I am sorry learn that this symposium is going the way of so many. I have attended many times and it probably has been my favorite, being large enough to have an excellent selection of demonstrators and vendors, while not being overwhelming.
They could name it the AAW.Perhaps several of the groups could get together and organize a traveling symposium that makes a 3-year circuit, West Coast, Midwest, East Coast rotation.
The west coast has quite a few woodturners and few regional symposiums.hope the woodturning community in Utah can pull something else together in the future.
There is no profit in running a symposium.
While that's probably partially true I'm not sure that it is completely true. I am given to understand that Turn On Chicago has been a succesful symposium, and there are likely others.
Tennessee is simply trying to mlm put on a high level symposium. If any thing they and Florida have to compete to get the demonstrators. And I'm sure all of the symposiums that are.within driving distance of each other compete for attendance. Not many of us can afford to go to more than a few a year.
there efforts would be easily paid for by the revenue stream from the on-line event and sales of the DVD's or electronic downloads of the event afterwards