[H-GEN] HUMBUG meetings and talks

[Trent WADDINGTON]

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On Wed, 20 Aug 2003, Tony Bilbrough wrote:

> [ Humbug *General* list - semi-serious discussions about Humbug and     ]
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> G'day All,
> Humbug opens its doors at 3 pm. Sometimes early, sometimes later. But
> not much.
> And some times a speaker begins early, and sometimes, late..
>
> So, whats this whingeing that the talk began at 17.57 instead of 18.00
> Three minutes? Bloody hell, where are you at, bloke.

So what you're saying is that HUMBUG's talks are available to people with
nothing else to do on a saturday, and no-one else.

> Of course, if one were to arrive Early for such an important event [as
> all the others did] you would have been able to help put out the chairs
> and even have a chat to Tobi before hand. Many of us did. He was a cool
> and most relaxed fella.
> You might have learned something from this, too!

We arrived as early as we could, and we were on time.  By starting early
and commondering the talk by bombarding the speaker with questions from
the outset you ruined it.  Did Tobi even get to talk about the march?

> Thank you Ben, for organising the talk. Please make sure the next talk
> begins early as well.
> Thank you Clinton for always arriving early to set up all the Network
> gear for us.
> Thank you Tobi, for giving us an insight into the way Munchen 'did it'
> with SuSe. We didn't notice any latecomers, either.

How would you?  We were polite enough to come in the back, listen to Tobi
answering questions and quietly leave.

> For the Whinger, I will probably nominate you a speaker organiser at the
> next agm.
> It might give you a better understanding of the way things are, where a
> few hard workers give up a hell of a lot of their free time, just to
> help fellow Humbug Members learn more.

Your attitude is offensive.  I hope other HUMBUG members don't share it.

Trent


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