You are welcome to try eating or smoking his product....ewwwwwAllen, I know what you meant by this, but it just sounds wrong... AND really interesting and funny! From this comment, I now understand why CatCon is so popular! :-D
Eric
Allen Repashy wrote:Yes, Regina Spotti was seen walking around chewing on some Meat Pie Jerky on Saturday...
Okay, I know you all are trying to encourage me (and everyone else who hasn't been to CatCon) to attend the next meeting, but really, you are FREAKING ME OUT! First it was the late night beer fests - those sounded pretty good. But then it was meeting your dealers, and now it's fish food and insect juice. What the heck goes on at these meetings?!? Sounds more like "Invasion of the Body Snatchers!"Barbie wrote:John tried some also, both flavors! Insect protein and all!
my kidneys still hurtBarbie wrote:I can confidently say, there is just not enough beer!
Barbie
Not only let us - They give the occupants extra tables to set up their stuff! Plus, they let us put all the catcon folks on the 2nd and 4th floors so we don't have to deal with any noise complaints. They're already begging us to book 2016...bekateen wrote:I can't believe the hotel let people do this (think of the possible water damage, etc.). That's awesome!
We did, in hindsight, perhaps we should have just sat down and let it all pass by us; but there was just so much to do. I love the collecting trip, but I think perhaps the room sales should a Friday PM and evening thing. Most of the time I spent on the infamous third floor was past, often well past, midnight.Barbie wrote:That video was clear proof that Jools and Shane spent a lot of time on the move!
Barbie
We did something like this with our first event, we called it mini presentations.jp11biod wrote:I think Barbie and TTA have a good idea. The speaker lineup is incredible and I hope it stays that way, but I think the Convention could be improved by adding a series of other talks, and/or round-table discussions. I went to the National Aquarium on Thursday and spent most of the day Friday looking for something to do.
Andrew -- consider a bunch of one hour sessions with local breeders or hobbyists that can answer detailed questions on the hobby. Titles to consider, "Everything You Wanted to Know about Breeding Loricaridae" or Cories, or Live Food, or Filtration, Shipping Fish, AquaScaping, etc. Most of these talks would not even need a PowerPoint. Just get a facilitator, an expert, and a group of interested hobbyists in a room together and it would work.
I enjoyed the Convention immensely but something like this, would make it even better.
JS