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"Tony[B]" <ben### [at] catholic org> wrote in message
news:3b17bf6d@news.povray.org...
> Hmm, that's another option... but still, the closest POVers for me would
be
> in the States. Maybe if the ones who don't have to travel so far to get
the
> the convention could send a few bucks to the ones who would... Just a
> thought... :)
If we do anything, we don't want it to take away the person to person
meeting of those who can meet.
The video thing would be OK as long as it was maybe one site per couple
of thousand miles. For instance, a site in Orlando, one in Wisconsin or
something and one in California. A couple in Europe, Asia, S America and Oz.
A camera for Gail. But those who -can- get to the convention sites should.
If not we might as well be doing the newsgroup.
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"Harold Baize" <bai### [at] itsaucsfedu> wrote in message
news:3b17c8c9@news.povray.org...
> Oh come on. The one place everyone loves, especially
> those from outside the USA, is...
>
> SAN FRANCISCO
What! That would be the -last- place I would want to go! Crowds,
pollution, crime, artificial inflation, brownouts, $3 gas, earthquakes,
fires, mudslides....
... need we go on?
As for Alien Tourista, Orlando gets as much as SF and LA combined. But
when you want to you can drive a few miles and find a deserted beach with
warm water and no "medical waste with crude oil sauce".
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"Bill DeWitt" <bde### [at] cflrrcom> wrote in message
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>
> OK, so the idea is for a 2002 convention either in Orlando Florida USA
> or Atlanta Georgia USA or other location to be agreed upon in the USA.
Great idea. The host of POV-Ray Chat on AOL has been bringing up the idea
of a get-together at his place northwest of Atlanta. Started talking of it
a year or so ago. Would be maybe three people going if so :-) He was just
there in FL, goes there sometimes.
Atlanta is relatively close to me but Orlando sounds good with the closeness
to beaches and so much stuff around. I can't imagine too many people
travelling to there though unless they plan a vacation. I'll certainly stay
tuned anyway.
What time of the year are we talking about here? Not mid-summer I hope.
Far as the teleconferencing, I never have much luck with video calls.
Someone think they could actually work a multi-user conference?
And on the treasury aspect... well, I'll wait and see what people are going
to say about that too. :-)
Bob H.
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"Bill DeWitt" <bde### [at] cflrrcom> wrote in message
news:3b17d142$1@news.povray.org...
>
> "Harold Baize" <bai### [at] itsaucsfedu> wrote in message
> news:3b17c8c9@news.povray.org...
> > Oh come on. The one place everyone loves, especially
> > those from outside the USA, is...
> >
> > SAN FRANCISCO
>
> What! That would be the -last- place I would want to go! Crowds,
> pollution, crime, artificial inflation, brownouts, $3 gas, earthquakes,
> fires, mudslides....
Hmm, you might have a few points there. But FL is literally on fire as we
speak :-D
I was going to suggest Memphis TN, but it would be gambling for about the
only entertainment. Thought about Nashville TN but then it would be country
music. What other centralized USA cities are there that actually might be
good places to visit for all?
Or is everyone actually thinking it could be broken into sections of West,
Midwest, Southeast, Northeast... or what?
If the number of people willing to do this dwindles to a mere few the
"convention" will probably fail to be realized.
Bob H.
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In article <3b17d92f@news.povray.org> , "Bob H." <omn### [at] msncom> wrote:
> I was going to suggest Memphis TN, but it would be gambling for about the
> only entertainment. Thought about Nashville TN but then it would be country
> music. What other centralized USA cities are there that actually might be
> good places to visit for all?
There is another important consideration: An airport with inexpensive
flights from almost anywhere in the USA for those (students) with little
money to spend...
Thorsten
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e-mail: tho### [at] trfde
Visit POV-Ray on the web: http://mac.povray.org
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On Fri, 01 Jun 2001 20:44:45 +0200, Thorsten Froehlich wrote:
>In article <3b17d92f@news.povray.org> , "Bob H." <omn### [at] msncom> wrote:
>
>> I was going to suggest Memphis TN, but it would be gambling for about the
>> only entertainment. Thought about Nashville TN but then it would be country
>> music. What other centralized USA cities are there that actually might be
>> good places to visit for all?
>
>There is another important consideration: An airport with inexpensive
>flights from almost anywhere in the USA for those (students) with little
>money to spend...
Aren't you in Chicago part of the year? Y'all seem to have a nice cheap
airport. And the bonus is that I already know most of the airport-area
hotels from having attended too many AEA (http://www.agelectronicsassn.org/)
meetings there.
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"Bob H." <omn### [at] msncom> wrote :
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> What time of the year are we talking about here? Not mid-summer I hope.
No, right after the Hurricanes are over or just before the mosquitoes
breed. Say end of October to December or end of February to the beginning of
April. That's if we agree on Orlando, I don't know what it's like in
Atlanta.
> Far as the teleconferencing, I never have much luck with video calls.
> Someone think they could actually work a multi-user conference?
Probably, out of the guys around here? Not me, but surely some of the
programmer guys can do it.
> And on the treasury aspect... well, I'll wait and see what people are
going
> to say about that too. :-)
That's kind of scary to me. Handing money around is a sure way to make
people mad, and you know how I hate to make people mad...
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In article <slr### [at] fwicom> , ron### [at] povrayorg (Ron
Parker) wrote:
> Aren't you in Chicago part of the year? Y'all seem to have a nice cheap
> airport.
Nope, not any more. I will be a bit more east in Pittsburgh from August
2001 until August 10th, 2002. After that, who knows... :-)
Thorsten
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Ron Parker wrote:
> >What about organizing multiple conventions simultaneously around the
> >world, linked by some webcams ?
>
> Who gets to be the lucky country that has to do their convention at 0200
> local time?
Don't tell me you don't usually work at your images by this time!
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On Fri, 01 Jun 2001 20:39:15 +0000, Francois Dispot wrote:
>Ron Parker wrote:
>> Who gets to be the lucky country that has to do their convention at 0200
>> local time?
>
>Don't tell me you don't usually work at your images by this time!
Which images would those be?
The closest you're likely to get these days is development stuff like
this:
Change: 845
Date: 2001/06/01 00:10:22
Client: parkerr
User: parkrrrr
Status: submitted
But I went to bed right after I submitted that change, honest!
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