Entries from December 2006

December 31, 2006

Wish You All A Happy New Year

My best wishes to all delegates of MAS 2007.
We had a brief meeting last year…well on 31-12-2006 .
Not many updates except that the accomodation window is closed.
Most of the discussion was on tying up loose ends.
Attached here is a picture of the meet…Two people might need introduction. The gentleman with the cap is Mr. [...]

December 27, 2006

Listen Carefully!

Hours spent IM’ing each other, calling potential speakers and having occasional disagreements. These are the things one goes through when putting together what is arguably the most important part of the convention – the speaker and sessions lineup. So without further ado here’s the list of who and what you will be listening to. Apologies [...]

December 14, 2006

Reminder….

I have extended the last date for booking your accomodation at Hotel Metro Manor till this weekend (Sunday, December 17, 2006).
Please send in your requests by then. 
Ranga

December 8, 2006

Schwag

Yes, the t-shirt idea is truly dead and buried. As Ranga mentioned in an earlier post, the ridiculously low numbers in our order made it extremely difficult to shop around. For those of whose paid up early expecting a brand new and shiny shirt to show around, we are sorry. But there is a silver [...]

December 5, 2006

TAAG Superstar

The new Trains At A Glance cover features, once again, a picture by Poochi Venkat!
This image was shot by him at Perani on the Chengalpet – Villupuram
section.
Those coming to the convention, get your copies and get it signed by him
– Bharath

December 5, 2006

Bitragunta

A brief respite from regular Convention updates.
Some of you (apart from the Hyderabad party) might be coming down to Chennai via Vijaywada. While some others might wish to take an opportunity and indulge in short rail fanning trips. So here is a write I compiled digging into past posts of IRFCA mailing list and the [...]

December 4, 2006

Full House!

It took me longer than expected to post this. But sheer laziness combined by work pressures put me off. But here is an update: We have received all the payments and guess what, all those registered have paid up.
Bharat Moro landed at Chennai last Saturday and five of us met at my home. We [...]