I'm interested to know if any of you are planning to go to the Convention in Dallas in October? (See General Topics - Convention thread). I would love to think we would have the numbers and the interest to have a Canadian version, however the truth is there are more Americans to participate and therefore more drawing power for the well-known presenters etc.

I am thinking of attending the conference; anyone else?

Do you think we could have a Canadian one next year?:thumbup:

I'm interested to know if any of you are planning to go to the Convention in Dallas in October? (See General Topics - Convention thread). I would love to think we would have the numbers and the interest to have a Canadian version, however the truth is there are more Americans to participate and therefore more drawing power for the well-known presenters etc.

I am thinking of attending the conference; anyone else?

Do you think we could have a Canadian one next year?:smile:

We have done convention/bashes actually three of them I was on the committee we decided this year not to hold and educational conference for many many reasons... the biggest ones being the clinics are holding their own events for free for their patients and we are asking them to pay and people don't want to pay for what they can get for free.

Putting on a convention is a lot of fun but a ton of work to get the speakers, prizes, a huge financial risk you have to guarantee number of rooms and amounts of food, people complain about everything... people rave about everything it is terribly gratifying and horridly off putting at the same time. If you want to plan one go right ahead but it is a lot of work. In the past we have had plastic surgeons, band surgeons, sex therapists, counselors , psychologists who specialize in weight issues, endocrines, imported speakers from the US many many times and ton of other people....

While we are not holding a educational seminar with speakers this year we will hold a splash bash in Oct that will not be associated to any clinic in any way with all bandsters invited for a fun social night.

Heather

Hi Susieq

My apologies, obviously as a new bandster I wasn't aware of previous years events. :thumbup: And by no means was I suggesting that I wanted to arrange one....I can barely keep myself organized, let alone others! I will though be interested in the splash-bash, so keep me/us posted.

I am still interested to know if any Canadians were planning on attending the one being planned for Dallas though.

Oh sweetie, you aren't stepping on any toes if you want to plan one go ahead I am just telling you why we decided not to do one this year and as rewarding as it is it is also a big ole pain in the butt.... and that has nothing to do with the bandsters planning any major event like that is a big ole pain in the butt.

As I mentioned we will do a bandster splash bash just for fun in Oct I think sometime... but no lectures, no docs, no client affiliations etc.

Dallas might be fun to go to I will keep my eye on the thread to see what happens!

Heather