Here it is, if I don't make it official it will never happen !
I had the pleasure of holding a first worshop a little over a year ago, near Montreal, in French and it was a great success. Attendance was beyond expectation as the class filled up in the smaller Quebec market. I had such positive feed-back and requests that an other workshop got planned out, this time in English, so opened to a much wider market.
This time around, my long time and dear friend Noella Cotnam from Sign-It will be giving me a hand by being a guest speaker on sign business in general.
The workshop in near Montreal in the Quebec sales office of AXYZ International for my shop is way too small to hold the workshop there. They have a perfect sized conference room, work area, brand new machines to work on and on site CNC technician that can and will answer all questions for anyone wanting to learn more about routing and 3D signage.
The dates are April 23-24-25, 2010 and coming fast !
Places are limited and with the economy starting to pick up, the time is perfect to get the tools needed to get into this more lucrative market.
For more info, e-mail me at renegiroux@renegiroux.com
Hope to see you there !
Posted by Rene Giroux (Member # 4980) on :
Just bumping up ? really... yeahhhh.
Posted by Shane Durnford (Member # 8125) on :
good luck with this Rene, sounds like a great workshop
Posted by Periandros Damoulis (Member # 4473) on :
Bravo...Rene and Noella...!! Good luck my friends..!!
Posted by Jake Lyman (Member # 3280) on :
This looks interesting to me, and I can drive to it a big plus. I thought about attending the last one but my french is limited to counting to 10.
Posted by Raymond Chapman (Member # 361) on :
Have you ever considered doing one in Texan?
Posted by Rene Giroux (Member # 4980) on :
Actually Ray, you might have something there! This could be the next wave of workshops, instead of moving 10 people to one shop, you bring in the speaker.
In a given area like Texas or Florida (specially in winter...) if 4 or 5 companies get together and send in on or two people, you got a class of 8-12 and we're good to go!
Of course, one has to serve as the host, wich means a work area, class area, eating area, proper facilities and some supplies.
I would like some feed back if there is interest at all for this kind of travelling show...
thanks
And Jake, I would be nice to have you here, please confirm ASAP!
Posted by Doug Allan (Member # 2247) on :
I have interest in the travelling show idea...
Posted by Raymond Chapman (Member # 361) on :
That is what David and Susie Butler do with their workshop. I hosted one in Texas, but the Butlers did all the work...actually, all I did was attend.
Unfortantly, all the folks that said they would be there didn't show up and the Butlers came anyway, but didn't make anything off the trip.
We had a great time, though.
Posted by David Harding (Member # 108) on :
I want to go but I just don't think I can swing it this time.
Posted by Rene Giroux (Member # 4980) on :
A workshop in Hawaii, Doug my friend, I like how you think!
Sun tan lotion in my signkit....now THAT is cool !
Posted by Pierre Tardif (Member # 3229) on :
Altough I have no router that thing in Hawaii sounds like a good idea! But let's start with the one in Montreal!
Life is so good!
Posted by Bob Kaschak (Member # 3146) on :
This workshop is only 60 miles away and I will be 800 miles away watching my son graduate college.
Sorry Rene. I would love to go, but I get to see my son Sean walk across the stage.
My son Sean is the one I want to have learn Enroute with me, side by side. I'm sure you will see us both at a future workshop.
Peace, Bob
[ March 10, 2010, 07:24 AM: Message edited by: Bob Kaschak ]
Posted by Rene Giroux (Member # 4980) on :
Have a good time at the graduation Bob.
Message to M. Harding, I tried to reply on your e-mail and it bounced back saying your system is full....
I'll try again, if not I'll call you !
Posted by David Harding (Member # 108) on :
Rene,
Got yer phone call. On phone right now with web hosting company, trying to figure out why some messages bounce and others don't. The spam comes through just fine! What doesn't come through is the message from the web server saying the account is almost full--their spam filter pulls out their own message.
When Rene hosted his first workshop in French, I thought how much I'd like to be there and actually understand him. As good a teacher as he is in "funny English", it would be awesome to hear him in his native tongue, which is probably "funny French".
Rene knows his stuff well and helped me greatly with an EnRoute project at Dan's a while back. Any who go to this workshop will really get their money's worth.
Posted by Rene Giroux (Member # 4980) on :
OK, last call....
We're a month away from the event that is scheduled for the week-end of April 23-24-25. Although I have a few reserved seats, I'm not sure yet it's enough to make it worth my while, after all, I'm not a full time teacher and I don't even budget these events into my year!
I will be making a decision by Friday if the event is going to happen or not. Should anyone be interested, please contact me via e-mail or on my cell phone at 613-262-4243. I will be spending the next few days in Cornwall at Sign-it Signs, Noella asked for help to beat a deadline on a big job, I can also be reached there...
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