Re: [AGA-mcm] Fwd: AGA Convention

["Sean Murphy" <seancmurphy@hotmail.com>]

Due to the impending growth spurt of your family I bet it will stay 
vaporware for a while longer.

:-)

Honest Erik, I did not know whether or not you offered it to us.

Sean C. Murphy
SCM Tourney Boards / Fisheries Biologist
There is a fine line between fishing and standing on the bank looking like 
an idiot.

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----Original Message Follows----
From: Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>
Reply-To: AGA Advisory Committee <aga-mcm@thekrib.com>
To: AGA Advisory Committee <aga-mcm@thekrib.com>
Subject: Re: [AGA-mcm] Fwd: AGA Convention
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 07:56:40 -0800 (PST)

On Thu, 18 Nov 2004, Sean Murphy wrote:

> I guess we were too bull headed to use the Seattle system, oh wait, was it 
> offered to us?

Um, no, it wasn't.  But that's not the point Sean. In the original e-mail, I 
was just giving an example of how a simple change of numbering schemes can 
improve data entry.  This has nothing to do with our "system", which didn't 
even use that sort of numbering scheme until the second year.

Actually the reason I didn't offer our auction setup was that it's not 
really ready for prime time, in my opinion.  Though we've used it for 5 
years now here at our auctions and I am quite proud of it and do beleive 
that it's superior to a lot of systems in terms of reliability, it has 
several problems in its current condition. First, it requires ME (and not a 
designated substitute) to be running around initializing, oiling the system, 
and keeping it operating during the entire auction.  Second, the server runs 
on Linux (the clients are just web browsers and need no special software).  
Third, it works with barcode scanners (of which I have several).  And 
fourth, it requires an old ASCII printer because I didn't make the software 
smart enough to print to printers made in this century.
Finally, it "works" quite a bit differently than most clubs are used to 
running an auction: there are no pre-definied seller sheets, the seller 
items are entered into the system as the seller registers.

With all the OTHER work I was doing with the convention, the 120 pounds of 
gear I was carting (plus the other 20 pounds I mailed to Rick), there was no 
way I was also going to bring a second laptop, a lineprinter, and a box of 
barcode scanners.  And there was no way I was also going to try and train a 
bunch of folks used to running an auction one way to a totally new system 
that would require my presence the entire 7 hours.  I was also under the 
impression that "it was covered with PVAS". Sorry.

  - Erik

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