Who's coming to Chicago for NADA 2016?

[Keith Perkins]

On Saturday morning there will be a speakers round table discussion with breakfast. I forget the cost of the breakfast but I highly recommend doing it. It really helps NADA. For those that do not know hotels generally make the bulk of their convention money on food. That means that NADA has to guarantee that out attendees will spend a certain dollar amount. We normally lose a fair bit of money on the banquet. We are trying to cure that problem by having 2 food events instead of one.......ALSO the Spirits of the Amazon is giving away a gift certificate to some lucky winner at the breakfast. If memory serves it is for $250.....

-john

The memory didn't fail you for once John, the drawing for the gift certificate from Discus "r" Us is indeed for $250. The cost of the breakfast is $23 all in and here's a clip from the NADA show page that shows what it will include:

Breakfast Buffet and Roundtable Discussion:
Includes: Scrambled Eggs; Bacon and Sausage; Breakfast Potatoes; Orange Juice and Freshly Brewed Regular and Decaffeinated Coffee
Also Includes: Roundtable Discussion with all Scheduled Show Speakers!
And Includes: A drawing for a $250 gift certificate towards the purchase of discus from Discus "r" Us!

This is something totally new for a NADA show, but the speaker roundtable discussion should prove to be very interesting. Then of course there is that drawing for the gift certificate.

[Fishquake]

John, do we need to sign up for the round table breakfast in advance or when we arrive?

On Saturday morning there will be a speakers round table discussion with breakfast. I forget the cost of the breakfast but I highly recommend doing it. It really helps NADA. For those that do not know hotels generally make the bulk of their convention money on food. That means that NADA has to guarantee that out attendees will spend a certain dollar amount. We normally lose a fair bit of money on the banquet. We are trying to cure that problem by having 2 food events instead of one.......ALSO the Spirit of the Amazon is giving away a gift certificate to some lucky winner at the breakfast. If memory serves it is for $250.....

-john

[John_Nicholson]

Just register and sign up for the breakfast then.

-john

[rickztahone]

Cool, I'll sign up for the breakfast then.

[Keith Perkins]

Brownsville, WI now has a marker on the map. Looking forward to meeting you David.

[Keith Perkins]

The state of New York now has it's first marker. Welcome Richard.

[RichT]

Wouldn't miss it for anything!! Been to the last three and had a blast .

[John_Nicholson]

Wouldn't miss it for anything!! Been to the last three and had a blast .

And they damned sure would not have been the same without you.

-john

[Keith Perkins]

The state of Delaware now has its first marker. Welcome Mr. Santiago.

[nofearengineer]

Gawrsh...I'd love to come, but I'm probably going to have a tank full of growing discus by then....not sure if I'll be able to not have a stroke worrying about them.

[John_Nicholson]

They will be fine. Come in early on Friday and leave early on Sunday. Not really that much time away and I promise they will benefit from the knowledge that you gain while at the show.

-john

[rickztahone]

You are amassing a whole lot of pins there Keith! Way to go!

[Keith Perkins]

Ricardo - that's a little like thanking the weatherman for the nice weather. But hey, as long as the forecast is good.

Surprising some of states that are still in a marker drought though.

[John_Nicholson]

For whatever reason lots of people wait until the last minute to register. We are significantly ahead of the normal pace so I expect this to be the biggest NADA show ever.....it would be nice though if folks would go ahead and commit.....helps me sleep better.....LOL.

-john

[rickztahone]

John, our community is majority males. Don't you know males are scared of commitment?!?