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<DIV><STRONG><EM> Jurgen</EM></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><EM> Should have come to the MARC this week in Philadelphia.
In fact you can probably still rent space. 400 ish registrants. Hmm
</EM></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><EM> 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.</EM></STRONG> </DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE
style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Piano
Forte Supply will not be exhibiting at the National Convention in <BR>Kansas
City this year. The exhibit hall was sold out in 19 hrs, about 4 <BR>months
before the event, and anyone who came later came too
late. </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><STRONG><EM>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</EM>
<EM><FONT size=4>fantabulous hammer extractor</FONT></EM> <EM>in my Strike line
class at MARC this week so stock up.</EM></STRONG></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE
style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000
size=2>Responding to exhibitor complaints that not enough technicians were
making <BR>their way over to the exhibit hall in 2005, the decision was made
to move the <BR>exhibit closer to the main convention
activities. </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><STRONG><EM> 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.</EM></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><EM> There is no gallery this year so .....uhh.......
no distraction.....?</EM></STRONG></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE
style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>However,
the only room <BR>available is 40% smaller than the hall previously
used. I haven't yet fully <BR>understood how this can contribute to the
biggest and best ever 50th annual <BR>convention.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV> <STRONG><EM>Right ..oh I get why didn't I think of that. Now this
just makes a whole bunch of sense.</EM></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><EM> Kansas City shuffle?</EM></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000
size=2>Home office told me that 120 booths could have been sold, but the exhibit
<BR>hall only has room for about 70 booths. (The size of every booth had to be
<BR>reduced by 20% to accommodate even this small number.) So, at over
$600 per <BR>booth, that amounts to a lost potential revenue of around $30,000
(!) for the <BR>convention. <U> I could imagine that with $30,000 a lot of
enticements could <BR>have been afforded to draw technicians across the way into
the the exhibit <BR>hall. Let me see: free food? how about caviar
canapes, or perhaps a $1,000 <BR>door prize every hour of the exhibit?.... Maybe
a grand piano as a prize? </U></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> <STRONG><EM> MARC feeds you 3 times free snack bar etc.
Tech/instructor friendly support. </EM></STRONG><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><BR>: a
good exhibit hall is <BR>vital for the success of a convention - it draws
technicians to attend. I <BR>cannot count the number of technicians who
were full of disappointment at the <BR>Rochester convention, saying to me that
they would not have attended if they <BR>had known there would be only one tool
and parts supplier from whom to <BR>purchase. I know many will be disappointed
with the exhibit hall again this <BR>year. It is a real pity.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> <STRONG><EM> Hey maybe soon guys just won't come because of the burn
out factor.</EM></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><EM> Yes a real pity.</EM></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><EM> Yes ..keep your eyes on Burbank. It's going to be
better. You know outside the box</EM></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><EM> Dale</EM></STRONG></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE
style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000
size=2><BR><BR>Oh, well, here's hoping for Burbank in 2008. See you
there!<BR>Jurgen Goering<BR>Piano Forte
Supply<BR>www.pianofortesupply.com<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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