http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ihZXQ-73efKC0Ql0BWp8MDt74EFAD9C662G00
It works out to costing a little more than $7 per seat! 83,000 seats
Apparently the bidder never expected to win it!
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ihZXQ-73efKC0Ql0BWp8MDt74EFAD9C662G
Dave wrote:
> Hi Jon,
>
> You probably remember me joking that NAMES should simply buy the Pontiac
> Silverdome and use it for the show
>
> I was in Detroit yesterday and today. On the evening news it was
> announced that the Silverdome was sold at Auction - for $580,000.
>
> Yes that is
Hi Jon,
You probably remember me joking that NAMES should simply buy the Pontiac
Silverdome and use it for the show
I was in Detroit yesterday and today. On the evening news it was
announced that the Silverdome was sold at Auction - for $580,000.
Yes that is right 580 thousand $. It
I'll look into connectivity. Last year someone loaned us a cell
modem, the idea being we could use IRC, but ended up not using it at
all. A webcam or chat might be interesting. I'll see what is on
offer.
--dg
At 11:21 AM -0800 11/20/09, Kirk Wallace wrote:
>On Fri, 2009-11-20 at 16:03 -0300
On Fri, 2009-11-20 at 16:03 -0300, Leonardo Marsaglia wrote:
> I wish i could go some day to an EMC meeting, I'm far away from the
> US. But i hope everything goes well with that.
> Regards.
> Leonardo.
I probably won't be able to go either, but I would like to help with any
effort to create a mor
I wish i could go some day to an EMC meeting, I'm far away from the US.
But i hope everything goes well with that.
Regards.
Leonardo.
2009/11/20 Dale Grover
> Just got an email from Karl Gross of NAMES (the North American Model
> Engineering Society), which runs the NAMES Expo. In 2010 it wi
Just got an email from Karl Gross of NAMES (the North American Model
Engineering Society), which runs the NAMES Expo. In 2010 it will be
return to Detroit after several years in Toledo. We EMC users can
have a free exhibitor booth there (maybe pay for electrical), and
they'd like us to do a s
Dave wrote:
> I was joking Jon... :-)
>
> But seriously, there really should be some decent space available that
> isn't located on top of ice!
>
Yeah, it would be nice. Toledo WAS very nice. The only minus was the
expensive
hotels, but the convenience of having my car right under the show
I was joking Jon... :-)
But seriously, there really should be some decent space available that
isn't located on top of ice!
Detroit has always been a boom and bust town with the Auto business. It
used to go full tilt for 10 years and then there would be a few years of
a slowdown and then an
Dave wrote:
> As far as I know the Pontiac SilverDome is still standing and pretty much
> empty most of the time.
>
> Look below, it is going to auction with n_o reserve_ in November!
>
> This is from Wikipedia!
>
> They could buy it!! ;-)
>
No, NAMES is actually a VERY small organization, w
>>Well, Southgate has insurance, fire protection, good lighting
I understand what you are saying but you need to take a driving tour of Detroit
to get a feel for what I am talking about.
I'd be surprised if they couldn't find quality space for close to free. Many
cities around Detroit are
Dave wrote:
> I'm not sure how long NAMES has been around, but I grew up west of
> Detroit in Livonia and way back when in the 70's my Dad, a retired
> machine shop teacher, took me to a model show that was very much like
> the NAMES show. But I could have sworn that it was in Farmington Hills
I'm not sure how long NAMES has been around, but I grew up west of
Detroit in Livonia and way back when in the 70's my Dad, a retired
machine shop teacher, took me to a model show that was very much like
the NAMES show. But I could have sworn that it was in Farmington Hills
or some other place
Dave wrote:
> Any idea why they moved it to Southgate? I thought the Seagate center
> was pretty nice.
>
There have been warring parties within the NAMES leadership for a number
of years.
The only reason they moved to Toledo was that Barbara and Truman
Parkinson got in
charge of selecting a
Any idea why they moved it to Southgate? I thought the Seagate center
was pretty nice.
Dave
Jon Elson wrote:
> Steve Stallings wrote:
>
>> Dale,
>>
>> PMDX would certainly be interested in coordinating booths
>> with any EMC related presence at NAMES. We had a choice
>> site at the last show
Steve Stallings wrote:
> Dale,
>
> PMDX would certainly be interested in coordinating booths
> with any EMC related presence at NAMES. We had a choice
> site at the last show, but due to the move, all bets are off.
> The sooner we can ask for a group placement, the better.
>
>
Yeah, I'm still tr
; From: Dale Grover [mailto:dgro...@redcedar.com]
> Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 7:24 PM
> To: EMC User List
> Subject: [Emc-users] EMC at NAMES, 2010
>
> This spring a few folks put together a booth at the North
> American Model Engineering Expo in Toledo, Ohio. We had a
>
This spring a few folks put together a booth at the North American
Model Engineering Expo in Toledo, Ohio. We had a 10' x 10' booth
with two 8' tables, an Emco F1 CNC machine running EMC (mostly
cutting wax and/or air), and some great, large-format photos of
various machines that run EMC. (No
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