Re: [T3] 2004 Invasion Tech Sessions

[Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 12 Aug 2003 at 15:07, type3@vwtype3.org wrote:

> On 12 Aug 2003 at 15:14, Jaranson, John (J.W.) wrote:

> > Speaking of the Invasion, the Tech sessions were a big hit at the inaugral
> Invasion.  Anyone want to volunteer to do a session at the 2004 Invasion? 
> What would people be interested in seeing as a tech session? 

> Depending on what the Invasion organizers think would be interesting, I would 
> be willing to do tech sessions on one or more of the following topics: FI, 
> brakes, silicone brake fluid, charging systems.

Another suggestion, given the schedule you've got outlined so far, would be to 
schedule a couple of tech sessions each day, but have some EVERY day. I suspect 
that this is the kind of thing that most everyone can benefit from, but no one 
wants to sit thru more than 2 in a row. They need to be broken up by the more 
social aspects of the event. If there was lots of interest, perhaps we could do 
2 each morning and one each afternoon, or vice versa....

And, while you're soliciting suggestions, here are a couple of things that we 
missed at the premier Invasion:

Name tags: Funny how I wasn't able to recognize hardly anyone from their cars 
or faces. The name tags should include all of the following info: real name, 
email address, email nickname (if different,) and maybe even a car description.

Car tags that include the owner's name(s.) I didn't think if it last year, but 
by next year I'll have a nice description of my car printed out to go with 
this. I urge everyone to come with something similar, but there should still be 
a standard Invasion form.

As great as the first Invasion was, I felt lost because I was constantly 
struggling to put faces and names together with cars and email nicknames so I 
could try to put everyone together with the list personalities that I thought I 
already knew. I'm TERRIBLE with names, so I need lots of help with this.

I had a great time at last year's Invasion and I feel like I made a lot of 
friends there, but I'm just so bad with names that I don't remember who most of 
them are.   ;-)

-- 
Jim Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, WI 53711-3054
USA

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