[TheForge] Conference electricity

[Grover Richardson]

	I think that I was inexact in my verbosity<G>.  Or not sufficiently
succinct<G>.
	If we let tourists in for free those that pay will be cheated, or at
least feel that way.  Either is bad.
	The conferences that I have been to were for blacksmiths, but there
was never a disclaimer (like a class at JC Campbell) that said you had to be
this tall to ride the ride.  So while they are specifically NOT not allowed,
they never come.
	So, tourists are welcome, but you won't see any because they don't
want to learn how to hammer all day.

	However, I will admit that I haven't been to that many, and it just
may be possible that they WERE closed to the general public, but me being a
blacksmith in training, I didn't see a sign, and they didn't hold an arm in
front of me.

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[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Freeman
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 8:23 AM
To: theforge at mailman.qth.net
Subject: RE: [TheForge] Conference electricity

Grover,
The conferences I've seen have been closed to the public.  The blacksmiths
had to pay a significant fee to attend, and the public wasn't going to be
welcomed in free.  I don't say htat this is how it should be...
Bruce
NJ

>>> grover.richardson at gtri.gatech.edu 3/15/2007 5:00 PM >>>
	Ahh.  OK, tourist are welcome, but they ain't gonna come.  Tourists
are welcomed, in my mind, at any event.  But I have seen zero at
conferences.


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