[Leica] LUG convention?

[grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)]

I'll raise it from both of you... Cedar Rapids, IA.

-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Jim Shulman" <jshul@comcast.net>
>
> OK, I'll go out on a limb and raise ya:
> 
> Why not have it in NYC the same weekend as the Mermaid Parade
> http://www.coneyisland.com/mermaid.shtml
> 
> Hell, the LUG could even have its own contingent in the parade.  Since the
> pictures I shot of last year's parade
> http://tinyurl.com/2pzusx
> 
> garnered so much interest from the LUG, we might as well build our
> convention around NYC's ultimate photo-opp.
> 
> Jim Shulman
> Bryn Mawr, PA
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of 
> Jayanand
> Govindaraj
> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 11:15 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] LUG convention?
> 
> I think it is a great idea. Count me in.
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
> On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 9:06 AM, Brian Reid <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> wrote:
> 
> > Off in some thread entirely unrelated to the topic, several people 
> > started
> > discussing the idea of a LUG convention.
> >
> > The LUG will be 16 years old in a month (it was founded on 7 April 1992)
> > and I think the largest gathering of us that has ever happened is maybe a
> > dozen of us claiming a section of the bar at an LHSA meeting.
> >
> > There are as of this moment 1038 members of the LUG. I recognize a dozen
> > names from the 1992 roster of people who were subscribed then and are
> still
> > here. Another 3000 have passed through, quitting as their patience waned
> or
> > their interests changed.
> >
> > I think that if there was a LUG convention and 40 people attended, it
> > would be a roaring success. If 80 people attended we'd definitely have to
> > make it a regular event (perhaps every second year).
> >
> > Thoughts?
> >
> > Brian Reid
> > LUG Saloon keeper
> >
> >
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