Washington Apple Pi October 1995 General Meeting October 1995 General Meeting by Lawrence I. Charters, Vice President, Macintosh Freebies and Special Offer s Writers often wonder if anyone reads what they write. When the Journal is delivered, the Pi office and Pi officers get many phone calls, asking about things mentioned in Journal articles.
Vendors make special offers for meeting attendees because they want a big audience.
To a hardware or software vendor, making a presentation at a General Meeting is a form of advertising, and the larger the audience, the better the advertising. Often they have special, limited time pricing on select items, again as a form of advertising. But if you aren't there, you aren't part of the audience. If someone from Pennsylvania can attend a meeting, a Virginian can cross the Potomac to Maryland, or a Marylander can cross the Potomac to Virginia. We are all frequently busy.