Jessica, with all due respect, please don’t tease us. For the last few years, Nick has made many announcements for a convention, and then we never hear another thing about it. Is this one a sure thing?
Jeff
Jeffrey, we just had a 2-day convention in Florida. 300 inspectors. 15 different presentations. 400 door prizes. Food/drinks. Dinner. www.nachi.org/florida.htm
You are correct Nick, but it was geared towards Florida. No justification for me or others in other states to attend.
Now, if you recall, I have no problem with traveling for an event, with enough given notice. (Remember Milwaukee a few years ago)? My above comment is based on you announcing a major convention (national) and we mostly never hear of it again. Read the threads you’ve posted. Pages and pages, and threads upon threads, of members asking what’s going on, with no response. All we ask is follow through. If it’s not gonna happen, tell us! We understand sh*t happens.
Could we have some other classes going on around this event. The last time I went to a NACHI event. I lost a good day in travel. Just having an event for one day and it takes two days out of my schedule, just is not worth it for me.
I’ve done survey after survey and no one wants a 3-4 day convention. Casey and OMalley’s event in Vegas and ASHI’s in Atlanta each had less than 300 attendees. Some of our chapter events approach that.
The industry wants a one-long-day inspector marketing event and so that’s what we’re going to give them.
I am with Jeff on this. For many of us there is considerable travel involved thus maybe a Friday night pre-show gathering then a all day main event and a closing dinner party, would make good sense. This way the main even is still a 1 day, but there would be a “Party” on the front side and back of the main event ?
Another good Idea would be to make a poll for the out of towners and get a feel for the number of attendees?
It was just confirmed that there will be a dinner the night before the event for everyone to get together. And it’s looking like the day of April 19th.
Nick and/or Dominic
How about some events that the forgotten state never sees. It would be nice to have a bone thrown to us once in awhile. We got some big name NACHI members here that would make it a good trip, James, Dan, jim. Bring some IR training with you too. Dominic, don’t forget the camera and recording tools to make a CD of your training.