<DIV> <TABLE class=messageheader cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD class=label noWrap>From:</TD> <TD>"Roger Jolly" <roger.j@sasktel.net></TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=label noWrap>To:</TD> <TD>"Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org></TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=label noWrap>Subject:</TD> <TD>Re: Kansas City (MO & KS)</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <DIV class="messageinfo separator"> <P><STRONG>HTML Attachment</STRONG> [ <A href="http://us.f810.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter/file.html?box=Inbox&MsgId=9587_40728519_32615_1831_13831_0_22454_44964_2361720920&bodyPart=3.13.2&filename=file.html&download=1&YY=82869&order=up&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b&Idx=3"><FONT face=Verdana color=#003399>Download File</FONT></A> | <A href="http://us.f810.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter/file.html?box=Inbox&MsgId=9587_40728519_32615_1831_13831_0_22454_44964_2361720920&bodyPart=3.13.2&DataName=&filename=file.html&Briefcase=1&tnef=&YY=82869&order=up&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b&Idx=3"><FONT face=Verdana color=#003399>Save to Yahoo! Briefcase</FONT></A> ] </P></DIV><XBODY><FONT size=3><BR>The coffee watering hole, in close proximity to hall and class areas could have  been the major problem.   The hotel/convention center was not conducive to people flow in this area. <BR><BR>Regards Roger<BR><BR><BR>At 08:37 PM 6/23/2005, you wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <P>Shawn Bruce and many others, staff and volunteers, worked tirelessly to put on a great convention.  (I think they all deserve two weeks on a tropical beach for their efforts!)  The exhibit hall was spacious with wide aisles, which I was hoping would be thronging with convention attendees checking out the diverse booths.  Perhaps it was in part due to the distance between the exhibit hall and the restaurants/lecture rooms/hotel lobby that the crowds never seemed to materialize in the exhibit hall.<BR><BR> All the exhibitors I talked to were a bit disappointed by the low turnout of visitors, be it lookey-loos or buyers.  My sales were OK, but I estimate that fewer than 2/3 of the attendees even strolled down the aisle I shared with other interesting displays in the four days the exhibit hall was open.  I can't figure it out.<BR><BR>Jurgen Goering<BR>Piano Forte Supply<BR><A href="http://www.pianofortesupply.com" target=_blank><FONT color=#003399>www.pianofortesupply.com</FONT></A> </P> <P><STRONG><FONT face="comic sans ms" color=#c00000>Roger, that's an excellent point...one I'd not thought about at all.  Last year, in Gnashville, the Exhibition hall was right off several main classrooms and close to the others, making it very easy to duck in between classes.  I made a point of trying to get to the hall between classes in KC, but it wasn't as easy, that's for certain.</FONT></STRONG></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></XBODY></DIV><BR><BR><DIV>Stan Ryberg <BR>Barrington IL <BR><U>jstan40@sbcglobal.net</U></DIV>