IIS1K Draw Info!

[iceman (Mike)]

Hi all

The draw for the IIS1K Competition will take place Thursday, 13th July.

When: Thursday, 13th July at 5:30pm
Where: Metropolitan Hotel CBD Sydney
Invite open to everyone

Come for a beer and a chat!

The Metro Hotel is at:
Lvl 1, 1 Bridge Street (Cnr George Street)
1 block from Wynyard station, towards the Harbour.

The Hotel is above McDonalds. The 1st Floor is the Metro Bar.

I'll be wearing an IISAC2006 T-shirt!

Greg Bryant from AS&T will be there, and he'll be the one proudly pulling names from the hat!

Hope to see you there! Feel free to reply to this thread and let us know if you're coming!

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

It's not one of these comps where you have to be there at the prize draw to collect the prize, is it?

[acropolite (Phil)]

What flight have you booked me on Mike???

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

Yeah, I reacon he will need bodyguarding Phil. You're big enough and I'm ugly enough to do the job.

[Striker (Tony)]

I got $100 on Mick from Mackay to take it out.....lol

[ving (David)]

unfortunately no...
but have fun all

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

c'mon ving! You're a librarian! Thursday after work at a bar? I thought that was a librarian tradition Maybe I hung around the the wrong/right sort of librarians

[astro_south (Andrew)]

Mike, you don't want to delay the draw till after the QLD Astrofest do you? .....the last thing we want is someone turning up to Duckadang with some new gear and the curse that goes along with it OK - perhaps do the draw, just don't send it out to anyone till well into the following week

[ving (David)]

and its on black thursday too!!!b

[33South (Chris)]

Mmmm beer.

I should be able to make it, after all it is my office local, directly across George St.

[dugnsuz (Doug)]

Malt whiskey for everyone!!
Cheers
Doug

ps: sorry,can't make it

[h0ughy (David)]

well dont panic completely gentlemen, I have a 1 in 402 chance of getting a prize and I just know how lucky I feel!

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

I refrained from entering, just to give you all a better sporting chance.
Good luck everyone.

[spearo (Frank)]

I wont be able to attend, so I've prepared a nice video recording of me acting all surprised at winning all prizes and proceeding to thank everyone under the stars...a bit "Oscar night" style

:]
frank

[davidpretorius]

is that near my house mike????

i do not want to drink and drive??

[Dujon]

Sorry, Mike, I can't make it.

Thanks for organising and running the competition and kudos to your sponsors who came on board. Great work.

For those of you who can attend, have a quick one for me while you are there. With a smidgin of luck you'll meet new faces and make new friends.

Good luck, all.

[iceman (Mike)]

Well i've cut up 400 pieces of paper ready for the draw..

Noone else coming tonight? A small and intimate gathering by the looks of it

I won't be home until later tonight to announce the winners, as i'll be taking some photos of the city and then have to train/drive home. Pictures from the draw will be up on the site tomorrow morning.

[xelasnave]

Good on you Mike. Have a great day. Out of anything that I would leave home to "be there" this would be it. I wish I could provided more support on this venture because it was/is a great idea I hope you can organise more .. but the first is always the hardest.
anyways you are probably gone by now
alex

[iceman (Mike)]

Thanks Alex.

The next competition will be the 2nd birthday competition, in September.

The rules will change slightly for that one, whereby people will have to have access to the "buy/sell forum" (that is, have made 5 posts and have been a member for 1 month) before they'll be eligble to enter.

The purpose of that is to reward the community, and avoid random signups just to enter the competition.

Anyway that's a few months away, more about that later.

[RB (Andrew)]

I'll be there Mike.
It'll be nice to catch up with everyone.

Do they serve Guinness