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Due to some scheduling problems, the meeting had to be moved at the last minute to a different (much smaller, hotter and\u00a0uncomfortable) room at the\u00a0Planetarium. Also, due to the\u00a0scheduling\u00a0problem, we were told we had an hour less then usual to get everything in. So I volunteered to postpone my presentation until the next regular meeting in January. The other two presenters were from out of town – so it also made sense from that point of view to let those guys take what time there was.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We still had a good time and I’ll get my shot early next year, probably January if there’s an opening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Due to some scheduling problems, the meeting had to be moved at the last minute to a different (much smaller, hotter and\u00a0uncomfortable) room at the\u00a0Planetarium. Also, due to the\u00a0scheduling\u00a0problem, we were told we had an hour less then usual to get everything in. 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