Subject: Report on the TI-Meeting - Birkenau, Germany 2011

From: "Klaus L" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2011 10:39:13 -0000

Report on the TI-Meeting - Birkenau, Germany 2011

Dear friends,

The german TI-Club Errorfree invited to a regional TI meeting for the 2nd of April 2011. My brother Reinhard and me attended.

On our travel from Vienna, Austria, we did stop near munich, where we had a meeting with Helmut Fiedler, who donated us a giant TI-99 collection. He quit the hobby over 5 years ago and gave us really everything without asking anything for it. A big thank you again!

With a well-stocked car we arrived in the early evening hours in Birkenau in the ancient inn "Zum Engel". It was a really nice evening with Klaus T, Annette and Oliver A.

On the next morning we all shared a big breakfast. It was a warm welcome of the arriving club members. Everybody knows each other or the connection is quickly made. While some were still enjoying their breakfast, others were starting to build up their setup. The official part of the meeting was set for 9am. to 4pm. - in our eyes it went by far too quick.

We counted a total of 22 attendees. There were times where we were short of space but the unbelievable nice weather did let you communicate outside as well.

Reinhard and me did find lucky guys who wanted our duplicate magazines and hardware-parts from Helmut Fiedler. Bernhard L did arrive with big boxes full of TI Stuff for donation. The collectors searched through with visual pleasure. We were among them of course and our car was fully laden afterwards!

No matter how nice it is to collect TI stuff, it is the friendships who arised from the shared hobby, which makes the attraction to come again to the TI-meetings.

Photos will be placed on the upcoming website www.ti99.at

Friday, 30th September to 2th October will be held the international TI Meeting in Rom, Italy. The next regional TI-Meeting 2012 of the Club Errorfree will be localized between Munich and Augsburg.

Klaus

Klaus Lukaschek
TI-99 Club Austria