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Jeff OI've been a member since the early to mid 1990s and have always enjoyed it - mostly via the publications and the SABR-L list. I've been to a few local meetings, though thats not really my thing.
That being said, I volunteered at and attended the convention last year in Seattle and had a great time. The first evening of the convention I was working the registration table and John Thorn came up to get his stuff. I told him how much I enjoyed his writing and he smiled, thanked me and shook my hand. He actually seemed genuinely pleased, almost embarrased, by the compliment, which is rare today with well-known authors in my experience.
Also at that convention I spent a very enjoyable hour or so having coffee with Max Weder at a local sidewalk cafe. The weather was beautiful, and so were the ladies that walked by. It was the one-on-one time like that with fellow enthusiasts that made the whole thing a lot of fun.
Jeff