Letter to Perl Mongers
Garrett Casey
canetguy at home.com
Thu Aug 17 16:29:46 CDT 2000
~sdpm~
I hope I didn't come across like I was complaining about the people who wrote back that they could not attend. I fully understand it if someone has a prior commitment - thats fine. I am concerned about the 26 people who said they WOULD attend and didn't.
>In the future, I recommend getting RSVPs early enough so that you and
>the host know how many have committed to attending. (THOSE are the
>folks who had darned well better show up!)
26 out of 32 people who RSVP did not show up.
-Garrett
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>
>Garrett, you really shouldn't assign blame to members who never said
>they would attend. This is the nature of things. People get busy, they
>go on vacation, they choose to spend summer evenings with their
>families, ... This is the way it is.
>
>
>This is what I assumed you were doing when you sent out the RSVP a few
>days back.
>
>In the future, I recommend getting RSVPs early enough so that you and
>the host know how many have committed to attending. (THOSE are the
>folks who had darned well better show up!)
>
>Sorry you got skunked. It *is* embarrassing. I know this from personal
>experience, having been involved in the San Diego ACM for something like
>15 years.
>
>Best wishes, and I'm truly sorry I couldn't attend. (But I *did* RSVP
>accordingly!)
>
~sdpm~
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