Re: [ibd-111] [b]Philadelphia IBD Meetup NEWS[/b

From: user 4517671
Sent on: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 4:31 PM
Susmit,
I have been in the hospital for three weeks and just got home this afternoon, I don't even know if there was a meeting.  I e-mailed Jim Bird but just now so I haven't heard back from him yet.
I'll let you know what I hear.
Jim
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From: susmit <[address removed]>
> Hi folks (particularly Jim) -
> 
> I regret I saw this stream of email just now. I was supposed to present a
> book review (Curtis Faith's 'Way of the turtle") - and I was assuming it's
> for today (09/26).
> 
> As a result - I missed the change of date and missed yesterday's meetup
> altogether. If any of you are still interested - I could present it at the
> next meetup - or we can informally meet up at a Panera.
> 
> I have made a somewhat lateral approach to the book. Instead of covering the
> whole book uniformly - I give a brief introduction and go into specific
> details of the book that i found really different. thee areas include
> 
> - Systematic trading
> - Optimization of Systems
> - Psychology for systematic trading - and how it applies to Investing.
> - The Turtle systems rules in the following areas: - Market Selections,
> Postion Sizing, Entry, Exit, Stops and Tactics.
> 
> 
> Let me know if you are interested. Agian, my apologies for not turning up
> yesterday.
> 
> regards,
> Suismit
> On 9/22/07, Mary Lou <[address removed]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Jim,
> >
> > I hope you are well and that your trading business is doing well too. My
> > email has been a disaster or should I say aol has been a disaster. I am not
> > getting all my mail. AOL Tech Help says it is fixed, but I will believe it
> > when I see it. I just founs two weeks of mail in my box. Sorry about the
> > problems with IBD. Joe and I are going to the AAII meeting Tuesday.
> >
> > Anyway I saw on the Vector Vest Views today that there a Philly
> > presentation on Oct. 5. I'm trying to redo my schedule so I can go. It is
> > hard because that is the day before the SAT and the last school day before
> > the Columbus Day holiday. Do you think it will be worth the effort or do you
> > think we are covering the same info at the group? It's 9 am to 2:30, about
> > 4.5 hours when you exclude the hour lunch. What do you think?
> >
> > Mary Lou
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jim Bird <[address removed]>
> > To: [address removed]
> > Sent: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 4:56 pm
> > Subject: [ibd-111] [b]Philadelphia IBD Meetup NEWS[/b]
> >
> > You may have noticed the absence of an agenda for the Sep 25 IBD Meetup.
> > We will have a Meetup on Sep 25, as previously scheduled. I have no details
> > to offer.
> >
> > This is what happens when our IBD Meetup group does not have an Organizer.
> >
> > Since April, 2005, greatly aided by Ingrid Krohn, I have taken
> > responsibility for keeping the IBD Meetup group going. Over that time period
> > our meetings have become consistently more effective at communicating useful
> > content to members.
> >
> > Much of that progress is in danger of disappearing. This group needs an
> > Organizer who will take responsibility for the group's continuance. The key
> > word is responsibility.
> >
> > Even while Larry Erdman was Organizer, I continued to schedule meetings,
> > make room reservations with the library, and write a monthly meeting
> > announcement. That is the announcement Meetup.com automatically mails you:
> > 2 weeks, 1 week, and 2 days ahead of each meeting. Now I am committing my
> > efforts to running a VectorVest User group. I do not wish to have
> > responsibility for keeping this IBD group going.
> >
> > Three years ago this group had only unplanned, uncontrolled, free-form
> > discussions, with no chart visuals or internet access. To keep from going
> > back to that, you will need to find an Organizer who will take
> > responsibility for this Meetup group.
> >
> > During the summer I scheduled future IBD Meetups for Sep 25, Oct 16, Nov
> > 27, and Dec 27. I committed to personally pay the library for room rental.
> > That is the Organizer's responsibility. If we do not have a new Organizer by
> > the end of September, reluctantly, I will cancel future IBD meetings at the
> > library. I will schedule no future IBD Meetups. Until someone else steps up
> > to be Organizer, this would be the end of the Philadelphia Meetup Group. I
> > would hate to see that happen. It is time for someone else to take
> > responsibility for this group.
> >
> > If you don't wish to support this IBD Meetup group, you might consider
> > attending the Philadelphia VectorVest User group. It meets in the same
> > location as the IBD Meetup. We meet from 1-4 pm on Saturdays, at the
> > Easttown Public Library in Berwyn. Future meeting dates for the VectorVest
> > User group are: Oct 20, Nov 10, Dec 15, and Jan 12. If you have questions
> > about the VectorVest User group, you may telephone me at [masked].
> >
> > I wish the IBD Meetup group continued success. In this group I have met
> > many fine people; and learned much from you. I think of you as being
> > friends. I thank all of you .
> >
> > Jim Bird
> >
> >
> >
> >
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