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“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” --- Winston Churchill On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 9:42 PM, Robert West <robert.w...@just-micro.com>wrote: > Okay, I just happen to have stars in my eyes over the word > "Wispacontacular". I won't be able to sleep tonight dreaming of all the > things that would be at a Wispacontacular. Will there be Motorola Canopy > wielding Ninja Monkeys? Ahhhhh........ It will be magical! > > > Wispacontacular............ > > > Bob- > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Jeremy Parr > Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 9:38 PM > To: lakel...@gbcx.net; WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] [Wispashow] Decision on WISPA Show > > I'm in toronto freezing my ass off having a pulled pork sammich and a > microbrew. ;-) and yes, let's do a wispacontacular. > > On 2/3/10, lakel...@gbcx.net <lakel...@gbcx.net> wrote: > > I like Ham.... Let's have it in Nashville or Kansas City. > > > > Pulled pork is my favorite! > > > > :-) > > > > -B- > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Josh Luthman <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> > > Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 21:16:21 > > To: WISPA General List<wireless@wispa.org> > > Subject: Re: [WISPA] [Wispashow] Decision on WISPA Show > > > > I would love for it to be during HAM. > > > > Right around the corner from me. > > > > On 2/3/10, Robert West <robert.w...@just-micro.com> wrote: > >> Okay, I'd like to throw an idea out there and see who yells...... > >> > >> I had a thought that maybe it could be held at the same time as one of > the > >> large Ham conventions, like the one they hold in Dayton, Ohio. Only so > >> much > >> I can see and do at a 3 day event, would be great to be able to go > across > >> town or wherever to another event that would have a lot of the same sort > >> of > >> towers, tools, safety gear that we use as Wisp operators. No way would > we > >> get these type of vendors to come to a Wisp only show, in my opinion. > The > >> bonus is, it could be used as a marketing tool to bring in even more > >> people > >> without any more effort. I'd certainly go out of my way for an event > that > >> would cover radio gear as well as the hardware and safety. A lot of us > >> WISP > >> operators deal with HAMS and go to their conventions anyhow. Unless, of > >> course, the WISPA show is stuffed with a full assortment of what we use. > >> :) > >> > >> > >> Anyway, just an idea. > >> > >> Bob- > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > >> Behalf Of Matt Larsen - Lists > >> Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 1:31 PM > >> To: WISPA General List > >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] [Wispashow] Decision on WISPA Show > >> > >> All due respect Marlon, but I'm going to disagree with your assumptions. > >> > >> I have spent the last three months researching the possibility of > >> putting on a show and evaluating our options. Before I started on that > >> process, I felt the same way that you do about WISPA putting on our own > >> show. I thought that it would be some work, but doable, and had some > >> potential as a fund raiser. > >> > >> What was truly eye opening to me is the amount of work that is needed to > >> put a show on properly. IMHO, WISPCON got lucky on the first show and > >> then it degraded when the organizational and sales efforts did not scale > >> up to the potential of the show. The market is quite different right > >> now, and I don't think that we would be as lucky as P-15 was back in the > >> day. > >> > >> Ed's group puts on trade shows - that is their focus. They are willing > >> to do it at no cost to us, and to help us build our membership up so > >> that both sides will benefit. They don't know much about the WISP > >> business, so we have an opportunity to work with them to design a show > >> that our members would all like to go to. They are going to do it on > >> a much larger scale than what we had planned on doing, so we can spread > >> WISPAs message beyond our own little community. Those are strong > >> positives. > >> > >> Most importantly, we will not have to commit our money or manpower to > >> the project. Money is not that big of a deal, but manpower is. We > >> will not be able to put on a show with volunteer manpower, and it isn't > >> really a question of just hiring someone because the job requirements go > >> far beyond just being an ED type or a sales person. These guys have a > >> staff of people who specialize in this kind of work and can get it done > >> more effectively and at a larger scale than we could ever dream of doing > >> on our own. > >> > >> All this being said - if the show is a flop, there will be an "out" so > >> that we can go back to plan A next year if that is what needs to > >> happen. For 2010, it makes more sense to work with professionals to > >> get a show put on. > >> > >> Matt Larsen > >> vistabeam.com > >> > >> > >> Marlon K. Schafer wrote: > >>> forwarding to the list. > >>> > >>> Matt/Forbes, can someone please set the list to reply to the list > rather > >>> than to the sender? Thanks, > >>> > >>> Matt, understood. I'd disagree with that plan of action though. We > need > >>> our own show. It should be a fund raiser for WISPA. > >>> > >>> Near as I can tell Ed's planning on more of an ISPCon type of a show. > I > >>> believe we need more of a WISPCon kind of event. Lower cost, more > >> intimate > >>> etc. > >>> > >>> I'd suggest that we step back and set a show date for later in the > year. > >> It > >>> shouldn't take more than a few months to put something together. We > know > >>> who the vendors and attendees would be. And we know, basically, what > >> would > >>> need to be presented. > >>> > >>> The members want a show. The vendors want a show. Someone just has to > >>> DO > >> a > >>> show. > >>> > >>> If we can't find anyone to run the effort that certainly changes > things. > >>> I'm not interested in that job (putting together a Dirtbike one for > here > >>> right now, it's not bad but does take time...) right now. > >>> > >>> laters, > >>> marlon > >>> > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>> From: <li...@manageisp.com> > >>> To: "Marlon K. Schafer" <o...@odessaoffice.com> > >>> Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 9:53 PM > >>> Subject: Re: [Wispashow] Decision on WISPA Show > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> Marlon, > >>>> The tentative plan with Ed's group is that we will put our efforts > into > >>>> his show, and that we will not be doing our own show as long as both > >> sides > >>>> are happy with the performance of his show. > >>>> Also, since we are not putting any money into it, there is no profit > >>>> sharing. They put in the money and the manpower, they get the > profit, > >> if > >>>> there is any. Our goal in this is to build up our membership numbers > >> and > >>>> leverage their promotional and marketing efforts to get the word out > >> about > >>>> WISPA and get people to the show so we can turn them into members. > >>>> This is going to end up similar to our agreement with ISPCON, but we > >>>> will > >> > >>>> have more say in the structure and educational parts of the show. > >>>> Also, > >> > >>>> it should cost us little or no money. > >>>> Matt Larsen > >>>> vistabeam.com > >>>> Marlon K. Schafer writes: > >>>> > >>>>> Hi Matt, In the end I still think we should have our own show. How > >>>>> clear > >> > >>>>> will it be made to Ed's group that we'll still be working to our own > >> show > >>>>> at a later date? Also, how are we going to insure that we don't end > up > >>>>> with the same problem we did with Charles for his first show? Where > >>>>> there is no profit to split? > >>>>> marlon ----- Original Message ----- > >>>>> From: "Matt Larsen - Lists" <li...@manageisp.com> > >>>>> To: <wispas...@wispa.org> > >>>>> Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 10:59 PM > >>>>> Subject: [Wispashow] Decision on WISPA Show > >>>>> > >>>>>> After our visits with the people interested in the trade show and > >>>>>> evaluating our options, Forbes and I are making the decision to work > >>>>>> with Ed Meek's group to help promote their wireless show, with WISPA > >>>>>> as > >>>>>> one of the "anchors" of the show. > >>>>>> The details are yet to be worked out. What has been discussed so > far > >>>>>> is that WISPA will be featured prominently in the promotional > efforts, > >>>>>> we will provide the educational tracks for the wireless broadband > >>>>>> section of the show and we will have considerable influence on what > >>>>>> events, speakers and specialized sessions (ISP-CEO type discussions) > >>>>>> will be conducted as part of the show. We will also be able to > >>>>>> re-start the WISPA awards and present them at the show. There was > >>>>>> also a discussion about substantial discounts for WISPA members to > >>>>>> attend - enough to highly incentivise attendees to join WISPA before > >> the > >>>>>> show. > >>>>>> Rather than putting on our own show, we will play a large part in > this > >>>>>> show. There will still be a lot of work to be done, and I will > share > >>>>>> details after we get them worked out with the promoters. > >>>>>> Any questions or concerns, please submit them on the list and we can > >> get > >>>>>> them worked out. > >>>>>> Matt Larsen > >>>>>> vistabeam.com > >>>>>>_______________________________________________ > >>>>>> Wispashow mailing list > >>>>>> wispas...@wispa.org > >>>>>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wispashow > >>>>>> > >>>>>_______________________________________________ > >>>>> Wispashow mailing list > >>>>> wispas...@wispa.org > >>>>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wispashow > >>>>> > >>> > >>>_______________________________________________ > >>> Wispashow mailing list > >>> wispas...@wispa.org > >>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wispashow > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> ---- > >> WISPA Wants You! 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