[ha-Safran]: Congratulations on a wonderful convention

2006-07-02 Thread Liza Stabler
Dear Ann and Zellie, Many thanks to you and to your wonderful committee for a great convention. So much work went into making sure all the details were perfect. I hope everyone is planning a long restful vacation Shabbat shalom, Liza Elizabeth F. Stabler, Librarian Congregation

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2004-07-12 Thread Randy Belinfante
Rita and everybody, I must agree that Shuli definitely deserves recognition and applause. I am sorry that I forgot to mention her. I thought that it was wonderful that she and her husband presented a tour of the origins of the Jews in New Amsterdam 350 years ago. I was very

[ha-Safran]: Congratulations on a wonderful convention

2004-07-11 Thread Brenda Yi
I think it is never too late to say a few words of thanks to Elizabeth and Elana and everyone who helped to make this convention a big success. Today is my first day of work after my long vacation in the States. Being the first-time attendee, the NY convention is an eye-opener for me. There I

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2004-07-11 Thread Randy Belinfante
Dear Folks, Before they are entirely forgotten, I would like to thank a few of the other people that were involved in this conference who helped to produce such a successful event. Among the people with whom I am aware, I would like to thank Rita Lifton, Sara Spiegel, Pearl Berger,

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2004-06-30 Thread Rettberg, Dan
June-- Thanks for your valuable suggestions in how to interface with the hotel on technology issues. My bit of advice to those who would like to make presentations in the future is to look at all the options of how to present, and not just jump right in to a high level of technology.

[ha-Safran]: Congratulations on a wonderful convention

2004-06-29 Thread Rochelle Elstein
Kol ha-kavod to Elizabeth and Elana and everyone who worked on this convention. As a first-time attendee, I was impressed with how warm and welcoming every was, and how smoothly the sessions ran. Perhaps other novices could benefit from two lessons I learned: 1. The technology will fail, so

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2004-06-29 Thread Rettberg, Dan
Thanks, Shelli, for writing to ha-Safran and for sharing your response to the convention. In the FYI department, I have learned to pace myself at these events. I no longer feel obligated to attend a session in every time slot where they are scheduled, though, of course, I attend many of them.

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2004-06-29 Thread June Cummins
Hi, Folks. I also had a great time at the conference and felt warmly welcomed as a newcomer. Thank you to all who worked so hard to put together a very good conference. I'd like to follow up on one of Shelli's suggestion, her first one. My presentation at the conference was a Powerpoint