Are geoff. George and John the three that will receive my promised QL-SDs? If I get your Adresses I can already send them to you (or whoever will receive them) . They are supposed to be used by you. They are not supposed to be prices for lottery (or however this should be called) Kind regards
Liebe Grüße Paul Geoff Wicks <[email protected]> schrieb: >On 14/05/2014 20:48, John Gilpin wrote: >> Geoff, >> >> I have been following your ramblings about the QL-is-30 "Workshop" >> with more than a little interest (but not much!!) >> >> Your comments regarding the help and interest for this event coming >> only from overseas, leads me to see that you have experienced the same >> apathetic response that the current QUANTA committee members have, for >> many years, experienced from the South-UK QLers (and especially QUANTA >> UK Members). Although the percentage attendance of the UK QUANTA >> members at QUANTA events during the last decade has been unacceptably >> low, it is far greater than the attendance of the OS QUANTA Members >> (which one can count on one had with half the digits removed!). It >> will be interesting to see what the attendance is like in Edinburgh >> from both UK and OS. > >So far of the names I have 9 are overseas and 8 UK. (I believe there are >two more overseas but I do not have their names.) All told 6 countries >should be represented. >> >> Those of you who have spent some time as a "QL Trader" have the >> benefit of a wider address book of QLers than QUANTA has (their >> address book is limited to UK and OS members past and present), which >> gives you the edge when it comes to filling the void left by the >> apathetic UK QLers. >> >> All the OS QUANTA members, have been invited (like the UK ones) to >> every event that QUANTA has put on, be it a Workshop (one or two days >> in length), Show or any other name that you would like to call it >> (QUANTA has consistently called it a workshop on the grounds that it >> is the attendees who make it into whatever type of event they want, >> when (and if) they get there.) >> >In practice I don't think Quanta shows have been workshops for about 10 >years, with the exception of QLis21 and possibly 2011 when we had >Quanta issues (constitution and subscription). >> You have also identified that when QUANTA were able to attract UK >> people with any QL savvy to a QUANTA event, then we used them to give >> a talk or demonstration (and under the direction of a previous QUANTA >> Chairman, contributed financially to their out-of-pocket expenses - a >> move which has been greatly criticised as "QUANTA Workshops/Annual >> General Meetings cost too much to put on"). But then, QUANTA has got >> both money that it is not afraid to spend (since no one else seems >> interested in using it) and some equipment which you are welcome to >> use if you need it (Projector & Screen for presentations). >> >Very good policy and much appreciated. I was going to make use of it >when I did the activities for Solihull in 2007, but I think my speakers >all said it was not necessary. > >As far as I know we don't need to use any of Quanta's equipment, >although I was prepared to request the projector. The church are being >generous in letting us use their facilities. > >One thing I would appreciate from Quanta is if someone would be prepared >to say a few words about electronic participation in meetings. I am not >thinking in terms of the technical details, but more how it has turned >out in practice. >> It is also fair to say that the current QUANTA Committee have been in >> service for many years unlike some other EX-QUANTA committee members >> who, when times got tough, backed away from their volunteered >> responsibilities, or resigned from QUANTA altogether! >> >> And finally, you seem to have accepted that one needs local people on >> the ground to investigate the availability of suitable venues for an >> event such as QL-is-30 and expecting people to travel hundreds of >> miles to do this is a complete waste of time, effort and money. >> >> So we wish George Gwilt, John Sadler and all the QUANTA SQLUG Subgroup >> all the best in their efforts to host the QL-is-30 event in 2014. See >> you all there. :-) >Indeed George and John have not yet been given all the credit they have >deserved, > >Best wishes, > > >Geoff > >_______________________________________________ >QL-Users Mailing List >http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
