----- Original Message ----- From: "Tarquin Mills" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 10:36 PM Subject: [ql-users] Moving the Norwich Show
> > Dear Quanta and QL Traders > I have just run the first Norwich Spectrum and SAM Show (ORSAM 2003. > Originally it was planned to include a Quanta Workshop, but I was talked > out of it. At the show, as part of a 'QL2000 Way Forward' style discussion, > it was decided that QL should be included come next time. It was suggested > that if QLers only want to do it themselves then maybe the two shows > could run in parallel i.e.two shows in the same hall or a spectrum > village inside a QL show. One visitor said he would bring a Thor next > time whatever I said, while another said the last QL show he had been > to was a flop and the end of the road. Some questioned why QL would > not mix with other Sinclair users. Traders at ORSAM sell things that > maybe of interest to QL users, while QL Traders will benefit from the > bigger market. Costs of the show (a 3 figure sum) would be halved, > there is no danger of the QL being overwhelmed by other platforms, more > the reverse if anything. One thing of note is that there was not a > single Windows or Mac computer at ORSAM 2003. Surely its better to > have one successful show than two that fail and have to be stopped. > I need to have feed back from you as to what your thoughts are now > about sharing a show with other Sinclair users. Is it reasonable for > me to suggest a joint show on Saturday November 6th, 2004? > > > -- > Tarquin Mills > > Reboot Movement (An Anti-Wintel Campaign) > http://www.planet14.sonow4u.co.uk/comp/reboot/ > I have requested that the question of Quanta Sponsored Workshops and their frequency should be included on the agenda for the next Quanta Committee Meeting. The idea of joint meetings will be discussed but personally I see no reason why this shouldn't happen. Incidentally, Quanta will have presence at the Micro Mart Computer fair at NEC (Bham) on Sunday 30th November. in the retro section. Anyone interested? John Gilpin. Quanta Treasurer.
