See, now if you had been drinking all them Folfers crystals, you'd be antsy as all get out. I think you are right on the money. The job is bigger than they think they think it is. I never heard anyone that did a convention say otherwise. Alternatively, I suppose we could put together a small convention with a known hotel for 2005 to try and keep up some of the momentum while 2006 in SF is put together in a grand style. sh --- Phil Edwards <biotypical@hotmail.com> wrote: > At this point I'm getting a little shaky about the > conference from a > personal perspective. The last two times I've ended up > calling businesses > no earlier than two months before the deal and it doesn't > go over well to > say the least. If they don't have something reasonably > solid in a couple > weeks then I would rather see things go ahead for an '06 > convention. Call > me self-centered, but I don't want my personal > credibility to get ruined > because of other peoples' emergencies, especially since I > hope to be doing > this for many years to come. Given 20 months of lead > time we could pull in > some serious material aid and have the planning to ensure > that '04 doesn't > repeat with the vendors. > > Best, > Phil > > > _______________________________________________ > AGA-mcm mailing list > AGA-mcm@thekrib.com > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-mcm > _______________________________________________ AGA-mcm mailing list AGA-mcm@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-mcm