I heartily agree! Congratulations not only to the organizers but also to
all those who braved the Arctic Vortex to come to the conference. What a
hardy bunch. Karlis


On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 6:43 PM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I want to congratulate Bill Moss and his conference team on putting on a
> superb conference under rather difficult circumstances last week.  In my
> memory, this was the first conference where we had weather challenges on
> the
> front end of it.  Previously, conferences that we dodged a bullet on
> (Cincinnati [snow storm], Corpus Christie [ice storm] and Kansas City
> [snow]  (and
> I'm sure there were others) occurred either during or at the end of the
> conference.  Despite the fact that more than a 100 registrants were unable
>  to
> make it, I understand well over 900 were there.
>
> The venue was very good and close to the conference hotel, making getting
> there in the very icy conditions much easier than might otherwise be the
> case.  There was a good mix of paper sessions and the events were well
> organized, interesting and well attended.  For a place like  Quebec, just
> getting
> out (at least toward the end of the week when the  weather improved) and
> seeing the beautiful city, the fortifications  and restaurants was a treat.
>
> Thank you Quebec. I, for one, very much enjoyed myself and will  return,
> though it will be summer when I do.
>
> Mike
>
> Michael R. Polk, M.A., RPA
> Sagebrush Consultants
> Ogden, Utah
>