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Dae Powell

Mr. Eastman, thank you for promoting this conference. Holly Hansen and her crew have knocked themselves out getting this one together. It should be a fun conference with many good speakers and lots to learn and share. I'm presenting "Researching in City Directories" and have an interactive one called "What Next?" that has been quite successful locally and online. I hope to meet several of your readers there.

Happy Dae.
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Pam Warren

Wish I had known about this one earlier. I attended a great 4 day family conference at BYU a month ago, but this one has many of the same speakers. The Mesa Expo is considerably less expensive (if you don't take trave/lodging into account), albeit two days shorter. I may try to get to this one anyway.

Linda Enz

I for one am lookig forward to this conference. I hope that it will become a regular affair. We need more local events as many of us can't affford the high costs of traveling as you have pointed out in several of your newsletters. Thanks for mentioning this I hope that it will increase the attendance and thus spur more of this type of event.

W. David Samuelsen

Speaking of the thing... Don Anderson, Director of Family History Library hightlighted the blog article you wrote about the expense of Philadelphia FGS this morning in the opening session of the Utah Genealogical Association fall conference. He showed it to the audience since he was speaking of the changing role of the genealogical societies from the past to the future.

I hope I can attend the Expo in St. George, Utah Feb 27-28, 2009. It is largest of the expos by MyAncestorsFound group. Last year it attracted over 3,000.

Joseph C. Dorsey

I found it interesting, the different costs of attending various conferences. It makes me feel good about our full-time RVing. I meet a lot of individuals RVing who also are in to genealogy. One of the things we have in common, besides genealogy and RVing, is that we are able to keep the cost down, as the price of staying in an RV park is so much less than a hotel. We also can arrive anywhere from a few days to a week early and stay afterwards to enjoy the area. We are self contained with all of the food and beverage for a longer stay and it affords us all the opportunity to attend more conferences, rallies, and local events around the country. The cost to get there is also a lot less than an airline ticket. Of course, if one is not retired and has time constraints it would be impossible to RV to all of the events, especially if they are in another state.

Lynn Mathers

If I may, Mr. Eastman, I would like to put in also my good words for the Mesa venue. I've had several years' experience vendoring at The Mesa Convention Center (with scrapbooking/rubber stamping companies), and it's a great place to work with. Setup and breakdown of the booths is a pleasure.

Also, for local attendees, the parking at the convention center is free! And plentiful, to boot. I'm happy to see a significant genealogical conference showcased there. I hope there is a large turnout for it, and wish it much success.

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