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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.<br>
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Mike McCoy<br>
MARC Registrar<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Erwinspiano@aol.com">Erwinspiano@aol.com</a> wrote:
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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>
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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
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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>
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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>
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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;" color="#000000"
face="Arial" 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
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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>
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Oh, well, here's hoping for Burbank in 2008. See you there!<br>
Jurgen Goering<br>
Piano Forte Supply<br>
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