<VV> Convention site selection- was Detroit in '07

[Mike Ioanes]

Subject: <VV> Re: Detroit in '07


>2 in a row in the NorthEast?
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>
> I know it's a done deal but even making it to Buffalo this year has had us
> saving for many months.  No way I can go back up there in '07.  I vote 
> for
> Nationals being as centrally located as possible.
>
> Joe Dunlap
> Cen. Florida

This is a subject that has come up regularly sinec I've been on the list 
(and probably before).  I've agitated for a Central Division convention 
somewhere along the I-35 corridor since attending my first convention in 98. 
Maybe even this is too far east for the West coast people, but it'd be 
closer than Detroit.  Personally I think Buffalo and Detroit back-to-back 
are great, just like Carlisle and Lexington were.  As J.R. said, within a 
day's drive (for me).  There are a LOT of factors involved in selecting a 
site...first, there has to be a bid from a club or group of clubs.  Climate 
can be a factor, it took a lot of talking to get people to approve of 
Daytona and Flagstaff.
You are lucky to have a lot of regional events in Florida.  On years I know 
I'm not going to the national, I plan to attend some regional events like 
Springfest in Helen.

Mike Ioanes