Re: ATM - RTMC Fraud is Ended

["Stanley A. Gorodenski" <stanlep@extremezone.com>]

I can see you're making a plug for the Optics workshop, but the RTMC you
have been attending does not sound like the one I've been attending for
many years.  "... toilets in full view of all..."?  Where is this?  It
doesn't sound like the Camp Oaks I've been at, unless you have been
mistaking something else for a toilet.

Stan

> Richard Schwartz wrote:
> 
> My mailing from RTMC indicates that there will be a "broader" coverage
> in the future.  I guess this means that the commercial interests who
> want to suppress our art are having their way.   At least the meeting
> will no longer be called RTMC.  For years it has had little, if
> anything, to do with telescope making.  The conference organizers are
> to be commended for ending the pretense that the conference is about
> telescope making.
> 
> If you want to be put to sleep by some plutocrat's slide show of his
> trip to bongo-bongo land in 1964, I highly recommend the former
> RTMC.   Also, if you enjoy using toilets in full view of all, if you
> enjoy wretched meals, cold showers, etc etc...
> 
> On the other hand, the upcoming Optics Workshop in Bellingham will
> empower you with new knowledge on how to make your own telescope.  It
> is a non-commercial event, and although it is a drive of 1500 miles
> instead of 50 miles for me, Bellingham is a much better deal.
> 
> . . . Richard