Excellent. Hope it goes well, Charlie.
omhoge - I'm not. I've been here before and I know how it goes.
This is the situation. We are ten days into accepting bookings and so far we have 20% of the necessary number. That's not bad. There are a bunch more who are on the edge of committing but need a bit of time and encouragement. Those I have had contact with are sufficient to take it over 50%. And then there are those who like to play it cool, wait and see how things develop and buy in at the last minute. And there are a whole ton of potential attendees who we haven't reached yet.
In ideal circumstances I'd be working my tail off on all these fronts (and thereby keeping busy rather than dwelling on the agonising wait for people to click on the pay button) and drawing on the most powerful resource I know of - teamwork. But as it is we need the teamwork aspect even more than usual. And I know the people of this community - Theremin World - are up to it. They are certainly up to a challenge - you don't take on learning the theremin if you're the type to give up easily - they are creative and imaginative - making music is precisely an act of creativity and imagination - and they are intelligent, thoughtful people - you only have to follow the forum for a few days to see there isn't a single knuckle-dragging foul-mouthed oik amongst us. And they [i]want[/i] this to happen. To me that sounds like the makings of an amazing force for achievement.
And it is happening. People are jumping on the wagon, if you like, and saying yes, I am doing my bit, [i]and[/i] coming up with ideas for new ways to help. Digg, for instance. I wouldn't have thought of that. It takes less than a minute to click on the link above, sign up, and add your vote - I know - I just did it - and that is something everyone can do.
So the show [b]will[/b] go on!
(Apparently I am known as Mr Enthusiasm by some people - in a good way - perhaps soon they'll start calling me Mr Determination.)
