VCF Midwest update?

[Patrick Finnegan]

To be clear, Hans and a few others said that of the event, and I was just trying to point out how successful it was for a first time event.  Despite the 'small' number of exhibitors, we did fill up 21 tables and could have expanded that by at least another 4-5.  Also, since we collected donations instead of charging admission, there were probably a dozen or two people beyond that 70. :)

Pat
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-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick Finnegan <pat at computer-refuge.org>
Date: Sunday, Jul 31, 2005 1:04 pm
Subject: Re: VCF Midwest update?

On Sunday 31 July 2005 00:16, 'Computer Collector Newsletter' wrote:
 Would love to hear from anyone who attended today -- how'd it go?

Everyone I talked to seemed to think it went fantastically, especially for a first time event.  We ended up with 12 exhibitors (including 1 that showed up at the event with no warning), and all 8 vendor and consignment tables will filled up.

The estimated head count for the exhibits was about 70 (paid) people, which was a little less than expected, but still a pretty good turnout.  I think we had a slightly smaller turnout (~50) for the speakers.

>From what I've been told, it was a better turnout than either of the VCF/Easts. ;)

Pat
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