Hey everyone. I wanted to send this email Monday morning. Been crazy busy catching up on work and sleep! Many people in our group and from the InfoAge community commented that I seemed more relaxed at this year's VCF East than every other year. There are three words to explain the reasons. The first word is "team". More than ever, there were a ton of insanely helpful people doing event tasks these past few weeks and at the show itself. With advance apologies to anyone I forget, and in no particular order: some of the most helpful people immediately preceding the show were Corey (who's responsible for every penny of our business matters), Tony (and his employees) for doing a ton of physical labor, Bill Dudley, Adam, Jeff Galinat, Dean/Drew, Dave R., Dan, Bill W., Bill I., Bill Degnan, Henry, Amy, Ann, Jeff J., Don, and Martin; our gatekeeper Victor; InfoAge's support team of Patrick, Gloria, Jim, Dawn, Ben, Derek, and Elaine; and Garden State Central Model RR Club's Steve, Jimmy, Bob, etc. That leads to the other two words: Jeff Brace. Anyone with even a limited view inside VCF operations can see that Brace was "helpfulest" person of all. Our board smartly determined that Jeff's attention to detail and openness to hard work were the perfect balance to my hundred-mile-an-hour brain. They gave Jeff the role of project manager, which left me free to focus on my strengths (summarized as "public stuff": marketing, finding keynoters/presenters/sponsors, recruiting exhibitors, making a good layout, social media, interacting with other organizations, PR, museum improvements, etc.) .... however Jeff did more behind-the-scenes work before, during, and after the event than most of you will ever know. As I explained to many people last weekend: my job is to say, "Let's all go thataway!", and if the board approves the direction/funding then Jeff's job is to plan all the details for HOW to go that way. He's been our unsung hero. ________________________________ Evan Koblentz, director Vintage Computer Federation a 501(c)(3) educational non-profit evan@vcfed.org (646) 546-9999 www.vcfed.org facebook.com/vcfederation twitter.com/vcfederation instagram.com/vcfederation
On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 2:45 AM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Hey everyone.
I wanted to send this email Monday morning. Been crazy busy catching up on work and sleep!
Many people in our group and from the InfoAge community commented that I seemed more relaxed at this year's VCF East than every other year.
There are three words to explain the reasons.
The first word is "team". More than ever, there were a ton of insanely helpful people doing event tasks these past few weeks and at the show itself. With advance apologies to anyone I forget, and in no particular order: some of the most helpful people immediately preceding the show were Corey (who's responsible for every penny of our business matters), Tony (and his employees) for doing a ton of physical labor, Bill Dudley, Adam, Jeff Galinat, Dean/Drew, Dave R., Dan, Bill W., Bill I., Bill Degnan, Henry, Amy, Ann, Jeff J., Don, and Martin; our gatekeeper Victor; InfoAge's support team of Patrick, Gloria, Jim, Dawn, Ben, Derek, and Elaine; and Garden State Central Model RR Club's Steve, Jimmy, Bob, etc.
That leads to the other two words: Jeff Brace.
Anyone with even a limited view inside VCF operations can see that Brace was "helpfulest" person of all. Our board smartly determined that Jeff's attention to detail and openness to hard work were the perfect balance to my hundred-mile-an-hour brain. They gave Jeff the role of project manager, which left me free to focus on my strengths (summarized as "public stuff": marketing, finding keynoters/presenters/sponsors, recruiting exhibitors, making a good layout, social media, interacting with other organizations, PR, museum improvements, etc.) .... however Jeff did more behind-the-scenes work before, during, and after the event than most of you will ever know. As I explained to many people last weekend: my job is to say, "Let's all go thataway!", and if the board approves the direction/funding then Jeff's job is to plan all the details for HOW to go that way. He's been our unsung hero.
+1 to all of that. I also wanted to recognize the hard work done by the exhibitors. I have some nice footage to compile into a video, hope to get started on that right away. This year the exhibitors got to it, did not need anything much and appeared to be self sufficient allowing staff to concentrate on other things. Bill
Seconded! Like Bill said, Jeff(!), Evan, Tony and crew, Adam, Dave, Dan, all the exhibitors, and everyone else who helped out but was not part of the "official" crew, really pulled together like I have not seen previously, and made this a very impressive event. It's very gratifying working with you all and being part of such a fine organization. On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 6:23 AM, william degnan via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 2:45 AM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Hey everyone.
I wanted to send this email Monday morning. Been crazy busy catching up on work and sleep!
Many people in our group and from the InfoAge community commented that I seemed more relaxed at this year's VCF East than every other year.
There are three words to explain the reasons.
The first word is "team". More than ever, there were a ton of insanely helpful people doing event tasks these past few weeks and at the show itself. With advance apologies to anyone I forget, and in no particular order: some of the most helpful people immediately preceding the show were Corey (who's responsible for every penny of our business matters), Tony (and his employees) for doing a ton of physical labor, Bill Dudley, Adam, Jeff Galinat, Dean/Drew, Dave R., Dan, Bill W., Bill I., Bill Degnan, Henry, Amy, Ann, Jeff J., Don, and Martin; our gatekeeper Victor; InfoAge's support team of Patrick, Gloria, Jim, Dawn, Ben, Derek, and Elaine; and Garden State Central Model RR Club's Steve, Jimmy, Bob, etc.
That leads to the other two words: Jeff Brace.
Anyone with even a limited view inside VCF operations can see that Brace was "helpfulest" person of all. Our board smartly determined that Jeff's attention to detail and openness to hard work were the perfect balance to my hundred-mile-an-hour brain. They gave Jeff the role of project manager, which left me free to focus on my strengths (summarized as "public stuff": marketing, finding keynoters/presenters/sponsors, recruiting exhibitors, making a good layout, social media, interacting with other organizations, PR, museum improvements, etc.) .... however Jeff did more behind-the-scenes work before, during, and after the event than most of you will ever know. As I explained to many people last weekend: my job is to say, "Let's all go thataway!", and if the board approves the direction/funding then Jeff's job is to plan all the details for HOW to go that way. He's been our unsung hero.
+1 to all of that.
I also wanted to recognize the hard work done by the exhibitors. I have some nice footage to compile into a video, hope to get started on that right away. This year the exhibitors got to it, did not need anything much and appeared to be self sufficient allowing staff to concentrate on other things.
Bill
Evan and Dean thank you for your acknowledgement and appreciation. Like you Evan, I spent a lot of time planning before VCF and many hours during VCF planning, managing, schlepping, putting out fires. Most people will never know all the behind the scenes work and issues that arise. Both Evan and I sacrifice lots of personal time and money (from taking days off work) to put on this show. It is a labor of love to support this community and what we believe. Enjoying the hobby of vintage computers as well as educating about the history to all ages. Evan, I agree that our team is great! The more hands we have, the faster the work goes. We managed to get the show moved out of the tents into the 9010-D. We managed to have great attendance on a pouring rainy day. We managed to record all the classes and keynotes, which has never been done before. So improvements in many areas, a few mistakes and lessons learned to improve for next year. I also appreciate Tony sending his workers to help us out Wednesday and Thursday. Without them, we would have spend many additional hours setting up. Wednesday in particular is the hardest day because so few volunteers are available. I send out many thanks to all who helped out Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Without this help it would have been so much more difficult and the quality of the show would have suffered. Besides all the names that Evan mentioned, I would like to add Dan Roganti, David Riley, Jeremy Cohen, Alex Dubowski, Mouse, Ian, Connor. There are many others who helped along the way and I thank them as well. Now it is time to get back to life, take a rest and regroup. On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 2:45 AM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Hey everyone.
I wanted to send this email Monday morning. Been crazy busy catching up on work and sleep!
Many people in our group and from the InfoAge community commented that I seemed more relaxed at this year's VCF East than every other year.
There are three words to explain the reasons.
The first word is "team". More than ever, there were a ton of insanely helpful people doing event tasks these past few weeks and at the show itself. With advance apologies to anyone I forget, and in no particular order: some of the most helpful people immediately preceding the show were Corey (who's responsible for every penny of our business matters), Tony (and his employees) for doing a ton of physical labor, Bill Dudley, Adam, Jeff Galinat, Dean/Drew, Dave R., Dan, Bill W., Bill I., Bill Degnan, Henry, Amy, Ann, Jeff J., Don, and Martin; our gatekeeper Victor; InfoAge's support team of Patrick, Gloria, Jim, Dawn, Ben, Derek, and Elaine; and Garden State Central Model RR Club's Steve, Jimmy, Bob, etc.
That leads to the other two words: Jeff Brace.
Anyone with even a limited view inside VCF operations can see that Brace was "helpfulest" person of all. Our board smartly determined that Jeff's attention to detail and openness to hard work were the perfect balance to my hundred-mile-an-hour brain. They gave Jeff the role of project manager, which left me free to focus on my strengths (summarized as "public stuff": marketing, finding keynoters/presenters/sponsors, recruiting exhibitors, making a good layout, social media, interacting with other organizations, PR, museum improvements, etc.) .... however Jeff did more behind-the-scenes work before, during, and after the event than most of you will ever know. As I explained to many people last weekend: my job is to say, "Let's all go thataway!", and if the board approves the direction/funding then Jeff's job is to plan all the details for HOW to go that way. He's been our unsung hero.
________________________________ Evan Koblentz, director Vintage Computer Federation a 501(c)(3) educational non-profit
evan@vcfed.org (646) 546-9999
www.vcfed.org facebook.com/vcfederation twitter.com/vcfederation instagram.com/vcfederation
-- Jeff Brace - ark72axow@gmail.com Sent from my Commodore 64 ========================================================
Ditto and ditto! It's very gratifying working with such a team and helping where I could. Looking forward to lending a hand for next year and seeing everyone again! Henry S. Courbis Office Toll Free: (800) REACTIVE (732-2848) Office/Mobile Direct: (856) 779-1900 www.ReActiveMicro.com <http://www.ReactiveMicro.com> - Sales, Support, and News, Our Headquarters on the Internet ReActiveMicro.com/wiki - Support, Software, Manuals, and History. Create your own page today! Facebook.com/reactivemicrousa - Our Social Media Outlet and Support On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 2:00 AM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Evan and Dean thank you for your acknowledgement and appreciation. Like you Evan, I spent a lot of time planning before VCF and many hours during VCF planning, managing, schlepping, putting out fires. Most people will never know all the behind the scenes work and issues that arise. Both Evan and I sacrifice lots of personal time and money (from taking days off work) to put on this show. It is a labor of love to support this community and what we believe. Enjoying the hobby of vintage computers as well as educating about the history to all ages.
Evan, I agree that our team is great! The more hands we have, the faster the work goes. We managed to get the show moved out of the tents into the 9010-D. We managed to have great attendance on a pouring rainy day. We managed to record all the classes and keynotes, which has never been done before. So improvements in many areas, a few mistakes and lessons learned to improve for next year.
I also appreciate Tony sending his workers to help us out Wednesday and Thursday. Without them, we would have spend many additional hours setting up. Wednesday in particular is the hardest day because so few volunteers are available.
I send out many thanks to all who helped out Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Without this help it would have been so much more difficult and the quality of the show would have suffered. Besides all the names that Evan mentioned, I would like to add Dan Roganti, David Riley, Jeremy Cohen, Alex Dubowski, Mouse, Ian, Connor. There are many others who helped along the way and I thank them as well.
Now it is time to get back to life, take a rest and regroup.
On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 2:45 AM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Hey everyone.
I wanted to send this email Monday morning. Been crazy busy catching up on work and sleep!
Many people in our group and from the InfoAge community commented that I seemed more relaxed at this year's VCF East than every other year.
There are three words to explain the reasons.
The first word is "team". More than ever, there were a ton of insanely helpful people doing event tasks these past few weeks and at the show itself. With advance apologies to anyone I forget, and in no particular order: some of the most helpful people immediately preceding the show were Corey (who's responsible for every penny of our business matters), Tony (and his employees) for doing a ton of physical labor, Bill Dudley, Adam, Jeff Galinat, Dean/Drew, Dave R., Dan, Bill W., Bill I., Bill Degnan, Henry, Amy, Ann, Jeff J., Don, and Martin; our gatekeeper Victor; InfoAge's support team of Patrick, Gloria, Jim, Dawn, Ben, Derek, and Elaine; and Garden State Central Model RR Club's Steve, Jimmy, Bob, etc.
That leads to the other two words: Jeff Brace.
Anyone with even a limited view inside VCF operations can see that Brace was "helpfulest" person of all. Our board smartly determined that Jeff's attention to detail and openness to hard work were the perfect balance to my hundred-mile-an-hour brain. They gave Jeff the role of project manager, which left me free to focus on my strengths (summarized as "public stuff": marketing, finding keynoters/presenters/sponsors, recruiting exhibitors, making a good layout, social media, interacting with other organizations, PR, museum improvements, etc.) .... however Jeff did more behind-the-scenes work before, during, and after the event than most of you will ever know. As I explained to many people last weekend: my job is to say, "Let's all go thataway!", and if the board approves the direction/funding then Jeff's job is to plan all the details for HOW to go that way. He's been our unsung hero.
________________________________ Evan Koblentz, director Vintage Computer Federation a 501(c)(3) educational non-profit
evan@vcfed.org (646) 546-9999
www.vcfed.org facebook.com/vcfederation twitter.com/vcfederation instagram.com/vcfederation
-- Jeff Brace - ark72axow@gmail.com Sent from my Commodore 64 ========================================================
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