Why does AOPA only have their meetings on the coasts.

Why in the world does the AOPA only have their conventions on the coasts.
They need to put one in the central US at least every 4 or 5 years.

Where do you suggest?



"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATcox.net wrote in message
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| Why in the world does the AOPA only have their conventions
on the coasts.
| They need to put one in the central US at least every 4 or
5 years.
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Dallas is nice and centrally located. I do about three different
(non-aviation)conventions a year and they all rotate east coast, west coast,
central US.


"Jim Macklin" wrote in message
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Where do you suggest?



"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATcox.net wrote in message
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| Why in the world does the AOPA only have their conventions
on the coasts.
| They need to put one in the central US at least every 4 or
5 years.
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On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 16:15:58 -0500, Gig 601XL Builder wrote:

Dallas is nice and centrally located. I do about three different
(non-aviation)conventions a year and they all rotate east coast, west coast,
central US.

I agree with that. I would love to see something done in either Dallas or
Houston.

Greg

Oracle wrote:
On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 16:15:58 -0500, Gig 601XL Builder wrote:


Dallas is nice and centrally located. I do about three different
(non-aviation)conventions a year and they all rotate east coast, west coast,
central US.


I agree with that. I would love to see something done in either Dallas or
Houston.

Greg


I would say Galveston over Houston any day... (I live in between the
two, and would say the airport at G-town is better suited.. one
convention center nearly on-site.. and one about 1.5 miles down the
road... A waterpark and a few tourist attractions nearby for the family..

But yea.. Dallas/Htown/OKC something along those lines... would be great.

Dave

On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 01:09:03 GMT, Dave S
wrote:
I would say Galveston over Houston any day... (I live in between the
two, and would say the airport at G-town is better suited.. one
convention center nearly on-site.. and one about 1.5 miles down the
road... A waterpark and a few tourist attractions nearby for the family..

Kind of neat the way that Schlitterbahn created the water park on land
rented from the airport... You can park your plane at the terminal
(for free) and walk across to the water park... It's probably closer
than the normal parking lot unless you luck out and get one of the
spots up front... If I remember right, it's only a 2 or 3 block
walk...

On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 16:39:51 -0500, Oracle wrote:
I agree with that. I would love to see something done in either Dallas or
Houston.

Agreed... Dallas I would probably go to, Houston I would definitely go
to... New Orleans wouldn't be bad either...

Where do you suggest?

Dunno. Maybe Jay Honeck has an idea.

Jose
--
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Where do you suggest?

Dunno. Maybe Jay Honeck has an idea.

Well, as a matter of fact...

Alas, we're too danged small for a shin-dig that big. But a place like
Grand Geneva Resort (in SE. Wisconsin) or Tan-Tar-A Resport (in Lake of
the Ozarks, Missouri) would have the size and facilities to pull it
off.

I, too, wish AOPA would pull in from the shoreline a bit.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

("Jay Honeck" wrote)
I, too, wish AOPA would pull in from the shoreline a bit.


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1991 ...NHL Stanley Cup Series
1991 ...US Open - Payne Stewart won in an 18 hole playoff
1991 ...World Series
1992 ...Super Bowl XXVI
1992 ...NCAA Final Four Basketball Tournament

1991 ...The eighth Special Olympics World Summer Games* are held in
Minneapolis / St. Paul, Minnesota. Six thousand athletes from more than 100
countries make this the largest sporting event in the world in 1991.

Some others off the top of my head...

2002 ...PGA Championship
2001 ...NCAA Final Four Basketball Tournament
1987 ...World Series
1985 ...MLB All-Star Game

Mall of America
Water Park of America - America's biggest indoor water park
Theaters
Parks, Lakes, Mississippi River
St Paul

Minnesota:
Home of Charles Lindbergh
Home of Northwest Airlines
Home of Cirrus Aircraft

....and Ice Fishing!

http://www.americanwings.org/news1.htm
"I'm here for the convention."

....and don't forget about our BBBBBillion dollar light-rail train!
Mpls (Downtown) -- MSP (Airport) -- MOA (Shopping)
$1.50 gets you 3 hours - I think.


Montblack
DNC and RNC want too much $$$ for hosting their infomercial love-fests.