Re: Convention

[Ramey Peticolas-Stroud <ramey@wvi.com>]

Truman, 

The Ky program was a "team" effort and I cannot take all the credit.  

As you point out, the good news was that many of our speakers were
locals and donated their time, but our participation (800 to 900 people
I think) wasn't as good as in the West.  I haven't heard a cash flow
report yet but traditionally AERC loses money on East Coast
conferences.  I suspect that AERC could do a better job of marketing
though.

Anyway, many of the speakers have already volunteered to be in Reno next
year to repeat their talks to riders who were not in Ky.  Many new
speakers will be in Reno as well.  I'd like to see a two-track program
that presents both novice and advanced materials.

Ramey