From: Tina Tawdre (dlvdisc@geekbabe.com)
Date: Wed Sep 17 2003 - 10:03:40 CDT
> "that is the way it is...just like everything in life."
Sounds kind of callous, as I perceive it. But perhaps that's not the
way you intended it.
The sad thing is that it didn't have to necessarily be that way, since
there was the other option to shift DLV from the begininng of the tech
convention to the end of the tech convention. Candidly, after reviewing
the correspondence, I don't think that the ORG voters sufficiently
considered the impact of Mother's Day and gave too much weight to the
perceived heat factor of scheduling DLV 2 weeks later into May. I think
that was a short-sighted decision that is going to have a noticable
impact on DLV attendance (particularly married DLV people who don't have
great SO support). It creates a hell of a lot of unnecessary friction
on the home front that I just don't need. One of your long-time
airplane drivers basically said the same thing.
The ORG tends to be the more long-term DLV people coupled with
enthusiastic newbies who want to help plan. But I don't think we're
necessarily representative of the DLV population as a whole. It is my
impression that there are significantly less married members in the ORG
group than in the whole. Yes, I know people had the opportunity to
speak up earlier, but how many people really notice such conflicts 8-10
months away. The more we talk about it here on dlv disc, the more
non-ORG people start to wake up to the conflict. And, we haven't even
put the conflict out on the general monthly newsletter. Many don't
subscribe to or follow dlvdisc (which requires a positive opt-in, IIRC).
Have we sufficiently considered the needs of a significant segment of
the DLV population?
Every year, we consider scheduling around Inter-op schedules (the tech
convention), motorcycle conventions (Laughlin Run) and other scheduling
considerations. Hell, we're even looking at moving the limo tour so
that we don't inconvenience the golfers by keeping them up too late. It
seems to me that the Mother's Day issue, since it affects marrried DLV
people, affects a larger number of people than all of the above
segments combined.
Now for a personal note. Sure, it's my ox being gored this time. But I
was Tina Tawdre long before I ever heard of DLV and I'll survive nicely
if I miss DLV 04. My wife would be thrilled if I never went to another
one ever again. But I'm going to turn XX just before DLV 04 and I can
feel the years ticking by. Just didn't want to let one slip away
without speaking up one last time.
Regards,
-- Tina
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