APSE convention and judging

[JBHawkEye]

Yeah, glad our dues are going to something worthwhile.

As far as the attendance goes, nobody wanted to take vacation time and/or pack up their families to go to Minneapolis because, you know, it's always been more about the destination and not the convention. Vegas has never posed a problem in that regard.

That's why I'm not sure Pittsburgh will be a big destination spot next year.

You take that back. You take it back right now.

I probably will, once I get to see the city.

Actually, I hope I get to go next summer. I've gotten a lot out of the last two conventions, plus I've never been to Pittsburgh.

 

[John Taylor]

Pittsburgh rules. I'll be there. Though probably staying with inlaws and not at the hotel, so I'm probably not helping the problem.

 

[Wonderlic]

What, you havent read the latest blather from Hoppes?

http://apse.dallasnews.com/2008/oct2008/101308convention.html

I threw up in my mouth a little bit reading that earlier today.

If you really read it, you'd find that Hoppes didn't write much of it.

And it's good to see that the convention ended up in the black. That's the full story, which the start of this thread doesn't make clear.

And if you really, REALLY read it, I don't think the dude from the Post-Gazette wrote much of it, either. Huge chunks look to be ripped right from the visitors bureau.

Oh, and there's nothing more alluring than "neighborhoods galore that hark to Pittsburgh's patchwork of immigrants."

I'm so there.

 

[playthrough]

What, you don't seek out random neighborhoods when visiting a new town?

 

[Ace]

Oh, and there's nothing more alluring than "neighborhoods galore that hark to Pittsburgh's patchwork of immigrants."

Pittsburgh! We keep people who look different and talk funny in their place!

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Oh, and there's nothing more alluring than "neighborhoods galore that hark to Pittsburgh's patchwork of immigrants."

Pittsburgh! We keep people who look different and talk funny in their place!

You're talking about Yinzers, right?

 

[cfinder]

OK, so, in Hoppes' case, you get what you pay for....

...and what you deserve in a 15-minute response to the question, "can you give me some thoughts on the city?"

Much to my chagrin, that story quoted me accurately and far too completely. Being the old (46), washed-up hack that i am, guess there goes my future in PR and marketing, too. By now, i should know better than to have any thoughts, huh?

 

[Johnny Dangerously]

I enjoyed it and thought you did the city proud.

 

[spaceman]

why is this on this board?

 

[Chris Iott]

I don't know how anyone could try to sell us Pittsburgh without mentioning Primanti Bros.

Nothing goes better with an I.C. Light at 2 a.m.

http://www.primantibrothers.com/menu/city/strip/

 

[SoCalDude]

Do they still have the all-night clubs downtown? I remember going there in the 1980s. One time, I came stumbling out of one at 8 a.m. It was blindingly bright, I bumped into some guy who was going to work. I said, "Sorry, lost you in the sun."

 

[Simon_Cowbell]

"Attendance for the Minneapolis Convention dropped to 112, the lowest in nearly 20 years. That turnout resulted in a room night shortfall at the hotel, and APSE had to pay a negotiated-down $15,510.60 penalty."


This makes me wonder how many people will attend winter judging in Las Vegas in February.

What do you think?

Tribune is only allowing LA and Chicago to go, I'm hearing.