Dos_Box Posted June 4, 2010 Posted June 4, 2010 (edited) Well, it's taken me 2 days and a trip to the rail museum in York until I could finally get around to saying thank you all. Thanks to all of you who travelled hundreds of miles to be with us, thank you to our speakers for giving their time and experience, thnak you to Prego for putting up with over double the numbers I origionally booked for i.e. when I ask how many people are going to be eating on Tuesday night and I get 9 replies I don't expect to have to frantically book for an extra 13! (just kidding BTW the meals and conversation were fantastic). Thanks to: Net-Ctrl CP Ltd Thomas Computer Supplies FITS SmoothWall Microsoft Capita For helping to support the event. And thanks to Tom from SmoothWall for phoning me just as I'd pulled into the Woodlands Centre car park to explain that he was going to be late becasue he was suffering 'chronic ****hole collegue syndrome' and they had not yet left Leeds. It brightened my day an made me realise that at least I was organised. Thanks also to our 'helpers'. Simon, James, John and Ric who ensured the day ran smoothly, and many thanks to Shaun for the virtual presence at the end. It was a rather wonderful way to do the Ask The Admins slot. Oh, and thanks to Scott from Ruckus for making the wireless access for work everybody Thank you everyone. Edited June 5, 2010 by Dos_Box 2
EduTech Posted June 4, 2010 Posted June 4, 2010 Thanks Chris! It was a pleasure I had a great night > day > night the morning after that wasn't the best (stupid 5am) but it was worth it and i still havn't managed to catch up with time! I just want to thank everyone for an enjoyable time it was good to keep up the norm make the most fun you can out of EduTech because you CAN! it just wouldn't be the same without it Cheers, James. P.S. You forgot Geoff who was the person making you money on his EduGeek Market Merchandise Stall
Soulfish Posted June 5, 2010 Posted June 5, 2010 Thanks for the great conference and a great couple of days Looking forward to the next Edugeek event now
tom_newton Posted June 5, 2010 Posted June 5, 2010 Thanks for organising Chris & the gang. Aforementioned colleague was suitably contrite when he *finally* turned up at my door - and in fairness to Gav we have been working together 6 years, and in that time he has never once been late Looking forward to the next edugeek do (ISTE Conference 2010) and hopefullhy more after. Chris, maybe we SmoothWall folk could help organise a conf outside chorley (somewhere for the southern devils, perhaps?).
beeswax Posted June 5, 2010 Posted June 5, 2010 Though Gatt and I only came for the day it was worth it. You run a tight ship, the timings were immaculate.
mullet_man Posted June 5, 2010 Posted June 5, 2010 Thanks from me as well! Great event! Well done to everyone who organised it
AWicher Posted June 5, 2010 Posted June 5, 2010 Well, i was fed, watered transported to venue. Fed, watered again and have some more knowledge. Who could/would ask for more? Its was indeed a great few nights! Thank you~! P.s i could do with some Pool lessons for next time :/ (Ric did try)
joe90bass Posted June 5, 2010 Posted June 5, 2010 Chris, maybe we SmoothWall folk could help organise a conf outside chorley (somewhere for the southern devils, perhaps?). Yes please!
localzuk Posted June 5, 2010 Posted June 5, 2010 Thanks to all the organisers, it was an enjoyable day. It was also nice meeting the people I've been talking to for the last 3 1/2 years!
john Posted June 5, 2010 Posted June 5, 2010 Thank you to everyone who came and was there it was a lovely day as ever, 3rd conference for me and really enjoy everyone and its great to see new and old faces returning to them. Thanks to Chris and the admin team for organising the event and ensuring its smooth running and excellent line-up
Gatt Posted June 5, 2010 Posted June 5, 2010 As Beeswax said - even though we were only there for the day - it was a great event and very well organised.. though NetSweeper was a a PITA are times - quite a few sites got blocked for a short time.. Oh and I think someone had better run grammar check the next time they create a banner..
CSNM-Carl Posted June 5, 2010 Posted June 5, 2010 Thanks for organising it was a very enjoyable 2 days. My name badge was spelt wrong too
AWicher Posted June 5, 2010 Posted June 5, 2010 Yeee, i did not want to make to much of a fuss but, snap name was wrong to
john Posted June 5, 2010 Posted June 5, 2010 Oh and I think someone had better run grammar check the next time they create a banner.. [ATTACH=CONFIG]7256[/ATTACH] We had a thread on that banner eer about 2 years ago when it launched at the BETT show as its a BETT banner It is due to be retired soon anyway as its not the current style we just put it up to look nice and show us through the ages
Dos_Box Posted June 5, 2010 Author Posted June 5, 2010 We had a thread on that banner eer about 2 years ago when it launched at the BETT show as its a BETT banner It is due to be retired soon anyway as its not the current style we just put it up to look nice and show us through the ages Yup. And EduGeek banner is not an EduGeek banner without some kind of error being present on it. Did anyone spot the upside down union flag on one of our newest banners?
Haptic Posted June 6, 2010 Posted June 6, 2010 I didn't see the inverted Union flag, I did spy the banner error though (thought it best to keep my trap shut after highlighting a similar error on a rental van I used once and receiving a barbed response!!!) I thought the conference was superb, I couldn't have felt more welcomed. I look forward to doing it again in future (and yes Mr Wicher I will be honing my pool prowess so be warned!)
tom_newton Posted June 6, 2010 Posted June 6, 2010 I see minor apostrophe error on the artwork for the US banner too - but I told Sue not to worry, it is tradition 1
EduTech Posted June 6, 2010 Posted June 6, 2010 Really? *runs of to look* silly! no one would of known it was you that did it haha! quick delete!
localzuk Posted June 6, 2010 Posted June 6, 2010 Really? *runs of to look* Don't you mean 'runs OFF to look'?
EduTech Posted June 6, 2010 Posted June 6, 2010 Don't want my work going unrecognised See you put 50p in the meter for me as well ofcourse i would not want your work going unrecognised either EduGeek US Banner? hmm looksy?
tom_newton Posted June 7, 2010 Posted June 7, 2010 I think you may well be too late - I only spotted the error long after it had been sent to print - but it's subtle enough to be our in-joke
witch Posted June 7, 2010 Posted June 7, 2010 ..and yet there are many many Pedantic Geeks who will HAPPILY check your grammar and spelling, on all printed information. Use the resources you have - or may I remind you of the Facebook group referenced in this thread: http://www.edugeek.net/forums/behind-red-door/10153-english-language-3.html (it is NSFW) Glad the conference went well. Looking forward to something a little nearer in the future.
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