10 excuses....

[Dave Nereson]

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  From: Mike Kurta=20
  To: PTG List=20
  Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 6:19 PM
  Subject: 10 excuses....


  It would be interesting to poll PTG members (both associates and RPT) =
as to why they don't attend national conventions.  After going to seven, =
I seem to see the same faces year after year.  Curious......
  =20
  My picks for reasons folks don't attend conventions.
      1.  Not interested
      2.  Costs too much
      3.  Too far away
      4.  I know enough already
      5.  I'll lose too much business when away
      6.  I'm shy and not a good mixer
      7.  Can't get away
      8. =20
      9.                               YOUR CHOICE......
      10.
  =20
                    Mike Kurta, RPT

  I go every few years but can't afford airfare and lodging every year.
  #1 reason for not going is the blasted hotel cost ($$$$).  Not =
practical to stay in another hotel/motel 'cause you hafta get up too =
early to get breakfast and drive, walk (usually not close enough), or =
take public transportation over to the convention hotel for your first =
class, which is already early enough even when you're staying in the =
convention hotel. =20
  #2 reason:  airfare  ($$$)  Could drive, and it's nice to have your =
own car when you get there (cheaper than renting one), but it's a =
loooooong drive from Denver, and more than a day's drive, which =
necessitates more lodging costs, unless you camp out somewhere, which I =
was more willing to do when I was in my 20's and 30's.
  #3 reason:  Classes start early, so you can't stay up late and enjoy =
the night life of Kansas City or Chicago or wherever.  Unless you stay =
extra days (more lodging and meals costs).  It would be nice if the =
convention were in a downtown Chicago hotel, but no, it's quite a ways =
out in the burbs.  Which is OK if you have your car or rent one, but on =
public transportation, there's just not gonna be enough time to go =
downtown at night, stay for any reasonable length of time, and get back =
out to the hotel to get enough sleep before early classes.
  #4  gotta get somebody to watch the house, bring in the mail, feed my =
cat, water the lawn so it doesn't burn up,=20
  #5   I do lose some business, but not much ....
      I thoroughly enjoy the conventions when I do go, and I learn a =
lot, and it's motivating, career wise.  But every year is a bit much. =20
          --David Nereson, RPT, Denver
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