Free pass to Portland Symposium

[John Jordan]

Vicki is not going with me, so I need someone to fill in my vendor booth some so I can take a break and do some other stuff. In exchange you get a full access badge to attend demos etc. Might even send you home with a new tool. Travel, housing etc would be up to you. If you are interested, send me an email.

John

 

[Damon McLaughlin]

John, I'm attending the symposium and have my days planned with attending demos but I will stop by between demo times to see if I can give you time to take a short break. I've always admired your work and it would be a pleasure to meet you. Though hanging around your tools might not be healthy for my wallet!

Damon

 

[John Torchick]

John, that is an offer one can't refuse. Very generous of you. Can't make it, though.

 

[John Jordan]

Thank you, Damon, stop by.

John

 

[Damon McLaughlin]

Will do!

 

[John Jordan]

I'm gonna bump this up here. Surely someone wants to go that can't afford it!

Thanks for the offers of help, we'll see how it goes.

John

 

[Bill Boehme]

Am I correct in assuming that attendees must be AAW members?

 

[Chuck Lobaito]

Once again, work interferes with my fun

 

[Fadi Zeidan]

I would love to help, but I’m not going to Portland. If you are going to SWAT and need help at SWAT, let me know.

 

[Mike Gibson]

John,
I would be glad to help, but the airfare and hotels alone is too much from GA for me, next year it will be closer.

 

[Bill Boehme]

@John Jordan I have checked on the other forums and saw that several people on Wood Central were willing to spend a little time to allow you to do other things. Do you think that will be sufficient to satisfy your needs? I was hoping that posting a banner would help draw attention, but it appears that we just have a bunch of whining people with hard luck stories (including me ... I'm spending all my time going to the doctor ).

 

[John Jordan]

Am I correct in assuming that attendees must be AAW members?

No, not as a vendor.

 

[John Jordan]

@John Jordan I have checked on the other forums and saw that several people on Wood Central were willing to spend a little time to allow you to do other things. Do you think that will be sufficient to satisfy your needs? I was hoping that posting a banner would help draw attention, but it appears that we just have a bunch of whining people with hard luck stories (including me ... I'm spending all my time going to the doctor ).

Thanks for posting the banner. Several people have generously offered to help, and I will likely take some of them up on it. The problem is trying to teach folks what needs to be done to actually sell something if the need arises. And they have all paid to be there, and there are more fun things to do than sit in a booth. I hoped it would help someone come that otherwise might not get to.

Again, thanks to all that have offered to help, it is sincerely appreciated.

John

 

[michael alguire]

I would defiantly help you out John, but getting there and the hotel is still a problem for me , i hope someone helps you out. That s a hell of a deal

 

[Bill Boehme]

Come on folks we don't all need to tell John that we would love to help him, but can't. He wants to hear from someone who can. If that's not you, then as Archie Bunker would say, "stifle yourself".

 

[George Guadiane]

Bill,
I got an invitation from John in February. I SAID I'd get back to him - I didn't. In the end, the reason I was unable to help him out (as much as I wanted to) is the cost. Free admission to the symposium is no small thing and it was a real incentive, but the airfare and hotel costs made it impracticable for me (too).
There are a lot of us who would gladly spend quality time with an internationally respected and collected artist. I mean you'd have to learn something, unless you spent the whole time sleeping.
I got a second offer, same issue.
NOW, if someone needs me for NEXT year and lets me know soon, I'll start planning for it...
(and I bet a lot of others would be willing to make the same offer)

I hope John gets an 11th hour white knight.

 

[Bill Boehme]

Bill,
I got an invitation from John in February. I SAID I'd get back to him - I didn't. In the end, the reason I was unable to help him out (as much as I wanted to) is the cost. Free admission to the symposium is no small thing and it was a real incentive, but the airfare and hotel costs made it impracticable for me (too).
There are a lot of us who would gladly spend quality time with an internationally respected and collected artist. I mean you'd have to learn something, unless you spent the whole time sleeping.
I got a second offer, same issue.
NOW, if someone needs me for NEXT year and lets me know soon, I'll start planning for it...
(and I bet a lot of others would be willing to make the same offer)

I hope John gets an 11th hour white knight.

I hope so as well. Life always seems to get in the way of the things that we would like to do.

And thanks for bumping the thread.

 

[Richard Coers]

Thanks for posting the banner. Several people have generously offered to help, and I will likely take some of them up on it. The problem is trying to teach folks what needs to be done to actually sell something if the need arises. And they have all paid to be there, and there are more fun things to do than sit in a booth. I hoped it would help someone come that otherwise might not get to.

Again, thanks to all that have offered to help, it is sincerely appreciated.

John

Maybe you'll be lucky and not sell anything when you are not there John! LOL

 

[John Jordan]

Thanks, Dick. Maybe so.

John

 

[Damon McLaughlin]

John, will you be in your booth on Thursday? If so Doug and I will stop by that afternoon after we pick up our registration packet.

 

[John Jordan]

I'll be setting up, probably.

 

[John Jordan]

Thanks to several folks that checked in with me, David Chung and several others stopped by. Damon was a big help to give me a few breaks and pitched in some when I got really busy, so many thanks to him.

John

 

[Damon McLaughlin]

You're welcome John, I enjoyed meeting you and had a lot of fun hanging out in your booth. Any time you need help, if I'm nearby, just ask.