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Originally posted by Dravyk@Jan 1 2005, 12:22 PM
That said, still tired of sweating, and still think somewhere in the NE would draw a very large audience for any venue. Not only a lot of webmasters here, but higher per capita and it's only 50 miles between cities, not 500 miles as it is in some parts of the country. 
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I have to agree with you there Dravyk - I skipped the Florida show this year, the first Internext/ia2000 that I'd missed since that Miami one with Netpond - and with the exception of not seeing old friends and touching base with people I only see 2-3x per year - I would say that I really didn't feel like I'd missed anything that was vitally important to business.
I really get much more done at the mid-sized regional shows and at smaller, local gatherings. Now I love Vegas - but that's because we get to drive/not fly and because it's Vegas! I agree with a lot of the posts here - the attraction is not really the actual "show" anymore, but all the things you can DO while networking in Vegas. Heck - we should just have a once-a-year party in Vegas and be done with it. Fly in for a 3-day weekender, have some scheduled parties but then turn everyone loose. I think it might have the same result.
Good thoughts/ideas in this thread - and I have to 2nd Sharpie's and everyone else's comments about not knowing how difficult it is to do one of these things until you've actually done it. Those who can make it look easy are really working their asses off behind the scenes to make it look that way.