Just courious about some things.

Is it not the number of coaches in attendance that will determine if it is feasible for a vendor to come to a rally?

When did we "need" to have vendors come to our rallies. SF had only one that I can remember, and he did not make a huge attempt to "sell".

I think guys like Nick and Rick and Doug and Bill who were at Branson are an asset. I would like to hear from them on this topic.

The idea that was floated by someone to have a selling rally I think is a fantastic idea. Rather than arbitrarily limit rallies, what if a "national" rally is held every year, including 2008 and we flip the focus from one year to the next, with one year dedicated to selling coaches and having seminars that relate to ownership such as insurance, storage of coaches, maintenance costs, how to buy a coach, how to inspect a coach, etc., and the next year the rally is heavy in mechanical how to do.

This group is in a state of transition. There are a bunch of people that haven't even spoken on this issue and we do not yet know if membership has peaked or is still climbing. We don't yet know what is the best rally size, we don't know if we should set firm dates for rallies, and we don't know what the vendors yet think.

One of the most important group of people (to me anyway) that has been absent is the service techs for converters. Rick and Nick and Doug have been a huge benefit in this respect, but I still feel a large rally with converter specific groups and seminars would be a tremendous opportunity for owners to get a better and deeper understanding of their coaches and their systems.