It is all on the registration page Marlon, has been for about a month. It changes as we refine the topics and speakers.
http://wispaslrm.eventbrite.com > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer > Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 11:09 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] What are the Challenges? > > I'll be there. > > I've not see the speaker's roster yet so I'm not sure I'll get much out > of > it or not. > > To me, the big draw for a show is being able to hear from my peers and > see > my friends. > > I can talk to a vendor any time. It's those that are doing what I do, > successfully, that I want to listen to. > > marlon > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rick Harnish" <rharn...@wispa.org> > To: <memb...@wispa.org>; "'WISPA General List'" <wireless@wispa.org> > Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2010 12:28 PM > Subject: [WISPA] What are the Challenges? > > > > Members and WISP followers, > > > > > > > > We would like to better understand some of the challenges that many > of you > > face on a daily basis as we continue to fine tune the Regional > Meeting > > Agenda. As you know the 1st Regional Meeting is scheduled for July > 21st > > and > > 22nd in St. Louis. We have been pleasantly surprised at the response > we > > have > > received from vendors in our industry in committing to exhibit at our > > Regional Meeting. > > > > > > > > One thing we have noticed during the signup period is that many WISPs > that > > are attending are traveling long distances to come to St. Louis in > the > > first > > stages of signup. We originally picked St. Louis because of its > central > > location in the US and because there are a tremendous amount of WISP > > companies throughout the Central US. We really anticipated that 70% > of > > our > > attendees at this meeting would come from a 500 mile radius from St. > > Louis. > > This does not seem to be the case and we find ourselves wondering why > this > > to be the case. > > > > > > > > My first inclination is to blame it on weather. I realize that > weather in > > the Central US has been extremely volatile this summer with > persistent > > storms continually moving across the region. I am asking if this is > > really > > the reason preventing many Midwestern WISPs from signing up for this > > meeting > > or not. If it is something else, I would like to investigate > further. We > > believe it is our obligation to the Vendors who have committed staff, > > money > > and resources to attend the meeting, that we ask these tough > questions. > > > > > > > > Our goal and the budget for the RM are based on a count of 200 > attendees. > > We > > are pretty sure we will reach this goal but if we are not going to > get > > there, we need to start preparing now. As you may or may not know, > we do > > have a price increase of $50 per attendee beginning on July 1st. It > would > > be silly of me not to point this out to any prospective attendees. > > > > > > > > This week, we were able to negotiate a much nicer hotel and meeting > > facilities at the Renaissance Hotel in St. Louis. The Renaissance > > actually > > lowered its room rate surprisingly to $79 per night and threw in free > > internet, parking and shuttle. These concessions are saving our > > participants nearly $60 from the previous hotel. The catering and AV > > budgets alone exceed the registration fees we are charging for > members. > > > > > > > > Therefore, I ask that everyone describe your intentions for attending > or > > not > > intending and send a brief description why. If it is summer > vacation, > > that > > is fine, that is a risk we took when choosing these dates. If it is > > summer > > activities such as 4H fairs, baseball tournaments, or whatever, just > let > > me > > know. If it is the weather and damage has not allowed you to book > because > > of excessive repair bills, that is also fine. I am just trying to > get a > > feel on the pulse of the industry as we analyze the success of this > > meeting > > and possibly plan the next one. > > > > > > > > If there are other challenges you wish to discuss, let me know. I > would > > rather the Board be aware so that we can formulate policy and > programs to > > alleviate these concerns as we move forward. > > > > > > > > Respectfully, > > > > > > > > Rick Harnish > > > > President > > > > WISPA > > > > 260-307-4000 cell > > > > 866-317-2851 WISPA Office > > > > Skype: rick.harnish. > > > > rharn...@wispa.org > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > > > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------- > WISPA Wants You! 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