Subj : Re: The people you meet
To : Ward Dossche
From : Paul Hayton
Date : Fri Nov 25 2022 08:29 am
On 24 Nov 2022 at 02:02a, Ward Dossche pondered and said...
WD> I have met several sysops and *Cs and never was disappointed, even when
WD> meeting people I fought heroic verbal battles with ... especially the
WD> Greeks.
WD> Before retirement I traveled a lot for business and was able to link up
WD> with the RCs of most regions plus 8 ZCs ... whatever issue one had, it
WD> always automatically went away after a get together, breaking bread,
WD> sharing a beer...well, not with one ZC ... but in the end I met a lot of
WD> people, learned a lot and generally had a good time.
It's great you were able to weave travel with both work and hobby. It's always nice to experience new places and see some new and old faces along the way if you can.
I think the closest I may get to any of that is on a Zoom, Skype or Teams call with some fellow sysops... so not so much travel but at least some face to face chat without any keyboard text ambiguities :)
Come to think of it, it's not really something I have done much of at all since returning to the hobby circa 2012... most contacts tend to be helping others get set up and then moving on to the next person to help etc.
Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going'
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