AC Lockyer wrote:

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Michael Derose wrote:

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I think all that attended should be able to watch whatever module for free.

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 Hummmmmmmmmmmmm. Idea?

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My friend,

Thank you for the opportunity to learn this industry, and for organizing this event and bringing us all together to learn from each other. I did not add much, because I am but a dry sponge experientially speaking. 

I had the pleasure of taking my first Softwashapolooza in L.A. That was a real pleasure and much more beneficial to me. My mistake was thinking this one would be like it.

In LA, the first thing you did was give us our binders with all 20 modules in them. Here we got an empty binder and were told to take the pages for each class, at the class. That is a drastic difference! We didn't have the Ropes Course in LA, but was the biggest drawback. Steve and Don are neat people and went above and beyond the call of what's expected by trying to teach me a couple knots.

I paid $500 in LA and recorded you, AC, narrating 8 modules, and Matt 1 module, and enjoyed the whole thing. Very much (I know, I'm weird;)! I recorded you on audio, and have listened to those sessions since. That is a great way to learn...

In Orlando, we had several speakers that didn't really want to be there, or didn't know the subject matter that well. No big deal, because we can still get those modules in your plan, but by going to those classes we missed out on other classes. I really should have been in the chemicals and products class, because it is not in your 20 module offering.

You called it right, things were bound to and did go wrong, but this doesn't need to be one of them. I *THINK* that you should let all of us who already paid $750 have access to whatever recordings are available at no cost for at least 90 days. We still aren't going to have the sheets in our binders that should have been there when the binders were handed out. By the way, by taking the most excellent Ropes Course, there weren't any coveralls and gloves left over when I had to get ready for labs the next day. Shouldn't those be given out at check in?

I still have my fun little shortcut/cheat sheet printout in Excel, if you want to share it with the Community, but you need to proofread the other side, first.

I really enjoyed meeting all you wonderful people, and appreciate your patience with me. Special "You Rocks!" to Pat Clark and Ray Burke and my room mate Mike Rigby...

I wish I had gotten everyone's business cards. It helps to remember people later on.

God bless you every one, vic

PS- I also thank some Angels that helped me through a very interesting trip back to MCO. Wish I had a picture of the all the people waiting just to get in the long TSA Security checkpoint lines. And Sunday is the slow day!