<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Hey Bill,<br></div>I'm sorry you'll not be joining us. Though, the Canoecopia sounds like great fun. Enjoy!<br><br></div>Scott<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 2:28 PM, Bill Conner via Stagecraft <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net" target="_blank">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I think I am reneging on this invite and hosting an SML get together<br>
at USITT. I started going to USITT in 1982 but have been thinking<br>
alot about what Paul Tsongas said: "No one on his deathbed ever said,<br>
I wish I had spent more time on my business." I'm not dying any more<br>
than most any of us and not retiring for at least 2-3 years and maybe<br>
5, and maybe never form my building and fire code endeavors, but I do<br>
turn 65 this week and my New Year's resolution was to "play more,<br>
work less". This specific decision is partly due to a conflict with<br>
Canoecopia, a great outdoors show held in Madison WI each year.<br>
Frankly, its more "playful" and fun than USITT, so I'm being selfish.<br>
<br>
I hope someone can pick up the role of hosting an SML get together.<br>
To be honest, its much less expensive than I ever imagined. I have<br>
been surprised, and not at all disappointed, at how low cost it is,<br>
somewhere around a plane ticket.<br>
<br>
As I noted, I'm not going away, just cutting back on a few<br>
extra-vocational activities, like conferences and continuing<br>
education, and hopefully taking a few more canoe and back packing<br>
treks, making up for all the years I never took a vacation at all.<br>
(If you work for yourself, saving vacation days is a kind of silly<br>
notion.)<br>
<br>
Lastly, I hope you all prosper, and max out your social security and<br>
medicare payments. I appreciate it.<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
--<br>
Bill Conner Fellow of the ASTC<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-size:small">Thanks,<br>Scott<br><br>Scott C. Parker<br>Lighting Designer <a href="http://scpld.com/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://scpld.com/</a> Studio 212-533-3430 Cell 718-757-6661 <br><a href="http://twitter.com/stageseminars" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/stageseminars</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lightingdesigner" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/lightingdesigner</a></div><div style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">USA829, IES, PLASA, USITT, ETCP certified Rigger & Electrician</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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