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[Ian Meyer <ianmeyer AT mac.com>]

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Hey, just to let everyone know, I won't be able to make it, but you can 
swing by the HT in Cameron Village and pester me before or after the 
meeting, I'm working from 5-ish till almost 11 I think it is...

So have a great time everyone, maybe I'll catch you next month!

~Ian

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On Mar 2, 2004, at 9:57 PM, Michael D. Thomas wrote:

> All,
>
> Some questions about the Thursday gathering were replied back to the
> inet-announce list after I announced the March gathering. Inet-announce
> is a broadcast-only list and doesn't accept replies. I thought I'd post
> the questions here on the discussion list.
>
>
> > I'm brand new to town and plan swinging by the gathering Thursday.  I
> > look forward to meeting you all *ahem* y'all.
>
> > One quick question, if you will... Are there any special group mores,
> > folkways, taboos, or other general etiquette principles that I should
> be
> > familiar with before I show up and immediately offend everyone?
>
> Sure -- you should buy me a drink... and wash my car... and do a belly
> dance while humming crowd pleasing show tunes.
>
> Actually -- the general principles are the same you'd fine for any
> techie gathering. You'll find people to be friendly and interested in
> meeting you, and you'll probably have a better time if you express the
> same attitude.
>
> For this one we might be doing some penguin dress-up and photo-shoots.
> Depends on whether our penguins show up, along with some cameras.
>
> > I ask
> > because, although I'm from the South originally, I've spent the last
> > several years in California and I'm afraid I'm a little rusty with
> > regard to the law of the land down here.  I'm just looking for general
> > things like the following:
>
> > * Are people pretty punctual, or is there some fashionably late period
> > built into the meeting time?
>
> There is /definitely/ a fashionably late period. However, those of us
> that organize these things kinda like a couple of people to show up on
> time so that we aren't thinking things like, "no way I'll ever organize
> another one"  for half an hour.
>
> > * Is this a more or less casual affair?
>
> Very casual. Per NC state law, though, you should wear clothes and
> you'll need a shirt and shoes to enter the establishment.
>
> > * Should I bring anything?
>
> No need to -- just bring money to pay for whatever you consume and 
> maybe
> some business cards if you'd like to pass them out.
>
> > * Are you offended by ugliness, drunkenness, strangeness or odor?
>
> Ugliness of spirit, maybe -- but many of the world's most beautiful
> people are ugly that way. Drunkeness -- only if you are a danger to
> yourself or others. Odor -- we haven't tested the bounds on that one
> yet...
>
>
>
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