[penguicon-general] Kudos & Comment

[Molly de Blanc]

Specifically Garrett and I are in Pittsburgh. If you want to come out to a
meeting with us, I'm sure it's possible to arrange, Bruce.

Yay, the PA contingent grows!

On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 11:21 AM, chuck child <chuck.child at gmail.com> wrote:

> You are VERY welcome into our conversations, into our planning, and even
> into our family (Which is how it feels, honestly, being in Pengucon's
> circle).   We already have two extremely valuable members of our family who
> live in Pennsylvania, so don't feel distance is a prohibitive limiter.
>
> I know that I am extremely glad you enjoyed Penguicon, and joined our
> message group.   It is an affirmation to all who put in effort that, over
> and above a good con for us, we made a good con for Everyone.
>
> <soapbox>
> If there was any piece of the con that you felt spoke to you, stand up for
> it.   Even by simply discussing what you liked, and what didn't work for
> you, you are helping inform the decision making process involved in making
> next year better.   We constantly encourage those who want to step forward,
> because every one of us stepped forward, and the rewards, while purely
> social and mostly glory-free, are amazing.
>
> Penguicon lives on year round in the hearts and minds of those who enjoy
> it, and we spark a new mini-con every time we gather to extole it's virtues,
> or critique and patch it's source.
>
> The code is open, You are encouraged to hack!
> </soapbox>
>
> Either way, we greatly look forward to seeing you next year.
>
> -Chuck
>
>
> On 4/25/08, Bruce Quayle <Bruce_Quayle at ieee.org> wrote:
>
>> Pardon the intrusion into your long long long and very interesting
>> conversation.
>>
>> I feel a little like a voyeur, having subscribed to your list just after
>> missing the opportunity to attend last year's Penguicon ... only discovered
>> you a few days before it started, and I wanted to be sure I knew what was
>> happening for this year.  I have watched your process with great fascination
>> and enjoyment.  I attended this year with my son (who is local whereas I'm
>> Pittsburgh) and yours ranks in quality right up there with the several world
>> cons I've attended ... though appropriately scaled.  I will be back.
>>
>> I had no sense of being able to help from so far away, but perhaps somehow
>> next year.  I am a semi-retired scientist/engineer, senior IEEE member,
>> doing occasional projects consulting in hardware/firmware product
>> development.  I'm a resource if it ever seems useful to you all.
>>
>> And the Tesla Concert was an unexpected pleasure.  I threw up a flash
>> conversion of one of my clips<http://technologydesignconsultants.com/Tesla/>onto some of my web space in order to convey it to friends not fortunate
>> enough to be there.  Very rough but quick!  Universal response is that it is
>> "Way Cool"!!
>>
>> Again Thanks,
>>
>> Bruce Quayle
>>
>> --
>>
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>> Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes.
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Faithfully yours,
Molly J. de Blanc
Penguicon 6.0 Talent Wrangler
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