Roy,
Not to put words in Jamie's mouth, but at the Saturday night banquet he
apologized for the lack of name badges. It was after the fact that he
learned that the hotel could have printed the badges for him.
- Peter.
On 08/22/2013 4:39 pm, Roy wrote:
I almost didn't attend the NASG convention in Scranton. Faced with several
hundred dollars and being on a fixed retirement income, I didn't see how I
could justify spending all that money. I came up with a compromise: a one-day
blitz. I had my layout open for three days of the convention, so I went to
Scranton early Friday morning and figured on spending the day at the
convention, stay at a cheap motel in Wilkes-Barre that night and return home
Saturday morning. It looks like the convention folks weren't geared for
one-dayers. I paid my 20 bucks on line, but the folks at the registration table
didn't have a record of my applying and they had no badges for my wife and me.
No problem, Jamie came by and we did up some hand-written badges. Since it was
for one day, we couldn't get tickets for Steamtown, but since I had a Golden
Age Passport, we got in for nothing anyway. I had a great time seeing a lot of
old friends and got to peruse the dealer hall. My big purchase was a PRR X31
made by Frank Titman.
So, I spent a total of $125 for the whole thing, not counting gas from
Shippensburg, PA. Obviously, I can't do a one dayer in Wisconsin next year, but
I hope we can swing it to go for several days. If anyone lives fairly close to
a convention, I would recommend doing one day if cost cutting is your thing so
you won't miss out on all the fun. I just hope the convention folks can
accomodate one-dayers more efficiently. This is not meant to criticize an
overall great convention. It looks like I'll get my turn to run one. I
volunteered to head up the 2014 NMRA MER regional convention if our division
votes to do it.
Roy Hoffman
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