<HTML>       Add my congratul= ation to the list Elwood.        As One of the ones that work the conven= tion, the registration was 501, down some but better than was expected a few= weeks ago. The hotel staff was great and I put our request for them to go t= o Nashville with us next year.( wishful thinking). Class numbers was down bu= t all I heard was good comments. One complaint was that We kept it too cold = which was a big changed from last year.        Those who did not attend missed a good = one, so be there next year as great things are being planned for that one to= o.              =               =               = Rick Wyatt              =               =               = associate              =               =               = Dallas Chapter </HTML>