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["Colleen McCarthy" <cmccarthy1 AT nc.rr.com>]

Hi Dave,

I noticed a guy with brown hair, carrying a folder, who appeared to be
waiting to meet a business partner-- or for something much more structured
than an InternetWorkers social gathering.  I arrived early and he arrived
just after I did and seemed to be pacing. Was this Rick?

I think that Rick (whether he was this person or not) was probably massively
stressed out and took it out on you.  This is the worst economic downturn
that I've ever lived through and I've never seen excellent people go so long
without employment.  Rick probably had months of pent-up frustration and you
were just an easy target.  I think that the bigger point here is that his
underlying feelings are scarily common. My vote this fall will go to the
person who recognizes that we have significant domestic issues to address
and that we need to have a better balance between addressing external
affairs and internal affairs.  If the economy is "strong" why are so many
people I know still out of work?  (No need for anyone to answer that, we all
know that the real answer is complicated).

Thanks again for organizing this event!

Colleen


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[mailto:internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of matusiak
Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 3:34 PM
To: internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [internetworkers] Re: [REMINDER] Tomorrow 7 PM @ The Wine Bar


On Friday, April 2, 2004, at 12:56  PM, Colleen McCarthy wrote:

> Hey Dave, I was waiting for the crackling sound of the patio burning
> before
> I wandered upstairs and outside last night :).  Seriously, thanks for
> organizing this.

Well, thank you to everyone who came out!  For the gatherings are not
at all successful without our jubilant and willing participants.

I had a lot of fun and it was great to see you all again!  It was
equally nice to make the acquaintance of so many new folks from around
the area.  Some of them have lived here for 9 years and some for only a
few weeks.  Regardless, the tradition of finding like-minded and fun
people to hang out with via InterNetWorkers continues.

Last night did start off a little slow, but if you stayed past 7:30
p.m. you had the opportunity to talk with some great folks.  About 40
(all totaled) by my count.  In fact, if anyone wants to participate in
a Post-Meeting Head-count Social Experiment, feel free to respond to
this message (or create your own) that states "I was there!  And my
experience was [to be filled in]."  I'd love to hear from you!

Also, thanks to Alan for being our paparazzi on site.  We'll see you
all next month!
dave m.

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