It's time to think of the US meetings coming up in January, again, so I went
to their web sites to get the lowdown. It's not that they both haven't sent
me stuff in the mail. It's just that my paper filing system for that kinda
thing leaves something to be desired, and the web is just so much easier to
search. I expected that everything would be laid out there. (Sound
familiar)?
Seems that neither the ABF http://www.abfnet.org/ nor the AHPA
http://www.americanhoneyproducers.org/ have much on their web pages,
although the ABF at least mentions the upcoming meeting, and provides a few
links, including one to the hotel, that does not work -- the Sawgrass
Marriott Resort and Beach Club. The AHPA appears to be still a year
out-of-date, with no mention of a 2004 meeting. (And I was complaining
about EAS)!
Anyhow, I dug up the info:
ABF: 61st Annual ABF Convention Jacksonville, Florida Jan. 14-17, 2004
AHPA: 35th Annual Convention Omni Hotel, San Antonio, Texas Jan 7-11, 2004
I did a quick analysis, and it seems that the two meetings are 1,100 miles
apart, with two days in between. For those wanting to drive between, and
the suppliers with displays to haul, that does not leave much time for
dropping into Mobile, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, or Galveston on the way by.
So far, I have not decided which one to attend, or both. I *want* to go to
Florida, but I have business in Texas. At any rate, the point is this: if
you have never been to one of these meetings, you simply have to go, if you
possibly can. Although there is a cost involved, the friends you will make,
and the information you will absorb at either meeting is invaluable, and
will pay you back several times over within a year.
Whichever meeting I attend, I hope to meet some of my BEE-L friends there.
Note: On the topic of finding association sites on the web, Dmoz, the Open
Directory Project that feeds Google and other search engines, has a category
for beekeeping associations. Many are listed there already, but if you have
an association, and you have a web site, why not visit
http://dmoz.org/Science/Agriculture/Animals/Insects/Beekeeping/Associations/
and submit your site, using the link at the top?
allen
http://www.honeybeeworld.com/diary/
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