06/12/2012-13:22:20
RE: ETF 2012 qui y va?
Hi Dominique, Julien, Yves and all other Melaudia members,
I agree, it would have been easy enough to just take Dominique and his family around for a couple of hours or so AND it would have helped if his visit would have been announced to the ETF team.
As mentioned earlier, the response to this years registration was overwhelming and we agreed that, apart from the impossibility to accomodate more than 100 people, any further increase might change the character of the ETF to something less of a "family meeting", which, in my opinion, is one of the greatest traits of the ETF.
I myself bounced a commercial manufacturer from Berlin, with two of her guests from the UK, who showed up at the door on Saturday. I explained the situation in a very friendly and polite manner, but it nevertheless didn't go over too well either. Their argument was that the ETF was announced in a UK mainstream magazine under "Upcoming Events" and that they "just wanted to check it out". We certainly didn't advertize it, but it shows that there is no total control over what people perceive the ETF to be.
In the end it comes to deciding where to draw a line. Our group did discuss this line near endlessly(or so it seemed :-) and I will support that, in the next two years and upon prior announcement, any ex ETFler will get his "tour". But there won't be "single day"- or "two day"-passes, with our without food, etc. That would complicate matters beyond acceptability.
I hope you understand and wish everyone a peaceful holiday season,
Frank
I agree, it would have been easy enough to just take Dominique and his family around for a couple of hours or so AND it would have helped if his visit would have been announced to the ETF team.
As mentioned earlier, the response to this years registration was overwhelming and we agreed that, apart from the impossibility to accomodate more than 100 people, any further increase might change the character of the ETF to something less of a "family meeting", which, in my opinion, is one of the greatest traits of the ETF.
I myself bounced a commercial manufacturer from Berlin, with two of her guests from the UK, who showed up at the door on Saturday. I explained the situation in a very friendly and polite manner, but it nevertheless didn't go over too well either. Their argument was that the ETF was announced in a UK mainstream magazine under "Upcoming Events" and that they "just wanted to check it out". We certainly didn't advertize it, but it shows that there is no total control over what people perceive the ETF to be.
In the end it comes to deciding where to draw a line. Our group did discuss this line near endlessly(or so it seemed :-) and I will support that, in the next two years and upon prior announcement, any ex ETFler will get his "tour". But there won't be "single day"- or "two day"-passes, with our without food, etc. That would complicate matters beyond acceptability.
I hope you understand and wish everyone a peaceful holiday season,
Frank