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On 1 Sep 2007 07:47:21 -0000, motm@yahoogroups.com <motm@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>  1a. MOTM 'state of the union' From: Paul Schreiber 1b. Re: MOTM 'state of
> the union' From: mcb, inc.
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>  MOTM 'state of the union'
> Posted by: "Paul Schreiber" synth1@...   motm300
>  Fri Aug 31, 2007 7:18 pm (PST)
>  This is just a general message stating where I am and what is going to
>  happen over the next 6 months. I hope I don't ramble too much :)
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>  a) Due to my 'real job' travel schedule this summer and several personal
>  crisis (my dad getting ill, a water pipe broke, tornado/hail destroyed my
>  roof and now my mother-in-law is in hospital) I estimate I'm about 60
>  modules behind in my shipping.
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>  b) I am starting my 'summer break' (?) starting tomorrow, and it will last
>  until Sept 17th. Except for the 2006 Christmas break, I have worked on MOTM
>  *every week* since. Wife has hit critical mass, so it's time to step back
>  and catch my breath. I will still check email, but will *not ship* until
>  after the break. I have some nice video games lined up, loaded on the HD
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>  graphics drivers updated :) I will also fly out for the AH meeting in
>  Oakland on the 9th. Robert Rich is bringing his touring system and I will
>  have the Cloud Generator demonstrator. I also need to go general
>  housekeeping on the lab/work space, it's pretty messy :) Hmmm...might be
>  enough stuff for an infamous Goodie Box......
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>  c) When I start back up, the MOTM-300 VCO kits are #1 priority. I also has
>  several assembled VCOs to ship.
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>  d) Several people have asked about their kits from last year that are not
>  VCOs. These will ship in November. I have set that time aside for shipping
>  all of remaining kits. And remember, Dec. 15th is the *last* day of the
> year
>  for MOTM work, when I start up again on Jan. 15th.
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>  e) The Frac VCO is 95% finished in pc layout (the last 8 trace connections
>  are a *bitch*) and that will ship in late October.
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>  f) Even though all of this 'back room' R&D is going on, I still feel
>  shipping the existing orders is first and foremost. There may not be enough
>  time to have a 'Christmas module' (was planning on the Pulse Divider) ready
>  to go (not counting the Frac VCO). I have a feeling that my DDC travel will
>  be more this fall because I have a new territory manager starting in 2
> weeks
>  and I will have to vist up in the Midwest states in Oct/Nov/Dec more that
>  usual. So for now, it's
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>  1 - ship the existing backlog
>  2 - get Frac VCO out
>  3 - get Cloud Generator for late Jan/early Feb shipping after the break
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>  g) Lastly, some possibly interesting 'business stuff'
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>  Number of orders placed using the shopping cart (since Feb 2006): 735
>  Number of total modules *shipped* since the beginning (Feb 1998): 7857
>  Number of modules shipped in 2007: 132 (not counting MOTM 2.0 stuff)
>  Number shipped in 2006: 1057
>  Most popular: MOTM-800 EG
>  Least popular: MOTM-940 patch panel
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>  Thanks to everyone that has been willing to wait for me the last 18 months.
>  Don't give up yet: I am getting closer and closer all the time to being
> 100%
>  finished with all kits and assembled backlog. And then, the AudioEngine
>  madness will begin :)
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>  Paul S.
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>  Re: MOTM 'state of the union'
> Posted by: "mcb, inc." mcbinc@...   basdbg963
>  Fri Aug 31, 2007 8:21 pm (PST)
>  On Fri, 31 Aug 2007, Paul Schreiber wrote:
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>  > Wife has hit critical mass,
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>  Well keep her away from the bonbons....
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>  Monty Brandenberg
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