Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!watdragon!violet!kgschlueter
From: kgschlueter@violet.waterloo.edu (Kevin Schlueter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: BADGE contest FLAME
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Date: 17 Nov 88 01:50:50 GMT
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Before we all flame BADGE, let's keep a few facts in mind.  The people
who run the Killer Demo Contest (and who keep BADGE together) do so
on what little free time they have and receive absolutely no compensation
(financial or otherwise).  Basically, they are acting out of the
goodness of their collective hearts.  If screwups happen, it's probably
because someone was extremely overloaded and just couldn't do everything
themselves.

Running a Users Group can be a thankless job (I know, I've done it).

A growing number of people view Users Groups as service organizations,
which they obviously are not.  (Flame on)We should consider ourselves
lucky that a few members of BADGE take upon themselves the considerable
task of running the KDC.  Flaming them for MINOR mixups on a worldwide
network is simply not warranted.