Greg,

That is it exactly. The conference is a great thing that is being brought
down by rampant materialism. However, I do think that the guys running the
show could at least try to do something about it. Instead, they are doing
things like changing the name from a "telescope builders conference" to
"expo".

I think that moving the 14" Meade door prize to Sunday would have a most
profound effect on Sunday's attendance! :-)

Del Johnson




"Greg Crinklaw" wrote in message
...

I think where the two of you aren't connecting, Del, is that your real
complaint isn't with RTMC: it's really about the materialism of the
people who attend. I'd submit that RTMC isn't really to blame for that,
and no matter what policies RTMC chooses they aren't going to change it
either...

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Greg Crinklaw