After the end of the second session block in the afternoon, the MARAC Conference focus shifted to the Morristown Public Library for the reception. MARAC holds a Friday evening reception highlighting a local collection and allow attendees a chance to mingle and network.
A word about networking at conferences. Our program committees do an excellent job at organizing sessions for the attendees to go to. I attended two sessions at this particular meeting, the aforementioned session on National Treasure and a session today on working with electronic records at varying levels. I have found in attending these conferences that I will often learn more from talking with my colleagues in smaller groups than in the larger settings of sessions. I think networking is an essential tool for archivists and I look for every opportunity to talk with my colleagues about what is going on in their repositories.
Anyway, after the reception at the library, several of my friends and colleagues headed to the Famished Frog to celebrate the birthday of a friend and colleague. What had begun as a group of 12, grew to a nearly unmanageable 18 (sorry again, Cheryl), but a good time was had by all. We sang (loudly) Happy Birthday to our friend and the restaurant brought a suitably festooned dessert and the restaurant staff joined in, making a loud, happy noise in our corner of the Frog.
After that, several of us headed back to a local establishment that we had gone to the night before to watch what proved to be the final game of the World Series. Detroit really mailed this one in and the team that deserved it the least, the St. Louis Cardinals, the team with the worst record of all the playoff teams, pulled it out in front of an adoring crowd in St. Louis.
Now we can focus our sports attentions on hockey and count the days until pitchers and catchers report for spring training.
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You're forgiven.
You know that National Treasure II is in the works, right?
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