[comp.sys.amiga] Best of "WHAT" Award and Get-Together

papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) (04/08/88)

Two things. Too many people are responding to the Award voting and the get
together so please DO NOT request a reply.  I just gave up since most return
addresses bounce back.  The voting is coming along.  So far almost
all Amiga - CATS - CBM - C-A Eng. have received at least one vote.  Nobody
has come up with a "good" name for the Award, though.  Anybody from CBM wants
to suggest anything that will be "accepted" by all at CBM? (so nobody gets
pissed off at me :-)

About the get-together.  Date/time is still not decided. A message from
grr on BIX hinted that it could be a "small" parallel session in one of the 
time slots which currently have only one session listed.

Keep those votes coming. 

-- Marco
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farren@gethen.UUCP (Michael J. Farren) (04/13/88)

In article <8215@oberon.USC.EDU> papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) writes:
>So far almost all Amiga - CATS - CBM - C-A Eng. have received at least
>one vote.  Nobody has come up with a "good" name for the Award, though.

How about the "ALLCAT"?  I have to say right here that I repudiate the
entire concept of this award.  To single out any one of the C/A folk for
recognition implies that the others are, somehow, inferior.  This ain't
the case.  ALL of the C/A folk have been the most informative, helpful,
and supportive people I've seen from ANY computer company.  Picking any
one of them out is massively unfair to all of the rest of them.

I'd like to go on record as saying that whoever it is that finally
wins this thing, all of the rest of C/A folks SHOULD have won it, too.
If I were going to DevCon (gawd, I wish I could.  I wish I could afford
the $50 to BE a developer :-) I would take all of the "losers" out to
dinner.  No, I'd take all of the C/A folk out to dinner, and get
Marco to pick up the tab :-) :-)

Oh, yes - I've refused to vote.  I suggest that all you folk do the
same, and send email to Marco letting him know.  If you've already
voted, take it back.

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papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) (04/14/88)

In article <864@gethen.UUCP> farren@gethen.UUCP (Michael J. Farren) writes:
>In article <8215@oberon.USC.EDU> papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) writes:
>>So far almost all Amiga - CATS - CBM - C-A Eng. have received at least
>>one vote.  Nobody has come up with a "good" name for the Award, though.
>
>How about the "ALLCAT"?

Nope, CAT or CATS is too much related to the group that is set up to support
developers, and does not include some of the most voted like George and Dave.

> I would take all of the "losers" out to
>dinner.  No, I'd take all of the C/A folk out to dinner, and get
>Marco to pick up the tab :-) :-)

That's an interesting proposal.  I could alwaus put it as business expense,
but I beleive with the new tax laws I could recoup only 90%. I'll investigate.

By the way, there are only 7 days left to vote.  The race is still pretty tight
and a few votes could make a difference.  Keep sending those votes in.

-- Marco
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