[penguicon-general] A few thoughts

[Charles Ulrich]

Well, I just got back from my trip and if the oodles positive reviews
and an extremely active inbox are any indication, I'd have to guess
that Penguicon 5.0 was probably the best one yet. Sad that I had to
miss 2/3 of it. Congrats to all involved. I have a few hundred more
penguicon-general messages to wade through yet, but here are a few
random points I'd like to mention before I collapse into sleep mode
tonight.

Several people were disappointed with the printing situation in the
computer lounge. I'll take the fall for that. I had a couple of offers
from people to let us borrow their printers but I declined, because
Aaron was kind enough to let us borrow his. I forgot, however, that it
was a wee bit finicky on the configuration and speed side and that
tripped us up again this year. We'll have more or better printing
options in the lounge next year.

With the conchair's permission, GLLUG would like to do the computer
lounge again for Penguicon 6.0.

I am interested in taking on the role of LUG Wrangler for 6.0 if it's
not filled and if I can get someone else in GLLUG to take over
leadership of the computer lounge next year. Somebody named
"zifferent" on LiveJournal already offered to fill the LUG Wrangler
role, so he/she may have beat me to it.

My wife has offered to prepare some food for the consuites, though
I'll have to check with her for specifics. Emphasis would be on
quality rather than quantity since we have neither the budget nor
space to go all-out on feeding nearly a thousand geeks for three days.

Said wife (Kim is her name, by the way) also wants to make a
Penguicon-themed quilt for the charity auction, if there will be one
for 6.0. To do this, she would need a donation of one or two dozen
T-Shirts from Penguicons 1.0 through 5.0. She'll provide all of the
additional material, batting, and thread. I mentioned this a few
months ago, but there wasn't much of a response so I thought I'd try
again while the mailing list traffic was still high.

Finally, I didn't see the official Penguicon 5.0 T-Shirts in the
vendor's room on Friday afternoon. Did they make an appearance later
or was I just not paying attention? Is it too late to order one?

Thanks!