Hi Cindy,
You are correct, it is frustrating sometimes.
The most frustrating will be in Tuna's case
where he will be stopping there just as the
convention is getting over and people are
starting to pack up and leave.
There is a always a registration chairman
at every rally. The bigger the rally, the
more likely there will be a registration
table with someone there between 9am & 3pm.
Because everyone is a volunteer, they
are looking forward to joining in the
convention activities just as soon as
the last person who is preregistered
has arrived.
After that, visitors have to do as anyone
would do who is looking for someone in a
small town. Ask around. The most informed
people are those in charge of traffic
(the small town sheriff), those on motor
scooters delivering messages (the village
mailman), or those who are obviously part
of the convention (village residents).
These people can be identified by a ribbon
on their name tag. The ribbon is the symbol
of them having gone through the
registration process.
In Tuna's case, registration has long
since closed down. For all practical
purposes, he'll be a day visitor and
on his own until he finds the vintage
group. Once there, he may find you and
you'll take him under our wing and
you'll introduce him to the right
person (if you were there).
On the flip side, it's up to each of
us at the convention to notice which
people are not wearing name tags and
to offer our assistance to them. Some
may be convention goers who forgot to
put on their name tag, but mostly
they will be visitors.
A fringe benefit of doing this is
everyone who isn't wearing a name badge
will quickly recognize they are being
noticed, perhaps not by everyone, but
enough to know a few people care about
them. Hopefully, this will reduce
some of their frustration and help
them enjoy the event and the club.
I'm glad you guys are back on line.
We missed you. You bring up good ideas
that need to be discussed more often.
Terry
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>This is still frustrating to me - no official place to
>send a wannabe to
>join up while attending or passing by the International
>WBCCI Rally!
>Hope you have an easier time than we did at a big rally
>in Florida. We
>had people who wanted to join and it was VERY difficult
>to find a
>contact who had the papers to do just that.
>
>Cindy(whining), #7494 WBCCI & VAC
>
