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AHA Conference is SOLD OUT!
punatic:
--- Quote from: dbeechum on February 03, 2012, 09:34:38 AM ---i almost guarantee you there'll be a few sheepish conversations this month. "you spent how much to go to a beer thing?" :)
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Do you know how much the Hawaiian guy charges to paddle from Puna to Bellevue?! :o
;)
jeffy:
I bit the bullet last night and charged up a full conference pass even though I'm not exactly sure I'll be able to go. I'm glad I did now.
bobby_m:
I didn't realize there was a way to back out of a registration. Isn't that an obvious reason why it sold out quickly? Does the AHA impose any kind of back out fee to discourage people from jumping the gun even though they know they have an uphill battle to actually make it to the event?
Ugh... I never thought I'd have to camp out on the registration site to get a spot. Frustrated, this may be the first one I missed in the last four years. I'm curious how many West Coasters are going to keep it going when they have to spend 5 hours on a plane next year.
denny:
--- Quote from: bobby_m on February 03, 2012, 10:00:37 AM ---I'm curious how many West Coasters are going to keep it going when they have to spend 5 hours on a plane next year.
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I will!
dbeechum:
I will too..but then again denny and i both have an excuse.
yeah, i predict there's going to be hella lot of conversations happening in the next month or two to fiugre out what to do in response to the growth.
10 years ago, the conference was in Irving, TX and was a disaster due to a number of issues outside the control of the AHA and the local crew. We had less than 200 people at the conference.
2004 we thought we were pretty styling in Vegas with 700. In 2008, Cincy and it's just shy of 1k felt unreal. Then to make the jump from MN's 1300 to San Diego's 1900.. holy crap. Once we throw in the social packages, ala carte and everything else, i'm sure seattle will be near that too.
One of the problems for us as we stand is we're at that cusp of having to go into much larger conference spaces and that's a risk.
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