But when you're talking around 100 for a convention to begin with, it's probably easier than a big convention like the ACA (which didn't do so well in San Jose in 1995). A handful folks from Portland, from Seattle, from LA... plus the pool of folks in SF, San Jose, Sacramento, etc. Gotta come up with a gimmick to get the sorta-plant-folks interested enough. But I suspect the local pool of possible attendees is closer to Boston than DC was.
Still curious to see if Portland has more than a nibble, btw. Didn't sound promising.
- Erik On Mon, 27 Dec 2004, S. Hieber wrote:
It's just based on what I've heard about how far folks are willing to travel. Most of them, about 80% live east of the Mississippi. It's not based on experience. sh --- Karen Randall <krandall@rdrcpa.biz> wrote:Personalities aside, if west coast is a tough sell, generally, and Monterey is pricey, then thatcombinationcould make this a hard convention to break even, andthat'sif everything goes smoothly. Throw in some majorscrewups,poor advertizing, a messy auction, Murphy probs, andthiscould make 2004 look like a sundae in the park.Why do you think the west coast would be a tough sell? Plane tickets to anywhere in the country tend to be $300-ish if you keep your eyes open. Karen _______________________________________________ AGA-sc mailing list AGA-sc@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-sc_______________________________________________ AGA-sc mailing list AGA-sc@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-sc
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