Re: [AGA-mcm] Thanks! - Now AGA Vendors

["S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>]

The issue started with not being able to set up until
Friday afternoon and then the room not being really
available at 5 and I think the first thing set them up to
react more negatively to each thing they didn't like. Along
the way, they didn't have anyone to bitch to so I think
they grumbled amonst themselves and fed their own fires.
Actually they did have someone to complain to now and then
but by Saturday I think they were living on their own
fuel-fed burn.

Also, the session swap with Amano's stuff meant that Sat
night was basically dead for them so they felt like they
could/should just close shop before the banquet. So
basically they had only a partial day of showing for their
money.

Not a lot of folks would have been to the vendor room
during the field trip and the vendors usually do tear down
on Sat night or Sun morning and attend the banquet. So I
don't htink it was as bad as some of them seemed to think.
That's why I think, if we could have patted out the little
fires earlier and seemed more "responsive," they would have
left in a better mood.

I only have this from a distance (second and third order
reports) and I'm giving a very subjective version.

sh
--- Ghazanfar Ghori <ghorig@gmail.com> wrote:

> Until now, I was not aware there was any issues with the
> vendors
> not being happy. I didn't have time to pay attention to
> them, and Phil, 
> who was working with the vendors was sick on Saturday. 
> 
> What were their concerns?
> 
> We may also want to consider making the vendor room the
> breakroom,
> with coffee, sodas etc. The hotel would have to provide
> the refreshments
> and the vendors can pick up the tab. That'll generate a
> lot of traffic to
> that room during the 15-30 min breaks.
> 
> We did consider that this year, but since the hotel
> wanted us to
> buy the refreshments from them, we dropped the idea.
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