[SML] Annual USITT get together

[Keith Newman]

Bill,

The stars have not alligned for me to go to USITT for the last few years
but I really appreciate your hosting all of us and getting all of us from
this virtual bar into a real one. Enjoy Canoecopia.

Keith Newman


On Jan 20, 2017 9:53 PM, "Scott C. Parker via Stagecraft" <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

Hey Bill,
I'm sorry you'll not be joining us. Though, the Canoecopia sounds like
great fun. Enjoy!

Scott

On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 2:28 PM, Bill Conner via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> I think I am reneging on this invite and hosting an SML get together
> at USITT.  I started going to USITT in 1982 but have been thinking
> alot about what Paul Tsongas said:  "No one on his deathbed ever said,
> I wish I had spent more time on my business."  I'm not dying any more
> than most any of us and not retiring for at least 2-3 years and maybe
> 5, and maybe never form my building and fire code endeavors, but I do
> turn 65 this week and my New Year's resolution was to  "play more,
> work less".  This specific decision is partly due to a conflict with
> Canoecopia, a great outdoors show held in Madison WI each year.
> Frankly, its more "playful" and fun than USITT, so I'm being selfish.
>
> I hope someone can pick up the role of hosting an SML get together.
> To be honest, its much less expensive than I ever imagined.  I have
> been surprised, and not at all disappointed, at how low cost it is,
> somewhere around a plane ticket.
>
> As I noted, I'm not going away, just cutting back on a few
> extra-vocational activities, like conferences and continuing
> education, and hopefully taking a few more canoe and back packing
> treks, making up for all the years I never took a vacation at all.
> (If you work for yourself, saving vacation days is a kind of silly
> notion.)
>
> Lastly, I hope you all prosper, and max out your social security and
> medicare payments.  I appreciate it.
>
> --
> Bill Conner Fellow of the ASTC
>
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Thanks,
Scott

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