Good idea ! Columbus, Ohio has plenty of conference/convention space and places are hungry for events, plus everything is within walking distance.
;) ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Robert West" <robert.w...@just-micro.com> Reply-To: WISPA General List <wireless@wispa.org> Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 21:06:14 -0500 >Okay, I'd like to throw an idea out there and see who yells...... > >I had a thought that maybe it could be held at the same time as one of the >large Ham conventions, like the one they hold in Dayton, Ohio. Only so much >I can see and do at a 3 day event, would be great to be able to go across >town or wherever to another event that would have a lot of the same sort of >towers, tools, safety gear that we use as Wisp operators. No way would we >get these type of vendors to come to a Wisp only show, in my opinion. The >bonus is, it could be used as a marketing tool to bring in even more people >without any more effort. I'd certainly go out of my way for an event that >would cover radio gear as well as the hardware and safety. A lot of us WISP >operators deal with HAMS and go to their conventions anyhow. Unless, of >course, the WISPA show is stuffed with a full assortment of what we use. >:) > > >Anyway, just an idea. > >Bob- > >-----Original Message----- >From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On >Behalf Of Matt Larsen - Lists >Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 1:31 PM >To: WISPA General List >Subject: Re: [WISPA] [Wispashow] Decision on WISPA Show > >All due respect Marlon, but I'm going to disagree with your assumptions. > >I have spent the last three months researching the possibility of >putting on a show and evaluating our options. Before I started on that >process, I felt the same way that you do about WISPA putting on our own >show. I thought that it would be some work, but doable, and had some >potential as a fund raiser. > >What was truly eye opening to me is the amount of work that is needed to >put a show on properly. IMHO, WISPCON got lucky on the first show and >then it degraded when the organizational and sales efforts did not scale >up to the potential of the show. The market is quite different right >now, and I don't think that we would be as lucky as P-15 was back in the >day. > >Ed's group puts on trade shows - that is their focus. They are willing >to do it at no cost to us, and to help us build our membership up so >that both sides will benefit. They don't know much about the WISP >business, so we have an opportunity to work with them to design a show >that our members would all like to go to. They are going to do it on >a much larger scale than what we had planned on doing, so we can spread >WISPAs message beyond our own little community. Those are strong >positives. > >Most importantly, we will not have to commit our money or manpower to >the project. Money is not that big of a deal, but manpower is. We >will not be able to put on a show with volunteer manpower, and it isn't >really a question of just hiring someone because the job requirements go >far beyond just being an ED type or a sales person. These guys have a >staff of people who specialize in this kind of work and can get it done >more effectively and at a larger scale than we could ever dream of doing >on our own. > >All this being said - if the show is a flop, there will be an "out" so >that we can go back to plan A next year if that is what needs to >happen. For 2010, it makes more sense to work with professionals to >get a show put on. > >Matt Larsen >vistabeam.com > > >Marlon K. Schafer wrote: >> forwarding to the list. >> >> Matt/Forbes, can someone please set the list to reply to the list rather >> than to the sender? Thanks, >> >> Matt, understood. I'd disagree with that plan of action though. We need >> our own show. It should be a fund raiser for WISPA. >> >> Near as I can tell Ed's planning on more of an ISPCon type of a show. I >> believe we need more of a WISPCon kind of event. Lower cost, more >intimate >> etc. >> >> I'd suggest that we step back and set a show date for later in the year. >It >> shouldn't take more than a few months to put something together. We know >> who the vendors and attendees would be. And we know, basically, what >would >> need to be presented. >> >> The members want a show. The vendors want a show. Someone just has to DO >a >> show. >> >> If we can't find anyone to run the effort that certainly changes things. >> I'm not interested in that job (putting together a Dirtbike one for here >> right now, it's not bad but does take time...) right now. >> >> laters, >> marlon >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <li...@manageisp.com> >> To: "Marlon K. Schafer" <o...@odessaoffice.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 9:53 PM >> Subject: Re: [Wispashow] Decision on WISPA Show >> >> >> >>> Marlon, >>> The tentative plan with Ed's group is that we will put our efforts into >>> his show, and that we will not be doing our own show as long as both >sides >>> are happy with the performance of his show. >>> Also, since we are not putting any money into it, there is no profit >>> sharing. They put in the money and the manpower, they get the profit, >if >>> there is any. Our goal in this is to build up our membership numbers >and >>> leverage their promotional and marketing efforts to get the word out >about >>> WISPA and get people to the show so we can turn them into members. >>> This is going to end up similar to our agreement with ISPCON, but we will > >>> have more say in the structure and educational parts of the show. Also, > >>> it should cost us little or no money. >>> Matt Larsen >>> vistabeam.com >>> Marlon K. Schafer writes: >>> >>>> Hi Matt, In the end I still think we should have our own show. How clear > >>>> will it be made to Ed's group that we'll still be working to our own >show >>>> at a later date? Also, how are we going to insure that we don't end up >>>> with the same problem we did with Charles for his first show? Where >>>> there is no profit to split? >>>> marlon ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Matt Larsen - Lists" <li...@manageisp.com> >>>> To: <wispas...@wispa.org> >>>> Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 10:59 PM >>>> Subject: [Wispashow] Decision on WISPA Show >>>> >>>>> After our visits with the people interested in the trade show and >>>>> evaluating our options, Forbes and I are making the decision to work >>>>> with Ed Meek's group to help promote their wireless show, with WISPA as >>>>> one of the "anchors" of the show. >>>>> The details are yet to be worked out. What has been discussed so far >>>>> is that WISPA will be featured prominently in the promotional efforts, >>>>> we will provide the educational tracks for the wireless broadband >>>>> section of the show and we will have considerable influence on what >>>>> events, speakers and specialized sessions (ISP-CEO type discussions) >>>>> will be conducted as part of the show. We will also be able to >>>>> re-start the WISPA awards and present them at the show. There was >>>>> also a discussion about substantial discounts for WISPA members to >>>>> attend - enough to highly incentivise attendees to join WISPA before >the >>>>> show. >>>>> Rather than putting on our own show, we will play a large part in this >>>>> show. There will still be a lot of work to be done, and I will share >>>>> details after we get them worked out with the promoters. >>>>> Any questions or concerns, please submit them on the list and we can >get >>>>> them worked out. >>>>> Matt Larsen >>>>> vistabeam.com >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Wispashow mailing list >>>>> wispas...@wispa.org >>>>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wispashow >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wispashow mailing list >>>> wispas...@wispa.org >>>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wispashow >>>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wispashow mailing list >> wispas...@wispa.org >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wispashow >> >> > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >---- >WISPA Wants You! 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