Belinda is a little more tactful than I am. Since the comment attributed to Janice comes third hand I don't know if she really said it and it doesn't matter. I'll give you some facts and let you decide for yourself.

- We had 14 more dealers than ever before.
- We had over 100+ members attend than ever before
- We had at least 150 more non-members attend than ever before
- It was by far the most profitable Convention we ever had
- The reception and educational seminars were substantailly better attended than ever before.
- And for the first time I heard not one complaint about the hotel, facilities, or the amount of traffic.

If this show was a flop I'm sure you would have heard the derogatory comments immediately on this board. There haven't been any.

Believe me if anyone wants to step forward and put on a "good" Convention I know two Convention chairpersons (myself and Belinda) who will gladly step aside and let someone do it properly! Posts such as this are totally irresponsible!

Wayne Thompson
2001 Convention Chair (unless someone wants to do it right!)