Earlier this month I had a brief email exchange with a returnee who will
be at QLis30. He queried whether there would be any former QL luminaries
at the workshop. This was not for nostalgia purposes, but he instead
would like to learn from them. Why did they do what they did? Why did
they not do other things? What were the problems that prevented them
doing what they would like?
To some extent it echoed some remarks made by Simon Carr on the QL Forum:
"Speaking as only a recent QL user, and having followed this thread
since last year, I have to admit that I am not sure what a QL is 30
event would be about, or what its purpose would be, beyond a group of
people getting together and saying 'hurrah'. As such, I can't really
build much personal enthusiasm for what would currently seem to be a
rather nebulous event.---
---Personally, what I would be REALLY interested in would be some event
in which some of the experts from this forum, QUANTA and perhaps even
some of those involved in the development of the QL ---- being brought
together to present a 'how to be inspired with a QL' event, and one that
is very practical in nature. Just something a little more dynamic than a
retrospective view over 30 years."
I don't know whether there will be many returnees at QLis30, but I
wonder whether we should take a look at their needs. After all I don't
want the workshop to be purely a nostalgia event, but I want it to give
a new impulse to the QL. We owe a lot to the returnees especially in the
UK. Indeed without them the UK scene would have fairly stagnant over the
last five years.
I would be interested in hearing what returnees would like from us,
Best wishes,
Geoff
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