Letter to Perl Mongers

Todd Rockhold todd.rockhold at ontogen.com
Thu Aug 17 17:01:55 CDT 2000


~sdpm~
As I recall, I received an email including an RSVP 2-3 weeks before the
meeting and a reminder the day of the meeting.  Seemed like a good protocol
to me.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Garrett Casey [SMTP:canetguy at home.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, August 17, 2000 2:30 PM
> To:	san-diego-pm-list at happyfunball.pm.org; Russ Schnapp
> Subject:	Re: Letter to Perl Mongers
> 
> ~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
> 
> 
> 
> 
> *********** REPLY SEPARATOR  ***********
> 
> >
> >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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