I don’t want to speak on the name as I have nostalgia for the time it was still MARCH. I liked MARCH, some others have more personal opinions. I won’t press on the name, but I do miss the times we had back then and the people who we haven’t seen in a while. As for the group. I can agree with Ian, the group stopped being a club and became an organization. It went from a small group of people who ran two small seasonal get togethers (Spring & Winter) and a computer show to a more structured organization with much bigger events. I don’t mean just VCF-East. The Swap Meet is pretty impressive. Also the monthly workshops while small are consistent. Let's also not forget the museum, the people going to System Source and the other volunteer events that members are part of. The organization does a lot. Also being an organization the focus has changed. These events require work and so they focus on the work to make these events happen. Just a note, None of this is to diminish the past. Without the original members and others, it would have not gotten this far. All I am saying is that this is more on an organization now and the organization does more than before. As for being a “club” I don’t know what more is wanted to make it more club-like. I know that a lot of us used to hang out and do things together aside from the official group events, such as exploring Camp Evans, having a memorial to Claude Kagen to Visiting Dan when he needed us. If there is a consensus to have more things like that. Then let's talk about it. Also to Jim. I agree with David Gesswein. On Tue, Oct 29, 2024 at 10:04 AM Ian Litchfield via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Regardless of what we call ourselves.
The elephant in the room here is still apparent, and this is my opinion (I am sure many have seen it as well.)
We have not really acted as a club in a long time.