[vcf-midatlantic] Help! We need a VCF East keynote speaker

[corey cohen]

 I have not been reading the whole thread, but yes there is a planning board for every festival we hold. 

corey cohen
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> On Feb 22, 2018, at 3:58 PM, RETRO Innovations via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
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> I know I'm an outlier, as far as geography and attachment to the group, but that does not seem like a decision that can be made by one person.
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> I would assume there is a planning team, loosely defined though it may be that would consider such options.
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> It may indeed be that this presentation is too obscure to be of any general value, but I can see instances where an obscure technology and the story behind it has general implications.
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> JIm
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>>> On February 22, 2018 at 3:16 PM Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
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>>> Hello all,
>>> Jason Scott and I would like to recommend Ed Smith, if he is available and
>>> willing to talk.
>>> He can be contacted through Benj Edwards.
>>> 
>>> Here is an article about him written by Benj:
>>> http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/1230/ed-smith-interview
>>> 
>>> Thanks, Eric
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>> I'm aware of him, but as I told Jason privately, Ed would not good for 
>> this role. The Imagination Machine is way too obscure to be the subject 
>> of a keynote address.