Ya, and they can use the business now that Obama spoke out against them! On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 11:42 PM, Jayson Baker <jay...@spectrasurf.com>wrote:
> Why would you not have it at Vegas, like most other conventions? Most days > we can fly there and back for under $100 total round-trip. Rooms are > cheap, > and there is plenty of other stuff to do. Oh, and free booze. :-) > > On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 9:36 PM, Blake Bowers <bbow...@mozarks.com> wrote: > > > I have never had a problem finding rooms at Dayton, usually with my > > normal reservations taking place 2-3 days before the show. Never. > > > > Now, the hamvention, like all the other hamfests, is no where near as > > packed > > as > > it was 10 years ago too. > > > > 4 years ago I did not even have reservations and found rooms at the first > > place I stopped at, a Drury. > > > > Don't take your organs to heaven, > > heaven knows we need them down here! > > Be an organ donor, sign your donor card today. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Brian Webster" <bwebs...@wirelessmapping.com> > > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 9:04 PM > > Subject: Re: [WISPA] [Wispashow] Decision on WISPA Show > > > > > > > Not a bad idea, Dayton would be problematic as it has limited lodging > in > > > the > > > area and the hams already book that capacity up long before the > > > convention. > > > There are other large regional hamfests that might be a good fit for > your > > > idea however. The one problem that may arise from those is that the > > > locations in many cases won't be in areas where the airports have a lot > > of > > > competition so the WISP attendees would more than likely have to pay > > > higher > > > airfare. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank You, > > > Brian Webster > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]on > > > Behalf Of Robert West > > > Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 9:06 PM > > > To: 'WISPA General List' > > > Subject: Re: [WISPA] [Wispashow] Decision on WISPA Show > > > > > > > > > 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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