From: annie@ivgate.omahug.org
Date: Tue Nov 08 2005 - 10:24:54 CST
>If someone really wants to
>do this event, they will make the time.
This is true. However, I'm trying to avoid a situation that discourages
great numbers of our people from attending.
>Every one of the issues regarding the date has been beaten to death in
>previous years' discussions, aside from a few individuals' personal
>situations, which no one should expect a whole group to consider.
Yes, I agree that there's already some "single issue" campaigning for
certain timeframes.
It's up to us to determine which factors are just somebody's whim and
which benefit the group and the event as a whole.
>Annie, you're the one who has done all of the work to get this going.
>Just set a date, and whomever wants to go can go. I'm tired of hearing
>all of the bitching.
I haven't heard any major bitching -- yet -- and what I'm trying to do
is to avoid bitching.
If we are to leave the dates as is, I cringe at what we're gonna hear
when people go to the Sahara web site and see $120-ish rates over the
DLV period and $53-ish rates one week either side of it.
>>I won't do this, however, without a consensus here.
>I vote nay. Do you really want to hear from a hundred people who have
>dental appointments, trips to grandmother's house, etc. that they want
>us to work around, and probably aren't going to show up anyway?
I think we can use some common sense to realize which excuses are
trivial and which have merit. We also have a good handle on who is
really gonna show up and who is a chronic no-show.
I do want to hear from those who indeed want to attend, those whose
company I value, who might not be able to do so if we don't reschedule,
and from those who might not be able to do so if we do.
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