<VV> ConventionLocation

[FrankCB at aol.com]

Smitty,
    I think you "hit the nail right on the head".   When Jim and I go to far 
flung places for CORSA Conventions, we research ahead  of time what we want to 
see and then go see it on our own.  In Portland,  for example, we visited Mt. 
Hood, drove along the pacific Ocean  coast and spent hours at some great book 
stores that had floors and floors  of technical and non-fiction books.  Jim 
even found a fabric store that had  an enormous variety of fabrics categorized 
by time periods, e.g. 1920s, post  Civil war, etc.  He picked up some types 
for his wife and  sister-in-law.  Aside from one gay guy (not that there's 
anything wrong  with that(:-), we were the only men in the store.  In Flagstaff, we 
visited  the meteor crater, Sedona, Lowell Observatory, the Grand Canyon and 
some  deserted mining areas that were fascinating.
    The point is that we set up our OWN tours and  don't have to depend on 
what others think we SHOULD see.  As far as  choice for convention cities, we 
avoid the hottest areas in the middle of  summer.  If the convention had been 
held in Phoenix, instead of  much cooler Flagstaff, we simply would have stayed 
home.  If the  BOD INSISTS on holding conventions in the middle of  summer in 
cities like Houston or places in southern Florida, we'll  simply INSIST on 
staying home.  While working for a living, I had to  make many trips to hot and 
humid Houston, but at least I got paid for  it.
    Frank "marches to the tune of a different drummer"  Burkhard
          
 
In a message dated 4/4/2006 11:30:23 AM Eastern Standard Time,  
vairologist at verizon.net writes:

Smitty  Says:  I wrote a mild rant the other day concerning the fact that the 
 reason for the conventions was to get Corvair lovers and Corvairs  together. 
 I got a few private posts, some of which pointed out the the  tours etc were 
for the ladies and the kids.  Also some in agreement with  me.  I still don't 
understand or agree that the conventions should  necessarily be in a tourist 
location.  If you want to take the wife and  kids on a tourist trip be my 
guest.  Come around my area and I will point  out some great things to see.  But 
don't cause me to have to put up with  congestion, over priced accomodations, 
cramped parking conditions and other  problems at conventions just so your wife 
can drink "real" beer, and eat  Buffalo wings or see water fall off a cliff.  
I have read three posts in  the last few days on this forum about what a 
wonderful place Buffalo is and  not a &^$^* one of them mentioned anything about 
Corvair  activities.