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Subject: 
Re: NWBrickCon, whew. We made it
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.general
Date: 
Mon, 7 Oct 2002 20:45:37 GMT
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In lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, Mark Neumann writes:
> First for all those whom I didn't get a quarter of the time to talk to, I'm
> sorry I missed you.  I was really hoping to get to know the folks whom took
> the time to come.

Me too, and the time I did spend meeting and talking to people was awesome!

> Second, for those that missed NWBC, we missed you.  Fun was had by all and
> It was a phenominal event.

I'm glad so many people from Portland were able to make it up -- because I
missed out on the Beaverton Mall thing.

> Third, I wanted to thank again all those that came together and did a LOT of
> hard work to make NWBC come off as well as it did.  We made it look easy.
> It wasn't, and it was really the help of all of you that made that a reality.
> Thank you.

To Mark and David and Dan and everyone who worked to help make this event a
reality, you put your heart and soul into this and I had a blast and am
already looking forward to next year.

> Fourth, we're already planning for NWBC 2003.  We're planning on quadrupling
> the space, getting some more sponsors, and media support.  So, start
> planning your MOCs, get ready for many awe inspired kids (young and old),
> and be prepared to have more fun than you can handle.  See you in 2003!

I'd love to help out on monorail stuff next year -- I have an insane amount of
track that could be put to use.  :-)

> *Public crowds are estimated at 10,000 people for the weekend.

And all smiling!

> *A moonbase layout with four monorail circuits that took up 120 sq/ft.

This was the most amazing crowd pleaser.  It really warmed my heart to see
some people spend a half hour in the room looking at every detail.  I love
train layouts but my first love is Space, and a large monorail setup brings
it to a whole new level.

> *A ferry boat with over 34,000 peices.  (34,777 if I remember correctly)

And Wayne Hussey says he has the entire thing modeled in MLCAD -- amazing!

--Todd



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  NWBrickCon, whew. We made it
 
I wanted to get a chance to say a few things. First for all those whom I didn't get a quarter of the time to talk to, I'm sorry I missed you. I was really hoping to get to know the folks whom took the time to come. Second, for those that missed (...) (24 years ago, 7-Oct-02, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.general)

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