That was a very nice response! It is this kind of exchange where actual "human" communication takes place. An exchange of ideas and opinions, that your " O.M.G." comment basically ignores. Nice to see that ! Thank you!
H.B.G. P.S. You have my condolences regarding your husband, and whatever comments might have motivated you to indulged in this unfortunate exchange. As volunteers are what make this all happen, it might be a good idea to remember this before dismissing a concern from a valuable contributor as was witnessed by your comment. Sent from my iPad On Jan 18, 2013, at 18:04, "maryanne kehoe" <[email protected]> wrote: > Blaine, to get this discussion back on track to it's original purpose, I > too have had problems with "the person from Academia"-----I reported it > to Rich and John (the Fest organisers) and they handled it to my > satisfaction. This involved a very ugly comment that was made to me a > week after my husband passed away-I had made the decision to come to the > Fest, although I had discussion with Rich and John as I recall that I > may cancel. My MIL was here and we decided the best thing for us was to > get out of this house for a week and that is what we decided to do. > > One has to remember the Fest is an all volunteer situation. Right at the > first day, it is emphasised that if an attendee has *any* problem (i.e. > with the hotel, registration, or any other Fest-related concern) that it > is to be brought to their attention. Any issues with raffle tickets :) > are something I can handle. > > It's been a "family reunion" atmosphere-over the years some people have > stopped coming for various reasons (mostly health or they have passed > away.) But we have welcomed new folks too-and the issues that have > cropped up have been few and far between. I would have suggested to the > gentleman that had issues for him to bring it up to a Fest organiser-I > guarantee it would have been handled promptly instead of letting it > "fester" to the point we are having this discussion now. > > Albeit I did wait a number of years (out of embarrassment) before I > brought up the comments that were made to me, I am satisfied about how > things were handled. > > Everyone is welcome at the Fest-and I encourage everyone to come, it's a > good time and a break from the dreary winter! > > > > > > Maryanne > > > _______________________________________________ > Swlfest mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to > [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown > above. > > For more information on the Fest, visit: > > http://www.swlfest.com > http://swlfest.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Swlfest mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above. For more information on the Fest, visit: http://www.swlfest.com http://swlfest.blogspot.com
