We’re trying this Orlando ITPRO thing again. At some point last year I got so disheartened by the collective disinterest that I handed the ball off to someone I was hoping was dumber than me and would break his back for the common good of thankless people. He wasn’t that dumb. So the whole thing died, pretty much, and we all went our happy ways. Except that a good bunch of us still kept in touch. But then the interest in having the band together picked up – funny how there is suddenly more value in hanging out with peers when the economy goes down and the new sales leads go to shit?
So, we’re trying it again. But not on the back of any camel or on any particular message. The new moto is, “Bring Your Own Brain” or “Bring Your Own Bullshit” in strictly democratic sense. If you have something to say, you post your intention to discuss it at the next meeting and voila, you’re the featured presenter. If by some miracle we have two people, the order of presentations will be determined by the arm wrestling match. If there is no decisive winner, we move on to the coconut oil wrestling contest. It gets more graphic from there, suffice to say I think the next round would just lead to one person defering to the other. 
We’ll see. So far 20+ people are on the RSVP list and I’m really taking the path of least resistence – I am only helping facilitate the delivery of the items the group overwhelmingly feels there is a need to deliver. If that becomes a monthly exchange of ideas and viewpoints, or a vendor slumber party, or whatever… it will be so not because of the leadership but because of the constituency.
We’ll see…
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