RE: MCM - Digest V1 #273

[Karen Randall <krandall@world.std.com>]

At 11:48 AM 4/5/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>I haven't replied before so hope this works-I emailed some of you privately
>but my feelings are that the event is going to be a yearly event and our
>"summit" meeting every year so I would like the consistency of calling it
>the same thing every year.  People won't be discouraged by the title, I
>think it is more interesting anyway.  We can't discourage any of those
>foreign guys if they choose to come ahead this year now can we!  What if
>they decide on their own to come on down?  Using the same title yearly lets
>everyone know that it is our organization putting this on yearly for
>everyone's knowledge and benefit.  Charlene

Those are good points too.

To go further into what I alluded to this morning, Claus felt strongly that
we needed to continue to use the "Summit" name to keep Amano on the hook.
I guess Amano said at the time of his summit that he wanted to see others
pick up the ball and keep it going.  Claus said the problem was that none
of the other commercial players could or would invest the money in bringing
all these people in on their dollar.  And for them to organize a "summit"
and _not_ pay would be to lose face in front of ADA.

So he said that exactly what is needed is for a non-profit group, that
can't possibly be expected to pay for everyone to pick it up.  He said if
we call it a "summit",  Amano will HAVE to participate if asked, and at his
own expense.  Claus also guaranteed me that He and Kaspar Horst would be
there (assuming no conflicts) and that he would work to see if Tropica and
Dupla could at least partially sponsor Christel Kasselmann to come as well.
 (Claus also felt that he and Kaspar could pressure Amano into attending if
he didn't offer on his own)

Now I'm _not_ sure whether that means we should start using the "Summit"
name this year or next, but that's the substance of my conversation with Claus.

Karen
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