Count me in for a T-shirt, probably XXXL (I'm a little bit over 6'2 or 188 cm) and I hate tight around the neck T-shirts. How did last year's T-shirt look?
How's the Skype stuff coming along? Until now no early participants for our
Newcastle of the World conference, so I actually might have that Friday or Saturday free.
Can I ask an off-topic question? What is it with the elected officials of smaller US towns. We invited EIGHT Newcastles from the USA to our conference, but none of them is coming. The are "
not interested in international cooperation", or "
no money for traveling" and the one reply of a long-term city clerk that really got me "
our council never travels". If Czechs and Georgians (the one in the former USSR) can find money to travel to the expensive western countries (UK, 2012, really expensive), surely a US town can find money to fly to a cheap central European country?
(sorry, just venting my frustration here)
Only Indiana was a bit interested but did not have the money to come, so we are considering setting up a Skype conference or a full-blown video conference for that.
I was hoping to get some good contacts with Newcastle DE, to get a good excuse to visit them (and maybe get a quick peak at a GL site or help with a pick-up), but nada.