02/12/2012-19:16:00
RE: ETF 2012 qui y va?
Dear Dominique,
My apologies for this unfortunate and unnecessary behaviour. I wasn't made aware of this incident and shall find out why(and by whom) you were treated like this.
As for your suggestion, I need to point out that for simple reasons of insurance coverage, the ETF cannot open its doors for visitors, unless prior permission has been given by the organisation team. Some of the amps that were built without any outer casing were running on 1000V and the risk of any one(children in particular, but knowledgable adults are not immortal either) accidentally getting hurt or worse is something that the organisation team can't risk. Once we "open the doors" to one-day visitors, we also can't promise anyone's gear to be still there by the end of the day(a concern expressed by many ETF participants).
You cannot imagine how many people "just wanted to check it out for a few hours", we had more than one hundred inquiries, not just a few...
I will be more than happy to take individuals around, but please contact me before coming by, because the schedule doesn't allow for each of the organizers to be available at any time. And don't worry about coffee and cake next time, it'll be my treat :-)
@Julien: I remember that the french ETF organisation team had to send some "surprise" visitors back home last year too. Since I've known you, Jerome and the rest of the french team for quite some time now, please tell me right away when something is going wrong. I won't be offended, but would have a chance to fix things right there and then.
All the best,
Frank
My apologies for this unfortunate and unnecessary behaviour. I wasn't made aware of this incident and shall find out why(and by whom) you were treated like this.
As for your suggestion, I need to point out that for simple reasons of insurance coverage, the ETF cannot open its doors for visitors, unless prior permission has been given by the organisation team. Some of the amps that were built without any outer casing were running on 1000V and the risk of any one(children in particular, but knowledgable adults are not immortal either) accidentally getting hurt or worse is something that the organisation team can't risk. Once we "open the doors" to one-day visitors, we also can't promise anyone's gear to be still there by the end of the day(a concern expressed by many ETF participants).
You cannot imagine how many people "just wanted to check it out for a few hours", we had more than one hundred inquiries, not just a few...
I will be more than happy to take individuals around, but please contact me before coming by, because the schedule doesn't allow for each of the organizers to be available at any time. And don't worry about coffee and cake next time, it'll be my treat :-)
@Julien: I remember that the french ETF organisation team had to send some "surprise" visitors back home last year too. Since I've known you, Jerome and the rest of the french team for quite some time now, please tell me right away when something is going wrong. I won't be offended, but would have a chance to fix things right there and then.
All the best,
Frank