Swapmeet

Today Doorman and I attended the ACP swap meet which was one of the better computer shows around. Both parking and admission was free plus they had a large vendor turnout. We were hoping to find items, or make contacts that would be useful for the 2006 conference. Even though parking and admission were still free we were greatly disappointed by the lack of vendor turn out. The show was about one third the size it used to be and many of the vendors were dealing either in old used equipment or novelty items that had nothing to do with computers. We will have to look elsewhere to find items of interest for our attendees.  

When do you start?

Often the volunteers are asked “When do you start working on next year’s conference”? Speaking for me the answer is within the first few weeks after the last conference has ended. This does not mean full time, that will come later, only that I have started researching ideas, changes, and the suggestions from  the attendees forms to try and improve the next conference. So far Al, Judy, Patricia and I have only had a few emails but by the first of the year the volume of email traffic between us will grow to volumes. Right now I am testing the remote option of posting to his site, if it works we hope to have an open working BLOG for the 13th annual conference.

First Time

This is my first entry. It will be interesting to see how it works. I hope we can get others to use it.

Who is he?

Who is this Doorman fellow and what is his secret? Do you think he likes Knock, Knock jokes? How often does he get himself into a "jamb"? Is he a secure, sturdy and safety consious person or is he weak, mared and stained?

Welcome

You have entered the Blog site for the Southwest User Group conference which is held in San Diego, California each year.