On 04/02/2014 08:35, John Gilpin wrote:
Further to your emails Re: [QL-Users] QLis30 pledge..., I have great
pleasure in advising you as follows:
At a meeting of the QUANTA Committee on Sunday 02/02/2014, the topic
of a Workshop to celebrate QLis30 was discussed and it was decided
that if, due to Rich Mellor's ill health, we (QUANTA) will not be able
to support his venture in Cambridge, then we would like to add our
name to the QLis30 pledge such that we will match the fund up to a
maximum of £500. It was also decided that QUANTA may offer further
support by attending the event to show a QUANTA presence.
This came about after much discussion regarding QUANTA's willingness
to support such an event and how much we should be prepared to spend
in order to differentiate between "over-spending" and "not wanting to
support" both of which have received some criticism of late on this list.
As we do not continually monitor this email list, please address any
further correspondence to > [email protected] < - thanks.
Thank you Quanta. This is a very fair offer and realistically the
maximum you can afford.
However, a warning. Has the thinking progressed further than finance, a
hall and tables? So far I have heard no one come with plans of how you
would fill such an event. The great success of QL2004 and QLis21 was
that we had an idea of the program the details of a venue, and we
publicised those ideas right from the start.
By comparison QLis25 was a damp squib.
I seen no point in QLis30 unless is has a wider benefit for all QL-ers
including non-attendees and unless it gives the QL a kick into the future,
Best Wishes,
Geoff
PS I already have an idea for three topics I would like to see, but want
first to hear ideas from other people.
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