It certainly wasn't a major complaint because it was a great convenion. Jamie told me that my Paypal payment was late in getting to the registrar. Serves me right for not acting sooner.
Roy Hoffman --- In [email protected], Peter Vanvliet <groups@...> wrote: > > 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 ma de 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 > > > > > > -- > > Peter Vanvliet (peter@...) > Houston, Texas > > My Model Railroad Site <http://pmrr.org/> (RSS feed > <http://pmrr.org/rss.xml>) > Fourth Ray Software <http://fourthray.com/> > Houston S Gaugers <http://houstonsgaugers.org/> > N.A.S.G. <http://nasg.org/> > -- > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
