[vcf-midatlantic] Ken Thompson video - a new dawn

[Dean Notarnicola]

You’re welcome here anytime. There’s always work to do, thanks!

On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 2:43 PM laurakid via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

> I would definitely like to help where I can.  Just let me know.  Always
> been here.  I live 15 min from Camp Evans.  I do have more going on than I
> did in 2018, but I have a very flexible schedule.
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> On Wednesday, November 11, 2020, 12:11 PM, Andrew Diller via
> vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
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> I am going to weigh in with my thoughts, addressing some of the issues and
> conjecture presented the past day and ignoring others.
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> tldr; VCF Mid-Atlantic today is still awesome, you should show up and you
> will have fun.
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> First, I am a current member of the VCF MidAtlantic Steering Committee. My
> seat is not up for re-election this year. I was invited to join the SteerCo
> as it's final, and tie-breaker member. I was excited and honored to accept
> and never looked back!
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> I'm glad we had this airing of grievances before Festivus, fwiw.
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> My history in VCF is short, but exciting. I was a lurker on the VCF forums
> for years, and one day in the waning of 2018 I decided to get involved.
> Wall NJ isn't that far from Philly, where I live. I joined the mailing list
> and found out about the upcoming Festivus.
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> I enjoyed a wonderful year of Festivus 2018, VCF East 2019, the monthly
> repair workshops and Festivus 2019. I tried to attend every workshop, and I
> managed to almost do that. I often used them as a venue to git rid of a lot
> of my excess vintage gear, to talk and socialize, learn about VCF @ Info
> age oh and sometimes work on something I had. Camp Evans itself is a
> fascinating piece of history full of interesting groups, people and
> artifacts. All willing to share and talk if you take the time.
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> Since being part of the SteerCo I have seen transformational changes in
> VCF-MA (i.e. the parts in Camp Evans (aka InfoAge). Those changes have
> happened for a simple reason- there were now a core group of _seven_
> (steerCo + Corey and Jeff) people who were dedicating ridiculous amounts of
> their time (and even funds) to assess, prioritize, and execute on projects
> that needed doing. Not just one person, but seven.
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> And we are setting up a transparent and accountable process to let
> everyone know what and how the steerco is going to do things and also to
> ensure outreach and ensure that any interested member can contribute. Even
> seven people isn't enough to make VCF a better place as fast as we wanted.
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> I truly feel that anyone can contribute just as much or more than any
> steerCo member by doing a simple thing- showing up!
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> Not only will you be able to meet and make some good friends you will be
> able to help in the myriad of jobs/tasks that we still need to get done to
> make VCF Museum an even more inviting place and a richer nexus for visitors
> and members alike.
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> VCF-MA is more than ever involved in cooperation with other local orgs
> with similar mandates.
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> Those are my thoughts and I'm sticking to them,
> -andy
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