Kansas City

[Mike McCoy]

Jurgen WILL be at the MARC, as will everyone else and we are very happy 
to have him! Exhibitor space has been sold out for quite a while now 
with a waiting list.

Mike McCoy
MARC Registrar



Erwinspiano at aol.com wrote:
> */  Jurgen/*
> */  Should have come to the MARC this week in Philadelphia. In fact 
> you can probably still rent space.  400 ish registrants. Hmm /*
> */    Yes they feed you 3 times & all the exhibitors you could want. I 
> have given up trying to understand  the K.C politics & policies. The 
> thinking & explanations are not far enough outside the box for me./*
>
>     Piano Forte Supply will not be exhibiting at the National
>     Convention in
>     Kansas City this year. The exhibit hall was sold out in 19 hrs,
>     about 4
>     months before the event, and anyone who came later came too late. 
>
> */It is a loss when some one who is providing high level tools to 
> techs such as yourself isn't accomadated.  HEy I'm pushing your new/ 
> /fantabulous hammer extractor/ /in my Strike line class at MARC this 
> week so stock up./*
>
>     Responding to exhibitor complaints that not enough technicians
>     were making
>     their way over to the exhibit hall in 2005, the decision was made
>     to move the
>     exhibit closer to the main  convention activities. 
>
> */  Don't forget the rebuilders gallery was right outside the door & 
> it distracted a lot of folks. Not only that but the event in Rochester 
> was so spread out it inhibited many from getting places on time./*
> */   There is no gallery this year so .....uhh....... no 
> distraction.....?/*
>
>     However, the only room
>     available is 40% smaller than the hall previously used.  I haven't
>     yet fully
>     understood how this can contribute to the biggest and best ever
>     50th annual
>     convention.
>
>   */Right ..oh I get why didn't I think of that. Now this just makes a 
> whole bunch of sense./*
> */  Kansas City shuffle?/*
> Home office told me that 120 booths could have been sold, but the exhibit
> hall only has room for about 70 booths. (The size of every booth had 
> to be
> reduced by 20% to accommodate even this small number.)  So, at over 
> $600 per
> booth, that amounts to a lost potential revenue of around $30,000 (!) 
> for the
> convention. _ I could imagine that with $30,000 a lot of enticements 
> could
> have been afforded to draw technicians across the way into the the 
> exhibit
> hall.  Let me see:  free food? how about caviar canapes, or perhaps a 
> $1,000
> door prize every hour of the exhibit?.... Maybe a grand piano as a 
> prize?  _
>  */ MARC feeds you 3 times free snack bar etc. Tech/instructor 
> friendly support. /*
> : a good exhibit hall is
> vital for the success of a convention - it draws technicians to 
> attend.  I
> cannot count the number of technicians who were full of disappointment 
> at the
> Rochester convention, saying to me that they would not have attended 
> if they
> had known there would be only one tool and parts supplier from whom to
> purchase. I know many will be disappointed with the exhibit hall again 
> this
> year.  It is a real pity.
>  */ Hey maybe soon guys just won't come because of the burn out factor./*
> */  Yes a real pity./*
> */  Yes ..keep your eyes on Burbank. It's going to be better. You know 
> outside the box/*
> */  Dale/*
>
>
>
>     Oh, well, here's hoping for Burbank in 2008.  See you there!
>     Jurgen Goering
>     Piano Forte Supply
>     www.pianofortesupply.com
>
>  
>
>
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