Kansas City (MO & KS)

[J Patrick Draine]

 From my past experience, the Exhibit Area would have been the #1 
responsibility of Shawn Bruce, PTG's Marketing Manager. With the chain 
of command ascending through Sandy Roady (among whose hats is 
Convention Manager), on up to Barbara Cassaday (Executive Director). 
All of whom are Very Hardworking Individuals. I wasn't there, though, 
so was not witness to how cavernous the space may or may not have been. 
Sometimes once you go beyond Space Plan A and want to negotiate for 
further space you have to pay for all of Space B, and the "jam packed" 
area suddenly gets very spread out.
I think class scheduling is the responsibility of the Institute 
Committee, all fellow technicians volunteering vast quantities of their 
time. Back when as an everyday convention registrant I would offer 
on-the-spot suggestions for improvement to then co-chairs of the 
Institute Committee (Allan Gilreath and Dale Probst) they would suggest 
that since I seemed to know *so much* about "how to do it" that I 
should join their committee ASAP! I declined the invite; during the 
years when I served an RVP, with about a month a year away from home, 
and a considerable amount of time at home with phone calls, e-mail, and 
paperwork, it became clear to me that the Institute Committee was 
probably putting in much more time than I was!
After a bit of rest, I'm sure they'll be happy to hear how they can 
make the next Institute better than earlier ones. And they're always 
eager for more help!
Best wishes,
Patrick Draine

On Jun 23, 2005, at 12:35 PM, Ron Nossaman wrote:

>
>> I don't understand this at all. There were PLENTY of unused booth 
>> spaces.
>>  Alan Barnard
>
>
> Yes, there were. I don't know just how the division of misery works in 
> the executive branch of the PTG, but I suspect this, and the doubled 
> up class scheduling headache will be among the pile of aggravations on 
> our new president's desk.
>
> Ron N
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