> As I recall, the same award was won (or certainly should have
> been won!) in Portland, Maine, in 1999 by Herman van den Akker,
> who drove all the way from the left coast.
>
> If people are motivated for whatever reason (or the creek don't
> rise, etc.), they'll go. ;-)
Certainly some will attend, no matter where it's held. I even plan to drive
to Rockford and I expect I'll see other Los Angelinos there. But I'm fairly
certain it will be in much smaller proportions than even the VTR "nationals"
that were only 1000 miles away.
And it still doesn't change my point, that VTR can hardly claim to be a
"national" club when 93% of their conventions (not counting regional ones)
have been in the eastern half of ConUS.
I've even seen Don Elliot (from Quebec Canada) at a few TRfests ... maybe we
should claim to be the national (un)organization !
Randall
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