I had the same feeling when I tried to organize the SF members two years ago and it fizzled. Maybe it's just a matter of timing, or who knows, but we pulled it off this year with huge success and good attendance. It was well worth a second try.FretlessOnly wrote:
All that said, I posted this months ago. And tried to bring it up again to no avail. Given the lackluster feedback over time, I'll be happy to attend, but in no way will I be part of any organization. I was willing to do that some months ago...
New Englanders?
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All I wanna do is rock!
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Please don't give up hope. I'm in, when and where? That's all I need to know
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Given the current economic climate it is difficult to pull these off. When we did RIO!!! Shari & I did all the leg work, after calling out for some usable dates to plan the event. Start by getting a head count of who may be interested and when they may be available, but give them a timeline, say Halloween weekend, that sort of thing.
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Sorry if my reference to ambiguity hit you the wrong way, John, as that wasn't the intent. My perspective was from whether "new" was or wasn't capitalized: "New Englanders" vs. "new Englanders" ...FretlessOnly wrote:Gary, I may have inadvertently added some ambiguity to weed out fly by nighters, but I find it hard to justify the statement that a thread in "Rickenbacker Conferences and Confluences" entitled "New Englanders?" could be in any way, shape, or form ambiguous in terms of asking the obvious question: "Any New Englanders wanna have a conference or confluence? A conflaguaration or comfortabulation would be OK as well.doctorwho wrote:
BTW, the thread title is amusingly ambiguous ...
All that said, I posted this months ago. And tried to bring it up again to no avail. Given the lackluster feedback over time, I'll be happy to attend, but in no way will I be part of any organization. I was willing to do that some months ago...
Anyway, don't give up hope, these sometimes take a couple of attempts before they get off the ground.
It is better, of course, to know useless things than to know nothing. - Seneca
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Organizing a confluence can sometimes be a frustrating and thankless task, until you finally get the participants there, chatting away, checking out Ricks, and playing music, which is when you'll be really happy you bothered.
Operative term: "Herding Cats"
The So Cal bunch has organized a few confluences, so we can sympathize with the frustrating aspects, but they're a lot of fun!
Operative term: "Herding Cats"
The So Cal bunch has organized a few confluences, so we can sympathize with the frustrating aspects, but they're a lot of fun!