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Um... Oops?
So I've been home for a couple of days and worked through a ton of backlogged snail mail. I've been basically gone since July 10. That is a lot of mail.
One bit of mail that I saw when I was home for something like twenty-three hours on the 19-20 was a summons for Jury Duty. Which you are supposed to respond to within ten days. Oops? I finally (on August 2nd) did respond, but I have no idea if it arrived here on July 10 or July 19. All I know is that I was quite late in responding.
Since the summons is for mid-September, I don't think anything bad will happen. And I did respond through the Web site, so they got it right away. And I can prove I've been out of the state as well as out of the country for two thirds of July...
Oy. Jury Duty. At a courthouse that is about an hour from my house. Joy. Rapture. And almost EXACTLY three years from the last time I served (which is the minimum time allowed between serving - three years). I last served in September of 2007.
In other news, I am finally home from Maastricht - and the trip was "the usual" mixed in with some "that's pretty cool" and a LOT of walking around the city. Plus train travel. Lots of train travel. Don't think I've done an "Infinitus" post, yet, but since most of "Infinitus" I spent assuaging and smoothing over problems, I don't think anybody wants to hear that - and even if you do, there isn't a lot I want to say about the entire ordeal. The bits I was not "on duty" were pretty awesome - also rare. Next time I think I'd like to see a few more formal programming sessions other than just the two I was able to see (both Keynote Luncheons were awesome).
Things I Hope We've Learned For Next Time:
No waitlists for any reason, ever. No one is ever happy who sits on a wait list.
No matter how good the discount is, DO NOT offer regular Park tickets for sale to attendees. It is not worth the angst and agony.
Have a system that ALERTS your registrar when someone tries to register and it fails - for WHATEVER reason.
People will try to scam you. They suck. Suck it up and deal, though, because they are everywhere.
People are stupid, and don't read. And they will make shit up if they don't have real information. And spread that shit far and wide no matter what you do.
HPEF has the best volunteer pool of anyone going. Ever. They are all awesome, and keep coming back for no discernible reason. ♥
One bit of mail that I saw when I was home for something like twenty-three hours on the 19-20 was a summons for Jury Duty. Which you are supposed to respond to within ten days. Oops? I finally (on August 2nd) did respond, but I have no idea if it arrived here on July 10 or July 19. All I know is that I was quite late in responding.
Since the summons is for mid-September, I don't think anything bad will happen. And I did respond through the Web site, so they got it right away. And I can prove I've been out of the state as well as out of the country for two thirds of July...
Oy. Jury Duty. At a courthouse that is about an hour from my house. Joy. Rapture. And almost EXACTLY three years from the last time I served (which is the minimum time allowed between serving - three years). I last served in September of 2007.
In other news, I am finally home from Maastricht - and the trip was "the usual" mixed in with some "that's pretty cool" and a LOT of walking around the city. Plus train travel. Lots of train travel. Don't think I've done an "Infinitus" post, yet, but since most of "Infinitus" I spent assuaging and smoothing over problems, I don't think anybody wants to hear that - and even if you do, there isn't a lot I want to say about the entire ordeal. The bits I was not "on duty" were pretty awesome - also rare. Next time I think I'd like to see a few more formal programming sessions other than just the two I was able to see (both Keynote Luncheons were awesome).
Things I Hope We've Learned For Next Time:
No waitlists for any reason, ever. No one is ever happy who sits on a wait list.
No matter how good the discount is, DO NOT offer regular Park tickets for sale to attendees. It is not worth the angst and agony.
Have a system that ALERTS your registrar when someone tries to register and it fails - for WHATEVER reason.
People will try to scam you. They suck. Suck it up and deal, though, because they are everywhere.
People are stupid, and don't read. And they will make shit up if they don't have real information. And spread that shit far and wide no matter what you do.
HPEF has the best volunteer pool of anyone going. Ever. They are all awesome, and keep coming back for no discernible reason. ♥