personal attack? jeez
frustrated? indeed
i never suggested anything over the top, in fact i told people to calm down a few posts up, when over the top suggestions were made. my frustration lies in you just thinking its going to look after itself and disregarding a number of people who posted simple suggestions such as ID, measures that any organized event and as i mentioned, even video stores ask for (and what um and Jaben will be asking for). that has been reluctantly complied with and im happy for that, that takes care of just about everything that isnt people's own responsibility for ther own gear and others. its easy for those who can bring an extra person along, members and myself do not have that luxury.
i concur with everything mitos said, in fact if you look back its exactly what i said. Now that the cross-posting to other forums (including the date, time, address) is taken care of (thanks svyr and pkwak) and the venue is taken care of, really there is just a few loose ends. You should definitely contact people who have run larger meets before to get some tips in case there are things nobody has even thought of.
we all have other lives that have to be taken care of, i'll lay money on me putting in more hours each week than just about anyone here at the moment the last 2 months quite a lot of it volunteer work too, supplying tightly matched mosfets for diyaudio . generally meets are full of good people, but that should not be assumed to be the case.
will these measures stop any risk occurring? nope, but they do help to mitigate it.
anyway i agree, lets just calm down and get on with it, i think its going to be a good meet, hopefully i get enough done to warrant protecting
i didnt object for just myself