What to see and do at Linuxcon

[mikebw at bilow.bilow.uu.ids.net (Mike Bilow)]

Jerry Feldman wrote in a message to Mike Bilow:

> JFD3> There is going to be a Megameeting this year. Apparently it
> JFD3> will be done without vendors. Whoever figured this one out
> JFD3> surely has recto-cranial inversion. -- 
>
>Excuse me?  What happened to the Megameeting?  Did I miss something big?

 JF> I have been told a couple of different stories. There will
 JF> be no megameeting as we knew it. There will be a show this
 JF> year. In the past, Megameeting was combined with compufest.
 JF> I believe that is still on. The Exectutive Director wants to
 JF> use an outside vendor to run the show. She feels that it
 JF> takes too much staff time. That is what Vince Gale used to
 JF> yell about when Pam was running it. And, that is true. But,
 JF> it is kind of a sad state of affairs when BCS user groups
 JF> used to run larger shows strictly with volunteers. It was
 JF> the computer shows that built the BCS. But, things do
 JF> change. I do agree with Pam that it is better to get outside
 JF> vendors to run the mechanics of shows. They do this for a
 JF> living. And, considering the BCS staff cannot even run its
 JF> own annual meeting. And, I really don't want to cast any
 JF> stones at the staff members. Each one of the staff members
 JF> is very hard working and are skilled in their own areas.
 JF> There are some real improvements that have been made at the
 JF> BCS in the last year. 

When I originally joined the BCS in 1976 or so, the membership forms were
mimeographed onto blue construction paper and the dues were about $5.  Maybe we
should go back to that.
 
-- Mike