Chuck, I really think ISPCON should focus their shows in more centrally located venues. San Jose did not have the best attendance because of the location and expense to get there for much of the population in the country. I would think Denver, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas and St. Louis would make much more sense for the maximum benefit of attendees.
I did notice that your booth was tucked way in the back of the vendor hall last fall. It was definitely not in a high traffic area. I kind of felt sorry for any of the vendors on that back row. I'm sorry you had such a bad experience with ISPCON. The show was excellent for WISPA but our booth was in a better position than yours was, and I want to publicly thank Wireless Beehive (http://www.wbmfg.com/Home) for becoming a vendor member of WISPA at that show! I do agree that ISPCON is not even close to 10 years ago, and most likely never will be again. Of course, our companies aren't worth 6-20x earnings now either. It’s a sign of the times, not necessarily a sign of a bad show. I personally look forward to going to ISPCON in Chicago, to meet new people, converse with my friends in the industry and enlighten my knowledge base. With all that said, I'm only 150 miles from Chicago, so my travel expenses won't be too great. Respectfully, Rick Harnish -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown - 2 Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 11:35 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] ISPCON Nevermore "quoth the raven". I think it is a lousy value, not anywhere even remotely approaching what it was 10 years ago. Winog is good if nearby, Wispcons used to be good. Once upon a time ispcon was THE event. ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian Rohrbacher To: WISPA General List Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 8:16 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] ISPCON Holy crap! I just went to ispcon.com to check out how much it costs. It's $700. Does that even come close to being worth it? Who is going? Brian Mike Hammett wrote: I've only registered for the exhibit floor, but I'll be there for whatever's free! haha, maybe I'll have money later this year to start getting memberships. There will be two of us. ----------Mike HammettIntelligent Computing Solutionshttp://www.ics-il.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Harnish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: "'WISPA General List'" <wireless@wispa.org>; "'Principal WISPA Member List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 6:47 PMSubject: [WISPA] ISPCON Everyone, HYPERLINK "http://www.ispcon.com/"ISPCON is rapidly approaching even thoughwinter seems to keep coming. WISPA is planning a “WISPA Powered” track witha full slate of speakers at this event. This is one of two Wireless tracksat ISPCON. WISPA will also be holding our WISPA Reception on May 13th at6:30 pm. This event will be sponsored by HYPERLINK"http://www.imagestream.com/"Imagestream and HYPERLINK"http://www.powercode.com/"Powercode. We are also planning a WISPA “JamSession” this year and will invite attendees who are musically talented tobring their instruments and play to everyone’s enjoyment. This event willbe sponsored by HYPERLINK "http://www.mikrotik.com/"Mikrotik. Being in Chicago this spring, we expect a very good turnout of vendors andoperators. We are planning accordingly as last fall’s reception had anoverflow of attendance into the hallway. We are asking for a larger roomthis time to accommodate a larger expected crowd given the more centrallylocated venue of Chicago. I will be accepting WISPA Shirt orders again this year. I plan on makingthe order on April 20th and need to have all orders in by April 15th.Please send me your shirt size, color and number of shirts by this date.These will be a nice button down dual blend shirt with the WISPA logoembroidered. I have considered adding ISPCON Chicago 2008 below the logo ifenough people desire it, so let me know. Assuming there have been no priceincreases, I anticipate the cost of the shirts will be $42 picked up at theshow or $47 if shipped to your location. We will hold a raffle again this year and I have asked vendors to considerdonating door prizes for this event at our reception. We hope many of youwill consider attending this spring as we feel you will definitely get yourmoney’s worth. I would like to get an idea of how many WISPA readers andmembers will be in attendance, so please RSVP ASAP so that we can begin toget an idea on the head count planning on attending. Please let me know howmany people from your company will be there. Last fall, many vendors donated some very nice door prizes includingHYPERLINK "http://www.alvarion.com/"Alvarion with a Full B100 link listingat $7990. Many thanks to all the vendors who participated last fall and toPatrick Leary and Alvarion for their very nice doorprize. 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