[OT] Re: [ILUG] ICT Expo 2006 update (ideas on helping the community)

[Ciaran O'Riordan]

"Daniel Goldsmith" <daniel.goldsmith at gmail.com> writes:
> On 3/13/06, Thomas Bridge <thomasb at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Let's be accurate here - there weren't three MEPs, there was one.

Yes, sorry, 1 MEP and 2 MEP candidates.

> IIRC - Bacik came in at the very end & made a brief statement (after the
> Q & A), which for some odd reason seemed inapproriate. Not really
> 'speaking' in a political context.

There is a full transcript including Q&A and the candidate speeches:
http://www.ifso.ie/documents/rms-2004-05-24.html

Some people thought it inappropriate that she came in only at the end.  The
reason she gave was that she had been out campaigning.

She only got to speak for a minute because the building staff were tapping
their watches.  They might have been stricter than usual since the 298-seat
room was filled to the point where people were standing and sitting on the
steps and the door had to be closed as the capacity reached the fire
regulations limit.

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