@ stickers and Fistfights (was Rochester & list)

[P3D William Davis <bd3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jamie wrote:
>I seem to remember someone trying to organize either a meeting or
>special nametag stickers before last year's con.  Was there any 
>thought towards a similar venture for this year?

Hadn't heard about anything, but I can answer part of this.  There WILL 
be "@" stickers available at the Registration Desk for NSA '96.  How 
can I say this with such assurance?  I'm the Registrar (oooh, aaah) for 
the event and I know where that key is on the keyboard.  I can make up 
a few hundred in next to no time. Consider it done.  As far as a 
meeting, that will have to be up to one of you to arrange. There aren't 
any meeting rooms reserved by the NSA, so maybe a casual, come-and-go 
as you please gathering in one of the common areas of the hotel.  That 
way when the fights begin there's room to manuever.   "You said...", 
"No I didn't, what I really said was....", "Yeah, well you're wrong 
anyhow...", "No, neither of you is right...", "Hey, you spelled 
"anamorphic parallax" wrong...", "Collector!",  "User!", "Dealer!", 
"Seven-perf!", "Five-perf!", "Beamsplitter!", "Image Splitter!" etc.  
What fun. (I heard that some members might be carrying BRICKS for this 
fight!) 

> I, for one, would like to be able to instantly recognize fellow list-
>members from across the room

Me too.

>(well, at least from a few feet away)

Do you really want to let them get that close?  What's the sense of 
being able to spot one of them from across the room if you're not going 
to use the time to escape?

>having not actually met that many in person yet.

Oh. That explains it.

                                               >:-)jamie.

Bill D.  :--)



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