Matt Kaufman
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Hi Scott.
I've help run or been involved with clubs that have done something like 7 conventions, plus an ACA convention, too. The technology issue, usually comes down to the venue. Some hotels don't even allow dial-up lines from the convention room, gotta go through the expensive switchboard. Some have very limited wi-fi. And, a lot depends on the club running the convention and how much time they'll have to deal with tech infrastructure issues.
As you say, I think the technologies there. There are decisions the BOT has to make though - Proxy bidding is not without objection, after all, why attend if you can bid on fish from home? And, how do the fish get from the convention, to you? That'd be more work on the local club, I know it's been done, occasionally, but usually an affiliate sends a member with some funds and they handle bidding in person and transiting the fish back to their home club.
I'd be very interested in your thoughts here, I keep the AKA Facebook page which gets a bit of activity but mostly it's referrals to aka.org for further information, I don't duplicate what is here on the web site.
Regards,
Matt Kaufman (e-mail etc. in the roster)
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