2007 Dallas SJ outing (Canceled)

Re: 2007 Dallas SJ outing (July 20-22) Time to order baseball tickets

Corrected.

 

Re: 2007 Dallas SJ outing (July 20-22) Time to order baseball tickets

This is said with all due respect for those attending, but this post points out the exact reason why the damn thing should be killed off.

Not for selfish reasons.

OK, for somewhat selfish reasons. I don't wanna miss the party.

Despite the best efforts and hard work of a LOT of people -- IJAG and Inky included -- this thing has been doomed from the start.

I say that not to rip the current outing coordinators, but to point out a fact.

No, the outing does not revolve around people such as Sxy and IJAG, but the fact that people who have even been to ONE of these things aren't making it to this one ...

I'm done rambling.

 

Re: 2007 Dallas SJ outing (July 20-22) Time to order baseball tickets

Well, me and at least one co-worker are still in for Saturday night, so Inky, we want tickets to that game. And, we are still ready to drink, even if the rest of SportsJournalists.com sells out on this trip.

 

Re: 2007 Dallas SJ outing (July 20-22) Time to order baseball tickets

No one going has been to even one of the two outings (D.C., Toronto). Maybe there's someone from Vegas going, I don't know.

The whole thing is frustrating to me, since I really enjoyed Toronto, was looking forward to this one massively, then didn't get ANY information on this for months, which made it hard to make any concrete plans.

 

Re: 2007 Dallas SJ outing (July 20-22) Time to order baseball tickets

I know an Audi is a car, silly.

 

Re: 2007 Dallas SJ outing (July 20-22) Time to order baseball tickets

The original host's decision to pull out had a lot to do with it, but the outings don't need the same people every year. The outings are put in different parts of the world every year so people from those different parts of the world have a better shot at attending.

 

Re: 2007 Dallas SJ outing (July 20-22) Time to order baseball tickets

It is some sort of musical lyric from my past that I can't recall.

 

Re: 2007 Dallas SJ outing (July 20-22) Time to order baseball tickets

I wasn't trying to bring up the whole Carrie thing again.

Yes, the outings get moved around, but maybe there is a core group that *wants* to attend. I have a life, and I also have grown to really enjoy the company of those who have shown up the past few years.

 

Re: 2007 Dallas SJ outing (July 20-22) Time to order baseball tickets

Well, you did say you were old.

wink, wink.

 

Re: 2007 Dallas SJ outing (July 20-22) Time to order baseball tickets

And I enjoyed the people I met in Vegas. I'm sure I'll enjoy the people I'll meet next year in Seattle, but just because you or IJAG or sxy or whomever can't make it, doesn't mean the thing should be canceled.

 

Re: 2007 Dallas SJ outing (July 20-22) Time to order baseball tickets

I can't put it into words what I'm feeling.

There just seems no anticipation for this one. There was a standard set for the first two outings in terms of planning, coordination, etc. No matter how hard everyone else works in the coming weeks, this won't be the same, merely because the main planner ducked out.

 

Re: 2007 Dallas SJ outing (July 20-22) Time to order baseball tickets

Wicked, I like you man - despite your baseball team - but maybe a new core will be created this year. You just never know.