[Leica] LUG convention?

[jshul at comcast.net (Jim Shulman)]

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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