Will there be a Bring and Buy stall?
On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 5:08 PM, Dave Park <[email protected]> wrote: > Depending on when the event is held, I have two things to contribute: > > The first is money! I ran a pledge drive a couple of months ago, and $1000 > has been pledged by various people to support a dedicated QLis30 show. If > you book the hall and advertise the event, you'll receive my pledge at > least a month before the event is due to happen. I'll also email the other > people who made pledges to remind them of their pledge, and when their > promise becomes due. You might need to outlay a bit of money for a while, > but you can be reasonably confident of getting a good proportion of it back > well before the show - you certainly shouldn't be running the show with > cashflow problems. > > The second is new and returning products. In returning products, I have > Minerva MK II with and without I2C, and the MPlane. The battery adapters > are shipping this week. In new products that will be ready before your > proposed date, there's the Sandy SuperMem, an 896K memory expansion that is > highly configurable, very fast, and that has a through connector. I'll also > be about ready to release UltimIDE by then, hopefully. There'll be more > details and photos in next month's QUANTA magazine. I'll also be able to > show progress on other projects, including showing prototypes and other > inside info. > > Will this be a QUANTA event or independently organised? > > Dave > > > On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 1:07 PM, Geoff Wicks <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Second attempt to avoid retyping: >> >> Holding an event in Edinburgh is to a certain extent risky. There is no >> large QL community within the immediate catchment area. This means we have >> to attract QL-ers from outside the area and I think these will be mainly >> the more active QL-ers whom you might term the "movers and shakers" of the >> QL community. >> >> One advantage of Edinburgh is that it is an interesting city and some may >> wish to extend their stay for a short holiday. There would also be plenty >> for partners to see elsewhere in the city when we are busy QL-ing. >> >> One problem for us is that we have no idea what numbers to expect. When I >> talked to George Gwilt last weekend he suggested anywhere between 10 and >> 50! Some indication of numbers would give us an idea of what to do at the >> event. >> >> It has been suggested that if we can get the developers and more active >> QL-ers together, we do not need an extensive program as they will >> automatically provide some of the content. An interesting argument worthy >> of discussion. >> >> >> HARDWARE >> >> Recently hardware is where most progress has been made and should have a >> prominent place at the event. Peter Graf would like to attend and Dave Park >> hopes to participate online. I think they will have much to contribute. >> >> >> GAMES >> >> I wrote my account of the last 5 QL years (www.gwicks.net/justwords.htm) >> with QLis30 in mind. One of the things that surprised me was that games >> have been an area of great progress. Rich Mellor has put a huge amount of >> effort into preserving and re-releasing vintage software and it also >> relevant is that many of the recent additions to Dilwyn's website have been >> software re-releases. I think this is worthy of a slot at QLis30. I would >> welcome ideas on how to build on this theme. >> >> >> SOFTWARE >> >> This is a difficult area as most of the recent software progress have >> been the emulators rather than new applications. Again I would be >> interested in suggestions on how to profile software at the event. Have >> there been any benefits from the loosening of the SMSQ-E licence >> restrictions? >> >> >> ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS >> >> I would like to have an internet facility at the event, but thought this >> might not be possible. However John Sadler has indicated that 2 of the >> possible 4 venues have WIFI. We may need some technical help. >> >> I think we could do far more electronically. As far as I know there has >> only been one online presentation at a QL show in Italy a few years ago. >> Quanta did set up a WIFI network at their 2012 AGM, but I don't think much >> use was made of it. >> >> I think, if they are interested, Quanta could have a valuable >> contribution to make following the constitutional change to permit >> electronic participation in all meetings. There has already been individual >> participation electronically at committee meetings and the AGM. At this >> years AGM there is a choice of participating personally; via Skype; or via >> telephone conferencing. An even more interesting development is that Quanta >> will soon have its first overseas committee member. >> >> In short if Quanta is interested in describing their electronic >> participation experiences then we should give them a slot. >> >> >> >> So far there have been few suggestions about the content of a QLis30 >> event. I hope this will provide a starter for more ideas. So your feedback, >> please, >> >> Best Wishes, >> >> >> >> Geoff >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> QL-Users Mailing List >> http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm >> > > > > -- > Dave Park > Sandy Electronics, LLC > [email protected] > -- Dave Park Sandy Electronics, LLC [email protected] _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
