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I have always been curious as to why the AAW has not ever looked into another symposium in Louisville KY.
It was and will probably will always be the largest and most profitable AAW Symposium ever. Over 2400 attended according to the count I was told but even if it wasn't 2400 it was the biggest.
Now I am sure there are going to be a few comments on how bad the hotel was, not enough room in the demo rooms. Of course not. No one ever thought there would be that many walk-ins and pre-registers after the fact. No, the hotel didn't have the room in the banquet hall for dinner so they had to move it to the convention center. BUT, there are other locations in Louisville other than the Gault House.
The convention center is connected to many of the hotels for obvious reasons and is quite easy to get to restaurants from hotels and the convention center.
Now, I know that the AAW is a Non-profit business but it is still a business that has to make A LOT of money to stay viable.
Since the attendance at the symposiums both in attendees and vendors, including myself, are slowly dropping in numbers, I would think that they would want to look back at what made Louisville so GREAT.
LOCATION!, LOCATION!, LOCATION!,
Draw a circle of 7-8 hour drive around some of these symposium locations and see what you get. WATER! DESERT! MOUNTAINS!
Now I am not saying that every symposium has to be here in Louisville. But come on, Tampa FL, San Jose'CA, St Paul MN, (only because it was the 25th) Hartford CT, Albuquerque NM, Richmond VA, Portland OR, Louisville KY.
If the AAW wants to draw more people to the symposiums, they need to look into better locations that are easy to drive to.
There was more POSITIVE talk about the Louisville symposium after the fact than any other symposium the AAW has had in the past 10 years.
Just my thoughts.
Clay Johnson
Louisville, KY
It was and will probably will always be the largest and most profitable AAW Symposium ever. Over 2400 attended according to the count I was told but even if it wasn't 2400 it was the biggest.
Now I am sure there are going to be a few comments on how bad the hotel was, not enough room in the demo rooms. Of course not. No one ever thought there would be that many walk-ins and pre-registers after the fact. No, the hotel didn't have the room in the banquet hall for dinner so they had to move it to the convention center. BUT, there are other locations in Louisville other than the Gault House.
The convention center is connected to many of the hotels for obvious reasons and is quite easy to get to restaurants from hotels and the convention center.
Now, I know that the AAW is a Non-profit business but it is still a business that has to make A LOT of money to stay viable.
Since the attendance at the symposiums both in attendees and vendors, including myself, are slowly dropping in numbers, I would think that they would want to look back at what made Louisville so GREAT.
LOCATION!, LOCATION!, LOCATION!,
Draw a circle of 7-8 hour drive around some of these symposium locations and see what you get. WATER! DESERT! MOUNTAINS!
Now I am not saying that every symposium has to be here in Louisville. But come on, Tampa FL, San Jose'CA, St Paul MN, (only because it was the 25th) Hartford CT, Albuquerque NM, Richmond VA, Portland OR, Louisville KY.
If the AAW wants to draw more people to the symposiums, they need to look into better locations that are easy to drive to.
There was more POSITIVE talk about the Louisville symposium after the fact than any other symposium the AAW has had in the past 10 years.
Just my thoughts.
Clay Johnson
Louisville, KY