...the banquet! I always hear about folks that skip it but it's their loss, believe me. Don't be intimidated about attending a function full of strangers, they're just your friends you haven't met yet! Folks will be soliciting tablemates in the days before the Big Show but all you need to do is SHOW UP! I always go stag and ask around at a table or two for a place to sit. I've met some real fine chippers that way. Great room and great food BTW and here's some of the folks I've heard speak at our banquets, Bob Stupak, Oscar Goodman and Robert Maheu. See you there.