This pow-wow was held in a small sushi restaurant in Notre Dame de Gr�ce, Montr�al.
Only 17 people signed the attendance sheet but I counted 22 at our table! Perhaps some were spouses and/or friends, rather than ProZ.com members.
Because the restaurant was small, we sat at a long table along the wall, which made it difficult to move around and mingle. As a result, I can only report what happened at one end of the table, where I sat with J-Gabriel, aubonmot, wainwright, BAMary, and Louise Dupont (one of our non-signers, I see now!) I also chatted with friends Herv� du Verle and traviata, and of course organiser Nathalie Bendavid.
There was more talk about the menu and the snowbanks in the streets (how do you deal with it? I was amazed at the amount of snow cluttering the streets of Montreal!) than about our business, which is nice too. It's more plesant not to talk shop over supper, I find. I had to leave early (I still left an hour later than planned, though!) because of my long drive home but the roads remained clear of snow, so that was good. I think the party broke up early because it was a Sunday night, but most people were going home to the city or its suburbs. Good to know there are so many translators in the city!
I regret that I missed my opportunity to meet members for the first time: Bitten, Jennifer, Julie, Boris, Gr�goire, Amika. It was good to see Joshua, though we had no chance to link up. And it was good to see Normand, Maria-Teresa and Paul, though we didn't get much chatting in.
Well, summer's coming and I'm thinking on hosting a floating pow-wow on the Saint Lawrence. If we get a nice big pontoon or river boats for the afternoon, we should have a nice time, we can do a pot-luck kind of thing to keep costs down, and have all afternoon to mingle and chat. After all, we are a big group of people with a lot to say in many different languages!
I hope some of the photogs who attended on Jan 9 will upload their pics.
Thanks for coming! Hope to see you all again soon!
Nancy |
: organizer 
: photos 
: report 
: host 
