[nfb-talk] nNational con attendance

[Sherri]

I really miss the old schedule. Things were busy enough then. Now it was 
impossible to do everything that I wanted to do! I wish we could consider 
going back to the old schedule.
See you all in Orlando next year.

Sherri
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Jacobson" <steve.jacobson at visi.com>
To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 10:36 AM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] nNational con attendance


> Ed,
>
> Obviously it is impossible to know for sure what might cause the 
> attendance drop, but I would put my money on the economy, and also the 
> fact that food is pretty
> expensive at this location.  For many of us, the price of airline tickets 
> has gone up significantly as well.  Still, the attendance is pretty 
> respectable when you think
> about it, and I don't think our convention can just keep getting bigger 
> and bigger as it did for so long.  Of course, that doesn't mean we 
> shouldn't keep trying to make
> the convention bigger and better.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Steve Jacobson
>
> On Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:28:38 -0400, Ed Meskys wrote:
>
>>I noted that Dr. Maurer announced during the banquet that the final 
>>registration figure was 2442. This is a substantial drop from the last few 
>>years when the figure
> had hovered around 2700. I wonder whether it was the economic situation, 
> people being tired of going to the same city too many times, or the lack 
> of an afternoon
> for tours. I have been to 32 national cons and only once took a tour, so 
> it did not affect me.
>
>>I have liked the new schedule for the huckster room, 3 hours Wednesday 
>>evening compensating for the loss of Thursday and Friday lunch sessions.
>
>>Speaking of the huckster room, I loved the physical layout this year. It 
>>was simple, not at all confusing. I was able to visit every table in 
>>record time, and easily get
> back to ones I wanted to revisit very easily. Last year in Detroit I found 
> the huckster room so confusing that I never did get to all the tables I 
> wanted to see. I realize
> that we are confined by the physical shape of the ballroom used, and 
> sometimes it is impossible to set up an easy geometry.
>
>>Also opening up the huckster room to sponsoring vendors one evening, as in 
>>the past few years, is an excellent innovation.
>
>>Best, Ed Meskys
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