Oh crap. I did get that. robricc@spm would be the correct address. I am a moron.

Does that mean the email I just sent to robricc$spmicro wont get me on the list?

No, that is my address. You should email dave at davecosta dot com if you would like to be on the email list.

Doh! Sorry. Gotta drink more coffee.

50-60? That is a few more than I thought...I was really thinking that there would be about 30. Hmmm...well, I know that I can have everyone eat for free, but the thing for 60 people is should I do that... Plus now that I know there could be 60 people, I will go to the store this week and see where we can sit in the place. It would have to be at an off time like between 2pm and 4pm.

Ok, here is the deal. I will see how real the _free_ possibility is for 60, but I can promise at least a 50% discount.

and just so everyone knows, it's T.G.I. Friday's in Woburn.

Just don't want to scroll through the whole list of replies. As it stands now we are talking about the following:

Boston Meet
May 11, 2002
Target Parking lot in Woburn
Head over to Matt's work afterwards for some eats
Some people will head into Boston afterwards.

Right?

Greg

Sounds good to me. I won't complain if we only get 50% off dinner, thats awesome.

What's the meeting time for all this?
Also, are there others here interested in the button mod? I've seen the pics - and this one seems just beyond what I feel comfortable doing myself - I don't feel like frying my display board.

We're getting there, check out http://davecosta.com/empeg for the latest info.

Been off the board a while...Can I make one correction to this post???

"A meet north of Boston would be AWESOME! This is my first time perusing the board in a while, so I was VERY happy to see dcosta describe the ultimate location to hold a meet: The Target right off of exit 37C (Rt. 93)!"

Actually, if you look back, I described the location...

I'll be there...

Congratulations! You have rightly won the location-describing contest. You're trophy will be mailed within 4-6 business days.

Congratulations! You've won the ``Least funny asshole'' award! Feel free to collect your trophy -- it's just outside. Yeah, that's it -- you just have to leave for a second. Don't let the door hit you on the way out -- we're still trying to clean it off after the last time you left.

Quick! Someone lock the door before he gets back in!

And does that come in the new chipped gold or the old chipped silver???

Yikes, you guys are ruthless !!
...for the record: I described you guys first...

I'm from Massachusetts....Ruthless is my middle name

Ah, it was just a joke. I should have added a little at the end.

I figured it was a joke...No big deal...

Alright Folks, there is an update in the air.
Check it out at : http://davecosta.com/empeg

I was thinkning t-shirts, polos, hats, stickers, keychains, etc...
but not sure if I'll personally have the time.
Anyone wanna pick that one up and run with it ?
I figure it might make sense to put together some sort of party favour.
Maybe people can pay $5 upon arrival for a "my name is" sticker,
a key chain and some other neat-o fab goodies.
Any help or ideas would be appreciated.

thanx,

- dave

Maybe people can pay $5 upon arrival for a "my name is" sticker

It would be cool if the sticker had our BBS handle and avitar on it. I would be willing to make the stickers as long as noone would complain they were printed on an inkjet (only your info would be done on the inkjet, the stickers would be legit).

Yeah, sounds good.
I'll pay $5 for that and maybe something else like an empeg keychain or something....
Anyone else got a suggestion ?

I wouldn't accept money for doing it. I will look into it this weekend.

OK another update :

Transportation from the airport right to Woburn is available through massport
see the transportation section of http://davecosta.com/empeg

Alright !
Is there ANYONE who can do the illuminated button Hack that will be attending ?
I, personally would like to have someone do this for me, but my skills are just not there.
I would love it if someone could do it for me....
Please, Please, Please
If anyone can do this and is planning on attending, please let me know
dave@davecosta.com

- thanx

I will be there - and I have confidence that my skills and gas iron are up to the task, although I don't have a kit installed myself yet...time to email Brian.

I don't know whether Mark is going to be doing this as well. I think we'd need to be on the same page as regards any monetary issue - I know that he'd mentioned a figure for a mai-in service, and that figure was mainly to stop him getting swamped in mail. I don't know whether/what he might be thinking about for the meet.

Depending on the number of people wanting this service, I was considering just doing the 'Really Tricky Bit With The Resistor Network(tm)' for those who are confident enough to do the rest. And maybe seeing if Brian would send me a few of the resistor networks as a loss-leader for those who didn't get a kit yet...I'd rather spend an hour or so getting a dozen people sorted with that and then get some time to enjoy the meet myself, rather than 2 hours getting 3 or 4 people completely installed whilst leaving others out in the cold and not getting to meet everyone.

It'd be useful to know how many of the attendees would be requesting this service - and who would be ok with just the 'RTBWTRN(tm)' service.

hey all,

i have a bit of bad news about my ability to provide free or deeply discounted food. I was speaking with my Vice President of Operations for the Northeast Region and my impression from him was that it would be very frowned upon by the 'higher-ups' in the company to take advantage of my ability to give away food. He didn't come right out and say that I shouldn't, but he implied that if I wanted to get where he is (making mad cash) that it would not be a good idea.

So, let me know if you still would like to go to Friday's, I could still do a little something, and we would get great service. But if you don't want to go now, I understand.

Sorry about that everyone.

I'm still in for Friday's. Having to pay for a meal is not a deal-breaker.

I've got access to a printer for really nice vinyl stickers. If someone is willing to design something cool I can get them taken care of (300 of them). I was thinking of doing something like with Empeg Boston, but then I don't want to exclude people who may come from another state or something. I'm open for any design really. If someone wants to make something cool I'll send them to everyone. The deal is this:

Dimensions: 3" x 6", 2" x 9", or 4" x 4.5"
2 color.

So left me know.


Also, does anyone in the area know where I can get a box to hold my empeg for home? I know there is some place on route 95 called "You Do It" Electronics, anyone been there?

Hey Mike. Good to here from you!

Hey Man! You goin to this meet?

We're gonna get flamed for not e-mailing each other directly

May 11 is creeping up...
For those of you who need to make and have not made hotel reservations...
you might want to get on that.

Check http://davecosta.com/empeg for details.

Aso, If you plan to join me at Jillian's that night, GET FIVE BUCKS FREE.

Due to a sudden change in work/idle time status, I probably will not be at the Boston meet.

I have a major Linux kernel development contract that will keep me very busy through to early June (with hopes of being able to take the summer off afterwards..).

Depending how things go, I might show up at the last moment, but for now it doesn't look very likely.

Have fun, all!

-ml