<html> <body> 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. Regards Roger At 08:37 PM 6/23/2005, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">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.  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. Jurgen Goering Piano Forte Supply <a href="http://www.pianofortesupply.com">www.pianofortesupply.com</a> </blockquote></body> </html>