Okay, with the 2010 Sunshine Mix now in the books, and while there's a tremendous buzz... what a perfect time to start talking about next year, eh?
There has been some talk about doing the meet in the midwest, and also talk about doing one on the west coast...
In a country the size of ours, and the space that boomboxes require for transport (size, weight, quantity) I feel like the harsh reality of the situation is that we will likely never have a truly over the top turnout beyond what we had in Sorrento.
However, I could envision a situation where we have two or three meets going on simultaneously with video feeds to each other.... With maybe a dozen or so members at each meet, with as many boxes as they can manage. But, to make that really happen someone attending each meet would need to volunteer to be the "go to" guy. And if you're going to have the meet at a place with that level of connectivity, then there will likely be a charge for the space, etc... We were obviously very fortunate to have access to a space like the one in Sorrento for the past three years, and will surely call upon Tony to host again.
Apartment or condo club houses seem to be offer the best solution where a member has rights to use the space and can reserve it in advance.
Obviously, the skype thing didn't work out this year.... largely because of all of the setup that went into our boomer battle station and the set up snafus we experienced with the various FM transmitters we tried... . Thank goodness for the surprise attendee from Chicago who came through with his walkman sized FM transmitter and saved the day on that front. It was good having boomboxes all over the room able to play the same music.
Anyway, I just couldn't get around to twiddling with the computer, too.. Truth be told, the first two hours of the meet were spent organizing, moving furniture, setting up tables, and plugging up gear... I didn't even have time to check if there was a wifi for us to hook into with the PC. I didn't even get to give the Aiwa TPR 950 a critical listen like I wanted...
The next thing I knew.... the sky turned dark and people were leaving, The day goes by faster than you think when you are basically enjoying the proverbal "kid in a candy store" frame of mind.
So....what do you guys think about trying to coordinate a couple of regional meets and setting up video feeds to each other?? Maybe next year we do a pair of meets. One on the east coast and the other on the west coast???
There has been some talk about doing the meet in the midwest, and also talk about doing one on the west coast...
In a country the size of ours, and the space that boomboxes require for transport (size, weight, quantity) I feel like the harsh reality of the situation is that we will likely never have a truly over the top turnout beyond what we had in Sorrento.
However, I could envision a situation where we have two or three meets going on simultaneously with video feeds to each other.... With maybe a dozen or so members at each meet, with as many boxes as they can manage. But, to make that really happen someone attending each meet would need to volunteer to be the "go to" guy. And if you're going to have the meet at a place with that level of connectivity, then there will likely be a charge for the space, etc... We were obviously very fortunate to have access to a space like the one in Sorrento for the past three years, and will surely call upon Tony to host again.
Apartment or condo club houses seem to be offer the best solution where a member has rights to use the space and can reserve it in advance.
Obviously, the skype thing didn't work out this year.... largely because of all of the setup that went into our boomer battle station and the set up snafus we experienced with the various FM transmitters we tried... . Thank goodness for the surprise attendee from Chicago who came through with his walkman sized FM transmitter and saved the day on that front. It was good having boomboxes all over the room able to play the same music.
Anyway, I just couldn't get around to twiddling with the computer, too.. Truth be told, the first two hours of the meet were spent organizing, moving furniture, setting up tables, and plugging up gear... I didn't even have time to check if there was a wifi for us to hook into with the PC. I didn't even get to give the Aiwa TPR 950 a critical listen like I wanted...
The next thing I knew.... the sky turned dark and people were leaving, The day goes by faster than you think when you are basically enjoying the proverbal "kid in a candy store" frame of mind.
So....what do you guys think about trying to coordinate a couple of regional meets and setting up video feeds to each other?? Maybe next year we do a pair of meets. One on the east coast and the other on the west coast???
