[OAC_Sparky]

Meh -- why don't we just reduce the thread to the basic points:


1) "Let's organize a Focus meet that's central to most of Canada" == cool

2) "Everyone's invited -- from Vancouver to PEI" == cool

3) "Come visit where I live, I like it here and you might too." == cool

4) "Let me know if you're interested." == cool

5) "Why can't it be in Toronto/Windsor/Montreal/New Orleans/Paris, France/Ethiopia?" == not cool.

We have our FocusCanada BBQ here in Burlington (a half hour south of Toronto) (Thanks for your hospitality Puppet and Anthony!) every year, and we get a decent turnout -- but also every year there are people right here in the GTA that can't make it/gotta work/washing my hair/too far/wife won't let me/whatever. You just can't please everyone. If ya can't go, don't bitch. The person that was VOLUNTEERING to organize this is organizing this where he lives. Hell, I wouldn't want to try to organize a meet in Vancouver from my home in Hamilton. So what's the big deal here? Seems logical to me.

So let the OP try. If he gets a great turnout, kudos. If not, at least he's trying. Damn, half the time we can't organize a wing night without a Kancel or two. ;)

Unfortunately it seems that those that try get persecuted for trying. No good deed goes unpunished, it seems. Sheesh. <_<