Re: Reno forever?

["BE" <betndez@budget.net>]

Well said, Linda!  Reno is nice for me because I can drive there (long and
snowy drive that it is).  But I agree that convention should alternate
between East and West.  I'm sure many riders on the East side of the Miss.
would like to be able to get to convention in one day's drive.
Betty Edgar
So. Oregon

>
>One poster mentioned that the site should have
>activities for the rest of the family in case they
>came but weren't horse oriented.  Personally, I don't
>see a gambling town as family poriented.  Then again
>it's been a few years since I was there last.
>
>You guys want family oriented locations, easy to fly
>into, convention facilities, and horse oriented sight
>seeing as well?
>
>Kentucky Horse Park area
>
>Orlando FL - definitely easy to get to, NO SNOW,
>direct flights, more convention facilities than almost
>anywhere else in the world, and there is DEFINITELY
>family-oriented activities there!  Drive 30-45 inutes
>and come to the heart of Florida race horse country,
>University of Florida vet school (very in tune to
>horse specialties), and a number of endurance rides in
>the early spring (combine your trip).
>
>Washington DC/Northern VA/Baltimore area.  Again, lots
>of convention facilities, direct flights to one of 3
>LARGE international airports, within a short drive of
>horse racing, the Virginia & Maryland hunt fields, Old
>Dominion trails...  For the family?  King's Dominion
>amusement park is 45 minutes away.  Smithsonian
>Museum.  The nation's Capital, the White House,
>Lincoln Memorial, etc.
>
>Regarding cost to the office - the membership is
>paying for it!!!  A convention in the same location
>gets stale.  Lack of advertising for outside interest
>doesn't exist outside of EN.  (If it does, I haven't
>seen it in any of my 4 hourse journal subscriptions.)
>
>
>A chunk of your membership IS BACK EAST!  Since AERC
>activities should serve the membership, you're
>ignoring a large part of us.  We aren't "wanna-be"
>riders here in the east, either...  The NE & SE have
>produced international riders of the caliber of Rita
>and Cass, Valerie & Danielle with Jedi & Cash, Steve
>Rojek and Hawk, any many more than I've mentioned.
>
>Cost to ship stuff?  Try what the <real> conventions
>due.  Truck ship ahead of tie except for critical
>information thatyou HAVE to keep with.  Of course, it
>takes organization - maybe even professionals that
>help with the entire convention.  If they did help
>with advertising & set up, perhaps the convention
>would break even or even show a profit.
>
>The EAST is the AERC too!
>
>Linda Flemmer
>Blue Wolf Ranch