Thanks Jeff. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Monday, August 19, 2019, 9:41 PM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote: On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 4:18 PM Tony Bogan via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

Best advice I can give you is to be more proactive and seek out involvement instead of waiting to be asked. That, and perhaps reach out to those that organize the various events (workshops, warehouse work, etc) directly as opposed to a generic airing of perceived grievances on the main list. In my experience Evan, Jeff, Corey and Dean are always ready to talk.

Laura, I'm sorry that you feel that you don't belong here. That is a terrible feeling. I hope that you can talk to Evan, Corey or myself privately and clarify what you are feeling. We do what we can to accommodate volunteers, but sometimes schedules don't line up. You are always welcome to come to a workshop, even if it is only to watch. There are many people that are new or not as savvy technically that will come and watch at the workshops before they try something themselves. There are always other members at the repair workshops that are helpful friendly and willing to teach someone else. You are also invited to Festivus which is December 7. I feel that our group is open to anyone and very tolerable of different quirks. Heck I've put up with Evan for 11 years and *everyone* knows what he's like ;) And by the way he's a dog person, but he's starting to see the light and know that cats are better than dogs. -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation