Chuck, I am guessing the next event after the Oxford Show in Dallas will be a Regional Event on the West or East Coasts or at least a centralized location along the coasts. We will probably do another survey to see which coast wins!
Rick > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Chuck Profito > Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 4:58 PM > To: 'WISPA General List' > Subject: Re: [WISPA] What are the Challenges? > > How about a west coast regional 2 or 3 day WISPA cruise???? like SF to > LA , > or just Long Beach to Catalina > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Forbes Mercy > Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 11:44 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] What are the Challenges? > > Robert, > > Are you on the Promotion Committee? These are all important inputs we > need when we make decisions, it wasn't the board who decided, they > followed the recommendations of the Promotion Committee. We have no > intention of having another summer show, we have learned a lot in this > our first show and that's one of them. You can join at > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/Promotion > > If you don't have the time that's fine it's a dent in my summer > schedule > too and I'm not just going for the two days, but no incentive I think > not, there is a lot of benefit going to this meeting. I'm not sure > asking what concerns there were was necessary unless to help people who > needed help coming but to rehash minority views in a well documented > series of surveys, webinars, and question/answer opportunities isn't > productive, I hope to see you up front at our next attempt at this > ongoing series. > > Thanks, > Forbes > Promotion Committee Chair > > On 6/27/2010 9:41 PM, Robert West wrote: > > " We originally picked St. Louis" > > > > With total and absolute respect for the board, we had an online > discussion > > of where and why among all of us and St. Louis really wasn't in the > mix. > > The timing is also "weird" because the summer, at least for me, is > the > > busiest because the weather is damn best for fixing everything and > getting > > new AP's installed. I'm working like hell to beat the snow. (Just > got in > > from a new AP install) > > > > Get me in mid-January and I'll have plenty of time. Look at the > volume of > > list postings and you'll understand. The winter gives us all lots of > time > > to list post thus empty time in our schedules. Graph it out, you'll > > understand. Yeah, travel in the winter sucks............. But I > got's > the > > time then! > > > > Besides............... St. Louis? > > > > I went to the Dayton Hamvention, met some WISPA members, saw some > great > > "junk" and spent some cash. Not to push Dayton (Dayton blows) but > as we > > talked about before, a hook up with another similar event is the cool > thing > > for me. No matter where it is. I really don't care where but the > > Hamvention is well known by a lot of WISPA Hams. > > > > Anyhow, just no time and no incentive in going. Ticket price and > hotel > > price have no bearing on my lack of attending. > > > > Anyone with similar issues??? > > > > Bob- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] > On > > Behalf Of Rick Harnish > > Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2010 3:28 PM > > To: memb...@wispa.org; 'WISPA General List' > > Subject: [WISPA] What are the Challenges? > > > > Members and WISP followers, > > > > > > > > We would like to better understand some of the challenges that many > of you > > face on a daily basis as we continue to fine tune the Regional > Meeting > > Agenda. As you know the 1st Regional Meeting is scheduled for July > 21st > and > > 22nd in St. Louis. We have been pleasantly surprised at the response > we > have > > received from vendors in our industry in committing to exhibit at our > > Regional Meeting. > > > > > > > > One thing we have noticed during the signup period is that many WISPs > that > > are attending are traveling long distances to come to St. Louis in > the > first > > stages of signup. We originally picked St. Louis because of its > central > > location in the US and because there are a tremendous amount of WISP > > companies throughout the Central US. We really anticipated that 70% > of > our > > attendees at this meeting would come from a 500 mile radius from St. > Louis. > > This does not seem to be the case and we find ourselves wondering why > this > > to be the case. > > > > > > > > My first inclination is to blame it on weather. I realize that > weather in > > the Central US has been extremely volatile this summer with > persistent > > storms continually moving across the region. I am asking if this is > really > > the reason preventing many Midwestern WISPs from signing up for this > meeting > > or not. If it is something else, I would like to investigate > further. We > > believe it is our obligation to the Vendors who have committed staff, > money > > and resources to attend the meeting, that we ask these tough > questions. > > > > > > > > Our goal and the budget for the RM are based on a count of 200 > attendees. > We > > are pretty sure we will reach this goal but if we are not going to > get > > there, we need to start preparing now. As you may or may not know, > we do > > have a price increase of $50 per attendee beginning on July 1st. It > would > > be silly of me not to point this out to any prospective attendees. > > > > > > > > This week, we were able to negotiate a much nicer hotel and meeting > > facilities at the Renaissance Hotel in St. Louis. The Renaissance > actually > > lowered its room rate surprisingly to $79 per night and threw in free > > internet, parking and shuttle. These concessions are saving our > > participants nearly $60 from the previous hotel. The catering and AV > > budgets alone exceed the registration fees we are charging for > members. > > > > > > > > Therefore, I ask that everyone describe your intentions for attending > or > not > > intending and send a brief description why. If it is summer > vacation, > that > > is fine, that is a risk we took when choosing these dates. If it is > summer > > activities such as 4H fairs, baseball tournaments, or whatever, just > let > me > > know. If it is the weather and damage has not allowed you to book > because > > of excessive repair bills, that is also fine. I am just trying to > get a > > feel on the pulse of the industry as we analyze the success of this > meeting > > and possibly plan the next one. > > > > > > > > If there are other challenges you wish to discuss, let me know. I > would > > rather the Board be aware so that we can formulate policy and > programs to > > alleviate these concerns as we move forward. > > > > > > > > Respectfully, > > > > > > > > Rick Harnish > > > > President > > > > WISPA > > > > 260-307-4000 cell > > > > 866-317-2851 WISPA Office > > > > Skype: rick.harnish. > > > > rharn...@wispa.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > ---- > > WISPA Wants You! 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