Re: [Harp-L] SPAH 2010 #'s and....

[Philharpn@xxxxxxx]

I would only add to what Warren said by urging more members to attend the 
annual SPAH meeting. 

I didn't do a complete count, but I think there were only about 50 people 
in the audience.   This means that all the discussion at the SPAH meeting was 
limited to "preaching to the choir" because most of the members of SPAH who 
attended the convention were not there. 

This has been the case in previous SPAH meetings I've attended over the 
years. And then after the fact, people come out of the woodwork and complain 
about how SPAH is being run and why isn't their personal (and expensive plan) 
ever considered? 

Every year after SPAH, many of the same complaints appear -- but none of 
these people ever show up at the Annual Meeting? 

As far as the staff, my personal take is that the members of the SPAH board 
and local club members and other volunteers at the convention do a stelar 
job and that you couldn't find a better quality bunch of people if you hired 
an executive search company and had unlimited funds.

Hope to see you at the next annual SPAH meeting.
Phil Lloyd



In a message dated 9/5/10 7:18:52 PM, spahpublicity@xxxxxxxxx writes:
> There were around 400 registered attendees this year in MN. The counting
> system is a bit confusing. Some attendance purchases like day tickets are
> not reflected in those numbers. Bottom line is that we had a nice fat 
> crowd
> of smiling harp players. The vending room was an awesome hit. Much of the
> energy in the vending room came directly from the crowd that was shopping!
> Listening to folks "test drive" the axes was a nonstop show in itself from
> 9-5 daily.
> 
> I am proud to say that I was part of the Senior Citizen team that planned
> and executed this years great event. The Twin City club is a bunch of old
> farts too. They rocked! I would have to say that the average age of both
> teams combined is closer to 50 than 80. Fact is that 50 is even too old 
> for
> the average age of an organization. WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE YOUNG PEOPLE TO
> STEP AWAY FROM THE SCREENS (tv&computer) GO OLD SCHOOL AND DO IT LIKE THEY
> DID IN THE OLD DAYS! GATHER TOGETHER WITH LIKE MINDED PEOPLE. FACE TO 
> FACE.
> SHARE YOURSELF AND YOUR PASSION FOR THE MUSIC WITH OTHERS. HELP TEACH 
> THOSE
> "BEHIND" YOU AND LEARN FROM THOSE "AHEAD" OF YOU. CREATE RELATIONSHIPS 
> THAT
> WILL LAST A LIFETIME.
> WB
> --
> Warren "Bee" Bachman
> SPAH Publicity Director
> 631-521-0472
> www.spah.org
> 
>