jt

I'm not a big fan of camouflage T-shirts...reminds of of tacky high-school cross-country team shirts (you X-C runners know what I'm talking about - you've seen 'em)

i agree that t-shirts should be a LITTLE classier than what i was describing (only half in jest, btw).

jt

jt

i've done work in the javits center, keep in mind that even if the expo folks gave us free booth space as a not-for-profit novelty fill-in exhibit, javits is a union shop and setup fees for things like electrical hookups will eat us alive (tho it is doable). friends of mine do signage for about half the tradeshows there, so i can get the story on the ins and outs of the process in general, but they don't work with the gc who does macworld, so specifics on it are not readily available to me.

sponsorship from one of the used equipment resellers, accelerator companies, or even apple should probably be explored. big exhibitors frequently take smaller outfits "under their wing" to fill huge blocks of booth space that they are required to take to get a choice placement for their own setup.

just some thoughts,
jt

MacWorld San Fransisco = January
Apple Expo Tokyo = March
MacWorld New York = July
Apple Expo Paris = September

Actually, I am quite fond of the urban or arctic camo look, prefering urban the most.

I know that if we do get to do this, I would be glad to help out in whatever way possible, being that I live about 40 miles from the Javits Center, and I can get the time off to go do it (I was there last year, and this year I have a better mode of transportation to get there.) Unfortunetly, I have very limited time and money to donate due to college costs for this year. But you can count me in for manpower!

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Captain Z - Sniper
68K Macintosh Liberation Army
17 68K Macs Liberated

I'll take that as a complement (I made the logo)

. . . most anybody at macworld who's not a little bit "in the know" is gonna think we're retarded . . . . er . ? . ! . intellectually challenged? . . for giving a rat's rump about this stuff anyway. other than dumpster ballast pricing levels and that certain 68kCachet our toys don't have a whole lot goin' for them (for the macworld crowd anyway) except retro styling and feets-n-periscope crt's are the most obvious characteristics to play on that i can think of. on madison avenue *advertising agencies are long gone from that hood* a REALLY stupid pitch is still considered a potentially effective pitch. if we've got any budding animators in the ranks, a q605 dancin' around or cine's 840av kickin' the cowpie outta one of the new i-macs might be interesting *could get somebody burned at the stake, but we won't go into that right now*. gotta look at all the angles . . . . .

jt
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is the internet long distance phone thing still viable, and could it be used for conferencing within the ranks?

jt

Let's revive plans for Macworld Dubbo!!!

dana

1) it might be a good idea to create a new forum in which the threads would act as “ open discussion subcommittees” of more closely focused aspects of cooperative ventures., imho, it will help to get things done if we are actually going to accomplish anything

2) having a booth at macworld to spread the word in hopes of encouraging a 68k renaissance at macworld would be great, but without some kind of sponsorship it’s probably silly to consider it. brainstorming to come up with a list of potential sponsors is something that i would think should be done in its own thread.

3) a much more realistic approach for this kind of worldwide grass roots movement can be found at:
http://www.letterhead.com/
take a look at the history of this organization and how it developed without the "help" of any bureaucratic structure whatsoever. 68k bivouacs (whatever) modeled on letterhead meets might be a lot more worthwhile endeavor. check it out, the meets are phenomenal, i’ve been to quite a few and they really have fostered international participation.

* for an international get-together, i had suggested planning “field maneuvers” at the.burning man festival this year or, more realistically, next year. burning man is something i have been watching for years and i think it would be the kind of “once-in-a-lifetime-event” that might make international participation/travel expenses worthwhile. lodging/food/entertainment provisions might be kept to a very reasonable level, a mere fraction of such costs at macworld. just an idea, i haven’t researched it online, but it’s worth considering in its own right, imho. sharing links in a new thread might be a good start, if someone seconds the motion to open discussion by posting such a thread i’ll join right in.

those are my suggestions, i would like to see something really happen somewhere, somehow, what do you folks think?

jt2