Re: COMMON Spring 99 & Midrandge-l buttons

Pete,

In a message dated 99-02-24 09:05:16 EST, you write:

<<snip>>
> So for those of us who have a button from the past, please wear one so that
>  others from the list will be able to contact one another, for anyone who 
> doesnt
>  have a button, please stop by and introduce yourself, and I will give you a
>  button.  Look forward to meeting everyone.

Well, Pete's been there for us since the beginning of "l'histoire du button".
Midrange-L's relationship with COMMON has had many milestones, beginning with
the Fall '95 conference in Chicago where Dan Boggs (then of LakeView
Technologies, read MIMIX) arranged the first breakfast meeting of the group
where those of us in the Sheraton were afraid of being mugged whilst walking
across the river to the Hyatt at that early hour.  Wish we'd kept minutes,
'cause besides Dan, Ron Smith (of Ohio State University), Dennis Lovelady, and
myself, I don't recall who else attended that breakfast although I know there
were at least two more.  I don't recall when I got my button, but it must have
been Atlanta in Spring of '97.

Somewhere between Fall of '95 and Spring of '98 in NOLA, someone displayed a
MIDRANGE-L sign at CUDS.  The first conference at which the sign was
displayed, there was a large turnout.  The second conference at which the sign
was displayed, we got "slapped" for violating the code of ethics and a huge e-
mail campaign was launched against the COMMON officer responsible.  I like to
think that the button was originally introduced as a protest to the latter in
lieu of a T-Shirt, but I don't really recall.  Perhaps someone with a better
memory could elaborate.  I also don't recall who paid for the original batch
of buttons, but I'll wear my old button and hope to see you there!

Regards!

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-Mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com

"Where there's a will, there's a way." -- English Saying
"Where there's a will, there's a lawsuit." -- Addison Mizner
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