<VV> Convention and VV

[henry kaczmarek]

It sure must have been a well run convention. No sour grapes from entrants 
in the events, no griping about the hotel, banquet, etc.  Quite refreshing. 
I wonder how the attendance stacked up. I've never been to a Central 
Convention, but the Western ones (Flagstaff and Lake Tahoe) seemed to be as 
well attended as the ones in the East (Williamsburg, Daytona,Carlisle and 
Buffalo) that I've been to.

Smitty goes to all of them, so his observations would be more comprehensive.

As for the VV Meeting---no shot at the current Chair or Vairorg, but when I 
was Chairman I  worked closely with the committee for Flagstaff and Carlisle 
to get a time on the schedule when there wasn't anything else going on, and 
also tried to get it to be the last meeting of the evening, so afterwards 
the members can sit around, toss back some suds or sodas and chew the fat. 
Having VV meeting the same night as say, the Miss Buffalo Cruise guaranteed 
a low turnout. In Lake Tahoe, we had to get out of the room because 
Corvanatics had the last meeting, and VVers who were also in Corvanatics 
couldn't go out and mingle as their meeting started immediately after VV.

Hank
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Smitty" <vairologist at cox.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2011 4:42 PM
Subject: <VV> Convention and VV


> Smitty Says:  Just got home from the convention last night.  No I'm not
> slow.  Just lots of "side trip" miles between here at the East coast and
> Denver.  Finally getting around to reading VVs and haven't found any huge
> rants about what a lousy convention it was.  I enjoyed it and It would
> appear that everyone else did.  One thing I was really disappointed it was
> the turn out for the VV meeting.  The numbers were way down.  I always 
> like
> to go, just to connect faces to the names that appear on the forum through
> the year.  Just because you aren't as charming , popular, or important as 
> I
> am doesn't mean I wouldn't want to meet you.  Come to the annual meeting
> next time.
> Keeping my eyes open and reading name tags while strolling the parking 
> lots
> and vendors spaces I was able to find quite a few "old timers" on my own 
> to
> talk too.  Guys with experience who run their own shops and have 
> experience
> in the "hands on" and make a buck part of the Corvair experience.  The 
> kind
> of guys we really need for correct answers to questions.  Most of them 
> said,
> No, I don't do VV anymore.  Too much nit picking and BS.
> How Sad
>
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