Re: [AGA-sc] RE AGA2K4 Progress

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

Now if we can just get something to draw folks through the
vendor area. I noticed at ACA not many folks went in after
the first day.


--- Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com> wrote:

> 
> I think it will be nice to have the breathing room. The
> focus 
> groups essentially replace two talks, so that means four
> "talks" on 
> Saturday, two on Friday night, plus banquet speakers.

Okay. That makes sense to me. 

And I think we had suggested to GWAPA that the Amano piece
should probably have more than the "normal" alotment of
time.
> 
> In all other conventions except for 2003, ALL the talks,
> including the 
> banquet, fit on 6 hours of VHS tape.  There were always
> five speakers. 

Hmmm, won't we be moving soon to all DVD ;-)

> It was the nutty Texans that added six focus group
> presentors to the five 
> speakers.

Yes, we've Ben over that ground and it's a struggle Larry
and I couldn't sway. At least they pulled it off just in
the Rick of time. But it was an overstuffed agenda with
very little shmooze time -- not to mention things might
easily have gone awry if Ben and Rick weren't policing with
clocks in hand.
> 
> So I think four main speakers, two of which are "big big
> names", will be 
> quite good.


Not to mention, fewer comps :-) We lucked out in Dallas on
the hotel comps and ending up paying, well, less than we
signed up for.

sh


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