RE: COMMON Question Was: Congrads John Earl!

        "I also think it's gotten so "Professional" and "Polished" that it
tends to turn off the rank & file volunteers. Everyone thinks, "They've
already got someone doing this job much better than I could ever do, so I'll
just let the pro's handle it."  As much as we used to complain about getting
handouts on time, etc, etc, I think it was actually more fun back then."     

        I tend to agree. I live outside of Toronto Canada, and excluding the 
recent SARS scare (which is about to be lifted)
trips to the US tend to be very expensive.Up that room rate by 30%, and that's 
what we pay Canadian.
        I don't want to sound like a Hotel salesman here, but straight 
economics point out that COMMON could do very well
keeping it's conference up here..
Ken