On the same plate. Can you afford NOT to go and attend the training classes ? Many of the questions I hear daily on this list is covered in one or more sessions. How to saftly climb towers, how to install towers, how to configure the units, how to do routing, administrative tasks, hotspots, llc or s corp or inc, dealing with employees, crimping connectors and weatherproofing just to mention SOME of the things there are training sessions about. Get the chance to meet people just like you share experience about the equipment what works and what not. Walk the exhibit floor talk to vendors and consultant. Find out about what is to come and what not. Get a chance to hold that XYZ unit in your own hands and check out that new cool antenna from ABC Corp.
The list goes on. But also to also to answer your question. Each night is full with entertainment and fun talking with other wispers over fee beers (many vendors and consultants might get you a free drink). Sunday night you get free complementary drinks and food paid by one of the sponsors (at least that have been so in the past). But then if you already know everything there is to know about running a WISP (radios, routing, employees, business structure, towers, etc) and you have the money to buy and test out all equipment out there and constantly visits and gets news from every vendor in the wisp market then you don't need to go. The $495 is a 3 day full registration (you can access ALL training sessions). If you only want to visit the exhibit hall then as a part-15 member there is NO cost to you. If you just want to visit ONE day of training sessions then you pay far less then the normal $495. PS. If your favorite vendor have a booth at wispcon then try to knock them up for a vendor discount coupon. As a part-15 member and with a vendor discount coupon you can get the entire show for $345. That barely takes you into the exhibit floor area and maybe ONE session in some other shows. / Eje Monday, August 11, 2003, 3:27:28 PM, you wrote: JC> MessageSo if you do not have time to go to the wispcon and attend training classes then this would not be a membership for you right? Have to be a hell of a day for me to pay $500 to go to a JC> convention. Does this include entertainment and drinks? JC> Jerry JC> ----- Original Message ----- JC> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] JC> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] JC> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 12:48 PM JC> Subject: Re: [smartBridges] GRANT JC> Here is an example of some of the costs AND benefits as they relate to WISPCONs JC> EarlyBird FULL CONFERENCE registrations JC> Normal = $495 JC> With a vendor discount coupon you can get in for $395 JC> With a vendor discount coupon and P15 membership you get in for $345 JC> Also, You'll get an additional $10 off your hotel room each night that you stay at the conference hotel. (Usually 3 nights and therefore $30 savings) JC> Also, P15 members staying at the conference hotel will automatically be entered into a drawing to win two free round trip American Airlines plane tickets. There are some more rules on this JC> (blackout times etc), but this is a really cool addition to the raffles and other give-aways. JC> If you've never been to a WISPCON, you are in for a rude-awakening. They are very intense and usually the biggest problem for the attendees is that it is like going to Disneyland and trying to JC> do everything in one day. There is just not enought time to get to each important session that you need to. Also, you may want to ask around regarding the type of educational benefits of the JC> WISPCON as compared to other conferences. I think we are the only conference that has rules for the speakers. They basically say that the people are there in the session rooms to learn technical JC> and administrative information so leave all the marketing stuff on the exhibit floor. JC> I highly suggest you chat with others who have been to a WISPCON. As a WISP myself, I find the training at WISPCONs most excellent and you'll find me sitting in many of the sessions that I too JC> need to learn. I think this is one of the better parts of WISPCON, I am a small WISP too and I'm very familiar with the needs of a WISPs. I fight interference on a dialy basis. I need to approach JC> local governments for tower necessities, I sign roof-top rentals all the time, I have to climb towers so my safety and the safety of my other climbers is very important to me. I would like to JC> expand farther into my rural areas and could also use some of that RUS funding. I'm right there in the trenches with the rest of you. JC> I don't believe anyone has ever said that they didn't get their money's worth out of a WISPCON. JC> Michael JC> ----- Original Message ----- JC> From: Scott Damron JC> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] JC> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 12:26 PM JC> Subject: RE: [smartBridges] GRANT JC> I understand. Sounds pretty good when you look at it that way. What does the WISPCON cost to attend the full thing? JC> Scott JC> -----Original Message----- JC> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] JC> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 10:17 AM JC> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] JC> Subject: Re: [smartBridges] GRANT JC> $495 is for Affiliates. Affiliates were designed for WISPs where 5 or more employees can all take advantage instead of paying $195 each. JC> So if you have 7 employees who could all benefit from membership isn't that a reasonable price? $1365 for individual memberships of these 7 employees or $495 for all of them. JC> Michael JC> ----- Original Message ----- JC> From: Scott Damron JC> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] JC> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 11:33 AM JC> Subject: RE: [smartBridges] GRANT JC> No, I am saying that $495.00 is Too much. To me anyway. I have not seen the programs you offer, so I would not be inclined to pay the fee. However, If I had the time to look over what JC> you offer, I might sign up as an individual. JC> Scott JC> -----Original Message----- JC> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] JC> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 8:59 AM JC> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] JC> Subject: Re: [smartBridges] GRANT JC> Are you saying that the $195 for annual membership (which you'll get back most of that by the discounts at WISPCONs and other training), is too high? JC> Michael JC> ----- Original Message ----- JC> From: Scott Damron JC> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] JC> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 10:36 AM JC> Subject: RE: [smartBridges] GRANT JC> If so, then why are your memberships so darn expensive?!? JC> Scott JC> -----Original Message----- JC> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] JC> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 6:20 AM JC> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] JC> Subject: Re: [smartBridges] GRANT JC> The small guy is "exactly" what PART-15.ORG is all about. See previous email JC> Michael JC> ----- Original Message ----- JC> From: Scott Damron JC> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] JC> Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 3:11 PM JC> Subject: RE: [smartBridges] GRANT JC> I am sure for it!!! We serve some really small communities, and would love to form an alliance, I would like to see it targeted more toward the small guys. JC> Scott JC> -----Original Message----- JC> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Earl Campbell JC> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 1:10 PM JC> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] JC> Subject: RE: [smartBridges] GRANT JC> I wonder if we all got together and formed an aliance of wisp's if Washington wouldn't pay more attn to us ? 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