MossyCon - a spring Astoria C= Expo?

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In the April, 2005 Village Green newsletter, Dave "Lord Ronin" Mohr wrote:

> [On March 23]... the people at this meeting, Lord Alberonn, MadMax/MHI, #16,
> Fungus, Destine, KilrPilr, [Wildstar], Robert Bernardo, Jeri, Mahtzoid (#26),
> PizzaMan (Game Guild Member only), and myself.

[snip]

> Great talk and wonderful people.

[snip]

> Thanks to all for popping by and making this little impromptu convention.
> Thanks for the support, the sales, the good C= company, joining the A.C.U.G
> and those NOstalgia releases. Wish that we could do this more often. Twas a
> blast guys.

[snip]

> Do you the readers think that it is a topic to consider worth considering,
> about a con/expo here in Astoria in the spring for the C=? Nothing big; I'm
> just seeing that here are people in Washington & Oregon who could make one
> here on the coast.

I still have to write up my report on that day. But back to
question posed... a C= con/expo in Astoria every spring?
I think everything came together this time because of good fortune. I
had decided that during my spring break I had to take care of matters in the
Pacific Northwest (my summertime travels had already been planned). I knew
that I had to get up to Ray Carlsen's place in Ethel, Washington in order to
pick up repaired C= equipment and to leave more equipment to be repaired. I
knew that I'd be passing by Jeri Ellsworth's house. I knew that I had to pick
up the C= equipment of the disbanded Commodore Users Association in Medford,
Oregon.
I have to give credit to Rick "Wildstar" Balkins; if it weren't for him
telling me, I wouldn't have known that Scott "Fungus", Jeremy "Destine", and
Leo "KilrPilr" were coming down from Washington and British Columbia during the
time of my spring break. If it weren't for Rick being the go-between and
keeping us informed when to meet, I wouldn't made it to Astoria at the right
time. When March 23 was decided as the day to meet, all I had to do was
rearrange my other days in which to run my errands.
Fortune smiled upon us. Jeri was at her house when I visited. After I
told her what was going on, she too wanted to be part of the Astoria event.
Back to the question... a C= con/expo in Astoria every spring? If it
can be planned again, if everybody's schedules can come together, if it happens
again during my spring break, I'd like to come to another MossyCon.

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http/videocam.net.au/fcug

 

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"Robert Bernardo" <rbernardo@iglou.com> wrote in message
newsine.GSO.4.61.0504120314050.16926@shell1...
> In the April, 2005 Village Green newsletter, Dave "Lord Ronin" Mohr wrote:
>
>> [On March 23]... the people at this meeting, Lord Alberonn, MadMax/MHI,
>> #16, Fungus, Destine, KilrPilr, [Wildstar], Robert Bernardo, Jeri,
>> Mahtzoid (#26), PizzaMan (Game Guild Member only), and myself.
>
> [snip]
>
>> Great talk and wonderful people.
>
> [snip]
>
>> Thanks to all for popping by and making this little impromptu convention.
>> Thanks for the support, the sales, the good C= company, joining the
>> A.C.U.G and those NOstalgia releases. Wish that we could do this more
>> often. Twas a blast guys.

We'll have to see.

> [snip]
>
>> Do you the readers think that it is a topic to consider worth
>> considering, about a con/expo here in Astoria in the spring for the C=?
>> Nothing big; I'm just seeing that here are people in Washington & Oregon
>> who could make one here on the coast.

It would be an interesting concept to look into. Most "planned" con/expos
would have a higher expense factor. This gathering was just a matter of
luck, coincidence of timing and a little bit of work getting the timing and
schedule together for everyone.

> I still have to write up my report on that day. But back to
> question posed... a C= con/expo in Astoria every spring?

Absolutely cool but future C= con/expos that are planned and scheduled would
require a bit more work set well in advance.

> I think everything came together this time because of good fortune.

Absolutely.

> I had decided that during my spring break I had to take care of matters in
> the Pacific Northwest (my summertime travels had already been planned). I
> knew that I had to get up to Ray Carlsen's place in Ethel, Washington in
> order to pick up repaired C= equipment and to leave more equipment to be
> repaired. I knew that I'd be passing by Jeri Ellsworth's house. I knew
> that I had to pick up the C= equipment of the disbanded Commodore Users
> Association in Medford, Oregon.
>
> I have to give credit to Rick "Wildstar" Balkins; if it weren't for him
> telling me, I wouldn't have known that Scott "Fungus", Jeremy "Destine",
> and Leo "KilrPilr" were coming down from Washington and British Columbia
> during the time of my spring break. If it weren't for Rick being the
> go-between and keeping us informed when to meet, I wouldn't made it to
> Astoria at the right time. When March 23 was decided as the day to meet,
> all I had to do was rearrange my other days in which to run my errands.

When I heard from KilrPilr of his plans coming towards this area. I thought
it would be cool to have everyone show up at the same time (aprox.). This
would give everyone a little bit of time to have fun and discussing various
C= topics. The coincidence of timing were within the window of timing and
with good fortune - we were able to put this event together and for everyone
to have a good time.

> Fortune smiled upon us. Jeri was at her house when I visited. After I
> told her what was going on, she too wanted to be part of the Astoria
> event.

This was quite a suprise.

> Back to the question... a C= con/expo in Astoria every spring? If it can
> be planned again, if everybody's schedules can come together, if it
> happens again during my spring break, I'd like to come to another
> MossyCon.

This be cool.