp1.UUCP (John K. Counsulatant) (06/16/88)
I sent out a posting last week about my setting up a USENET get together at the AmiEXPO in Chicago. I received 2 (count'em two) responces, one saying YEAH, GREAT, the other from Pat White offering to bring the comp.sys.*.amiga libraries with him. Come on guys, do you want this or not? What I am planning on (if ENOUGH RESPONCE ARE RECEIVED) is: 1) Meet at the Illinois Institue of Technology campus (still checking into this one), just blocks from McCormick Place. 2) Distributing any requested PD or shareware software. 3) Having a good time !!!!! I plan to do 2) by getting (in advance) software from you all and combining it with my collection to come up with a list of what's available (and current! :-) ). Then I will contact everyone (whew!) wishing to attend and find out what they want. After this I will put the software on disks to hand out at the get together. I haven't decided on a good way to handle all this before the AmiEXPO, but it should be doable if I have access to everyone. PLEASE E-MAIL (or even better) CALL ME SO I CAN GET THE BALL ROLLING. I can be reached at ihnp4!richp1!kjohn, kjohn@richp1.UUCP, or (especially) 1(312)418-1236. Contact me A.S.A.P. KJohn P.S. Thanx to all for help with my harddisk (non)problem, I was using too small an interleave factor!
hummel@uiucdcsm.cs.uiuc.edu (06/17/88)
Written 3:38 pm Jun 15, 1988 by kjohn@richp1.UUCP in comp.sys.amiga: > 1) Meet at the Illinois Institue of Technology campus (still > checking into this one), just blocks from McCormick Place. Ummmm...by all other accounts, AmiEXPO is being held at the Hyatt Regency, NOT McCormick Place. I've heard there's a difference. > 3) Having a good time !!!!! Not a bad idea. For the after-hours, how about a UseNet gathering at Gino's East (great Chicago pizza!) or Ed DeBevic's (cool '50's diner)? Or, how many do you think can cram into somebody's hotel room? :-) ---------- Lionel Hummel 404 W. High St., #6 hummel@cs.uiuc.edu Urbana, IL 61801 {ihnp4,pur-ee}!uiucdcs!hummel (H) (217)344-5303 Dept. of Computer Science (W) (217)333-6116 University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) (06/17/88)
In article <287@richp1.UUCP> kjohn@richp1.UUCP (John Scott Kjellman (consultant)) writes: > > I sent out a posting last week about my setting up a USENET get > together at the AmiEXPO in Chicago. I received 2 (count'em two) > responces, one saying YEAH, GREAT, the other from Pat White > offering to bring the comp.sys.*.amiga libraries with him. Come on > guys, do you want this or not? What I am planning on (if ENOUGH > RESPONCE ARE RECEIVED) is: Allow me to offer a suggestion that worked *rather well* at AmiExpo in LA. Just tell about 2 dozen well placed people to meet in the closest bar; in this case it was in the hotel where AmiExpo was. Post the annoucement to the net, anda few others (Plink, local BBS's) and your set. Face it, if you ask this crowf to *agree* on something you'll probably get a consensus to agree on Maui around 1995. Maybe you could meet at the IPC Bar and Grille ? -- "Shrimp Ahoy" richard@gryphon.CTS.COM {backbone}!gryphon!richard
nor1675@dsacg2.UUCP (Michael Figg) (06/17/88)
In article <287@richp1.UUCP>, kjohn@richp1.UUCP (John K. Counsulatant) writes: > > 1) Meet at the Illinois Institue of Technology campus (still > checking into this one), just blocks from McCormick Place. > What is this about McCormick Place? According to my map this is about 5-7 miles from the Hyatt Regency where the AmiExpo is suppose to be. Have they moved it. A dealer from Cincinnati that I just talked, who will be in Chicago, says he is getting mail daily from AmiExpo explaining where he is going to set up at the Hyatt. So what is going on at the McCormick Place? If the Expo is at McCormick Place, contrary to (false) advertising, does anybody know of hotels close by? Thanks, -- "Don't quote me on this!" Michael Figg DLA Systems Automation Center Columbus, Oh. (614)-238-9036
jimm@amiga.UUCP (Jim Mackraz) (06/18/88)
In article <4513@gryphon.CTS.COM> richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) writes:
)Allow me to offer a suggestion that worked *rather well* at AmiExpo in
)LA.
)
)Just tell about 2 dozen well placed people to meet in the closest bar;
)in this case it was in the hotel where AmiExpo was.
) "Shrimp Ahoy"
)richard@gryphon.CTS.COM {backbone}!gryphon!richard
Well, Dale and I started that attempt (or maybe you are talking about
another event), and I think it worked like shit. We all met in this lovely
bar in the hotel (flower room of the westin-bonaventura), and oh, a
hundred people came. We absolutely ruined the bar's idea of a lovely happy
hour, and although they took some orders, they never delivered ANY drinks.
So, the idea certainly can work, but pick a place that can survive a
crowd whose size is unbounded large (and the members of which don't
necessarily "get out much," if you catch my drift). Your favorite
italian restaraunt probably isn't the move (at least don't use *my* favorite
italian restaraunt).
jimm
PS: Were you there, Sext-maniac? I'm still holding a great one-liner
that I've been saving for you for over a year. Maybe next DevCon, eh?
--
Jim Mackraz, I and I Computing
amiga!jimm BIX:jmackraz
Opinions are my own. Comments regarding the Amiga operating system, and
all others, are not to be taken as Commodore official policy.kjohn@richp1.UUCP (John K. Counsulatant) (06/22/88)
In article <212@dsacg2.UUCP> nor1675@dsacg2.UUCP (Michael Figg) writes: >In article <287@richp1.UUCP>, kjohn@richp1.UUCP (John K. Counsulatant) writes: >> >> 1) Meet at the Illinois Institue of Technology campus (still >> checking into this one), just blocks from McCormick Place. >> > >What is this about McCormick Place? According to my map this is about 5-7 >miles from the Hyatt Regency where the AmiExpo is suppose to be. Have they >moved it. A dealer from Cincinnati that I just talked, who will be in >Chicago, says he is getting mail daily from AmiExpo explaining where he is >going to set up at the Hyatt. So what is going on at the McCormick Place? > >If the Expo is at McCormick Place, contrary to (false) advertising, does >anybody know of hotels close by? > OOPS, I dufus'd (or is that MSD*S'd?). Sorry for the confussion, but AmiEXPO will be at THE HYATT REGENCY for three days of AMIGA Exhibitions, Seminars, and Keynotes (wow, what a press clip :-) ). > Thanks, > >-- >"Don't quote me on this!" Michael Figg > DLA Systems Automation Center > Columbus, Oh. > (614)-238-9036 Sorry if I messed anyone up, but what do you expect after reading thru the RKM manuals? I have lost all hopes of reading or writing english (ahem!) again! (just joshing CATS, for all it faults, RKM is still the best ref. docs around!). Anyway, I got a few suggestions and I will FIND A BAR CLOSE TO THE HYATT !!!! This seems like the best solution to me, as in most people aren't willing to commit to being anywhere more than a day or two in advance, and IIT needs to know how many people will be attending....... I guess I can understand this, I was planning to be at the first AmiEXPO, but couldn't scrap up the time/moneys required to go, oh well. As far as swapping PD/shareware is concerned, I am asking all who wish to participate to send me ARC'd disks (not nessecary, but gets more bang per disk) of anything they would like to contribute. All disks sent to me will be returned, if you miss AmiEXPO, I'll UPS them back when it's over. Please include the version of the software and source code if at all possible. I have both Lattice 4.0 and Manx 3.6, so if no binaries are included, I should be able to compile them (provided I get some form of directions..... :-) ). I will compose a list of everthing that I recieve. This software list will be posted to the net and all who wish something specific can E-mail, USnail, or phone me and I will make sure I have a disk or two for them at the EXPO. I will need these A.S.A.P. so I will have time to get your requests and make the disks up. If I miss anyone (due to the high quality of my feed :-) ). I will UPS them their disks. I can be reached at: E-Mail: ihnp4!richp1!kjohn or kjohn@richp1.UUCP USnail: John Kjellman 17302 Park Ave. Lansing, IL 60438 RealTime: 1 (312) 418-1236 (after 6pm Chicago time) Scanks in advance, KJohn -- |DISCLAIMER: Being a consultant, none of my opions represent anything. | | Except possiblely my own, but then again, maybe not. | |----------kjohn@richp1-or-snail-17302-Park-Ave.,-Lansing-IL,-60438-----------| | "I didn't do, it must be a bug in the operating system." |
langz@athena.mit.edu (Lang Zerner) (06/24/88)
In article <292@richp1.UUCP> kjohn@richp1.UUCP (John K. Counsulatant) writes: > >Anyway, I got a few suggestions and I will FIND A BAR CLOSE TO THE HYATT !!!! Be careful! I would recomend something bigger, like the hotel lobby. Very few bars near the Hyatt will fit the hundred or so people you may find will show up (maybe fewer, but you can be sure to get more than you expect). After you know how many people you've got gathered together in the lobby, you can decide whether a bar will be sufficient. You may want to see about getting a small conference room or suite set up at the Hyatt and getting food&drink delivered or picking it up yourselves. Ask people who were at the last AmiEXPO Usenet BOF, and you'll see what I mean. Just trying to help prevent a potentially unpleasant situation. Be seeing you... Lang Zerner langz@athena.mit.edu ihnp4!mit-eddie!athena.mit.edu!langz "Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage..." -- Bill Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, I.v.19
schabacker@frambo.dec.com (CB, posted by generous Tim) (06/28/88)
[Ouch, let go, you nasty little line-eater]
[This is for John (KJohn) mainly, but mailer trouble and needed
publicity for this event brought it here]
Hi John & netfolks,
Even though it may get boring this time, YES, YES, YES, I'm coming!!!
And I'll bring a friend along (or vice versa to be financially exact).:-)
And I'll bring along TurboBackup, just to make sure that we'll get
really GOOD copies. I have a complete Fish library (-146), but that's
surely not hot news. But I sure would love see Pat bringing along the
archives.
If there's anything else I can do (from here) let me know.
See ya in Al Capone town,
<CB>
P.S. Although my psychiatrist said this would be bad for my ego, I'm
going to wear an absolutly disgusting red baseball hat reading
Super
>-CB-<
Operator
during the AmiExpo, as a service for you folks to quickly indentify
me and thus giving you time to jump for cover if I'm headed in your
direction. :-)
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