[Coco] Dates for 2007 CoCoFest?

[Boisy Pitre]

I want to point out something (and I hope the Glenside folks are  
reading this) that will probably start a fire on this list.  But  
hell, somebody has to say it.

Why on earth is there not an up to date web page announcing the dates  
for the 2007 CoCoFest?  I posted this message 24 hours ago because I  
could not find the dates anywhere (searching Google with muliple  
criteria).  I seem to recall a message stating that it will be in  
March of next year, a bit earlier than usual, but I cannot find that  
original message or source.

March is 5 months away, and the web page for Glenside (http:// 
members.aol.com/clubbbs/glenside/) still has the dates for the 2006  
fest.

Now I've lamented the fact that fest attendance is down over the  
years, and so have others.  I think the biggest impediment to that is  
Glenside themselves, and this dated web page is some proof of that.   
What the CoCoFest has become over the past few years is a family  
reunion of sorts and more of a reminiscent gathering of old friends.   
Nothing wrong with that, but it seems that Glenside is doing little  
to promote the fest to the CoCo community, and nothing to get the  
message out to a broader audience.  Man they could promote the fest  
on a number of venues (digg.com comes to mind) but it seems that the  
PR machine at Glenside is content with posting the occasional WHAT  
WHEN WHERE message to this list.

Go to www.cocofest.com and you'll see a web site for a CoCoNut  
festival.  Come on!  That should be a domain for the COCOFEST!   
Domain name are $10 and with domain forwarding it is easy to point a  
name to another web site.  Just little things like that could  
increase visibility, but it seems to me that nothing is getting done  
to promote the fest.

I know that Glenside is a volunteer group and I fully expect to get  
an earful of how little time they have, why don't I step up and to it  
myself, etc.   The bottom line is: if Glenside folks don't have the  
time to do the promotion then they should find someone who can take  
over that side of things, or get out of the fest business  
altogether.  PROMOTE THE DAMN THING!  Nick Marentes stepped up some  
months ago on this list and offered to do the whole glitz and  
promotion for the fest, and as far as I know, Glenside hasn't taken  
him up on his offer.  If you look at how Nick did the 2000 PennFest,  
it was pretty impressive.
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Boisy G. Pitre
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email: boisy at boisypitre.com
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to understand the present, I believe there is at least as much truth  
to the proposition that what we know of the present is crucial to our  
understanding of the past.  What we have not ourselves experienced or  
observed we can at most only partially and imperfectly comprehend;  
and I suspect that there is much in history that is so remote from  
our own experiences or observations as to be largely beyond our  
understanding." - Kenneth M. Stamp



On Dec 2, 2006, at 9:30 AM, Boisy Pitre wrote:

> I went online this morning to price airline tickets for the upcoming
> fest.  In doing so, I went to Glenside's CoCoFest page, and the dates
> are still from 2006.
>
> So what are the dates for 2007, and why hasn't someone at Glenside
> bothered to update the most visible space about this event, their web
> page?
> --
> Boisy G. Pitre
> 337.781.3570 mobile
> email: boisy at boisypitre.com
> Website: www.boisypitre.com
>
> "If there is truth to the proposition that knowing the past helps us
> to understand the present, I believe there is at least as much truth
> to the proposition that what we know of the present is crucial to our
> understanding of the past.  What we have not ourselves experienced or
> observed we can at most only partially and imperfectly comprehend;
> and I suspect that there is much in history that is so remote from
> our own experiences or observations as to be largely beyond our
> understanding." - Kenneth M. Stamp
>
>
>
>
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