I've also missed very few conventions since my first one in Sacramento
in the mid 80's. It's interesting to know that many of the local guys I
met there were still kicking (although somewhat slower) two months ago.
Lee Johnson, Bill Roberts, Ed Loizeaux, Jerry Porter are some that come
to mind. Our local group had quite a few of us out there too, so those
are the reasons your first will stay in your mind for a long time. It
was perhaps a bit smaller than today's, but we had a prototype tour,
some layouts and the usual stuff around the hotel itself. I
particularly liked a session where individuals brought videos and slides
of their own layouts--I don't think it's been done since.
I think all the groups that have done more than one convention
(Cleveland, Michigan, Bristol and BASS) have become better in the
organization part, but like Jim says they all have had their own flavor
and perhaps a lost tour bus!
Bob Werre
>
>
> Every convention is different, to some of us that is what makes them
> fun. Over all I think they are less formal than NMRA Nationals, you
> have more opportunities to just sit and chat with manufacturers,
> dealers and friends. Personally I think the tendency has been to make
> the conventions a bit longer than they need to be, but each one is
> independently organized so that is hard to control.
>
> Now... to be totally transparent, I joined NASG in 1977 and attended
> my first NASG convention in 1979. I've attended 31 of the 33
> conventions held since 1979 and been on the organizing committee for
> four of them; so maybe I'm a bit biased. <G> I suppose I view the
> conventions in the same light as The Brewer's First Law: All beer's
> good, some beer's better...
>
> Jim Kindraka
> Plymouth, WI
>
>
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