It's The People - ZCON 2010

NIZMOZ

Robert, let me remind you myself and the President in San Antonio ran the convention in 2009. We know what it takes and know how much the checks were including for 2010. We didn't get Nissan's check for our convention till the first DAY of the convention. So we had to make due with what we had.

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Robert_Nash

I'm not sure what you point here is? I'm glad you were able to pull it off and I congratulate you for doing so but I think there is a difference between getting the funds, eventually and having no reason to think you would get any funds at all. I think it's great when Z clubs have the people and financial resources to host the annual convention; our club simply did not have those resources.

We had to make a decision based on what we had and what we knew; not what we hoped would happen - as I said earlier; our club had no commitment or any reassurance at all that we would receive any funds form NNA and without those funds (and without them well in advance of the convention) we could not have hosted the convention - for that reason, as well as others, we declined hosting it. To have done otherwise would have been irresponsible.

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300twinz

^ Robert I think the days of counting on large checks for conventions may be over. The 2010 convention was definitely not the normal convention but I guess we will see next year in Georgia. My suggestion for future clubs wanting to host a convention is don't go into it thinking you are getting a large check from anyone. Plan accordingly and assume your registrations will have to cover all your expenses. Planning the 2009 convention that is what we did and tried to get back to basics and cut some things that we felt may not be a viable option. We also looked everywhere for a better price and called in for favors from friends and family. I can definitely understand why your club chose not host especially with no guaranteed backing from NNA.

I wish the best for the Savannah team and I hope they can pull off a great convention. I can tell you that running one of these things is not easy and issues will come up but it's how you handle the problems that will either have people come back to a ZCON or stay away from them. One thing I learned quickly though is you will NOT be able to please everyone but you still need to give it your best shot.

Regarding ZDAYZ I have never been so I cannot speak with any experience on their event but I would love to go. It seems like a really fun event and I have been told by plenty of my friends who have attended that it is a blast. ZCON and ZDAYZ seem like two different types of events but I am of the mindset that one can always learn and can improve their event by seeing what works and doesn't work at other shows.

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