Re: ATM - RTMC Fraud is Ended

["Noesgaard,Ken" <Ken.Noesgaard@siemens.ca>]

I disagree, Frank.

The RTMC has always been plugged as the ATM'ers dream vacation. I know I've
been trying to justify the trip from mid-Canada for a few years now.

I'm quite interested to hear of people's experiences at that and other such
venues. If the RTMC has drifted away from things of interest to amateur
telescope makers, that is good information to those of us who would
otherwise attend. If I want to go to a star party, I don't have to drive for
3 days to get to one.

IMHO this IS on-topic. After all, this is the ATM list, not just the
"testing and figuring" list.

Ken Noesgaard
Saskatoon, SK.



Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 23:30:11 -0500
From: "Frank Ward" <thewards@mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: ATM - RTMC Fraud is Ended

>  It
>doesn't sound like the Camp Oaks I've been at, unless you have been
>mistaking something else for a toilet.

Come on guys, take the location of toilets to a private chat room, O.K.?
Lets get back to improvements in testing and figuring.
 
Frank Ward
Atlanta, GA


- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: Stanley A. Gorodenski <stanlep@extremezone.com>
Cc: <atm@shore.net>
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 9:11 PM
Subject: Re: ATM - RTMC Fraud is Ended


> 
> 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
>