In Chicago November 6-7-8th.....
http://aquaticexperience.org/ (http://aquaticexperience.org/)
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Check out the vendor fees. WOW! The 10X10 spaces are $700-$900.
Quote from: Rjb3 on October 26, 2015, 08:35:16 AM
Check out the vendor fees. WOW! The 10X10 spaces are $700-$900.
LOL....Jan and I are running the TAS booth....We'll be there Fri/Sat....Isaiah will take over the table for Sunday.
Will anyone here be attending..???
*bump*....it's coming up this weekend folks.....NADA has a booth too.... ;D
It sounds a bit too commercial to interest me.....
Dennis
Quote from: BallAquatics on November 01, 2015, 06:42:22 AM
It sounds a bit too commercial to interest me.....
Dennis
Yes, it is a bit commercial in a way ..but lots of free samples, some good talks, and exhibits, etc.....
The last time I was in Schaumburg, I was taking the kids to Medieval Times..... Spring break, probably 20 odd years ago. LOL
Dennis
Quote from: BallAquatics on November 01, 2015, 06:53:42 AM
The last time I was in Schaumburg, I was taking the kids to Medieval Times..... Spring break, probably 20 odd years ago. LOL
Dennis
Fun place...food could be better for the prices... 8)
OK everyone....we'll be off soon for the event...... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D.....we'll try to do a live pop in here later...
Lol.....they want $40 for wifi here.......so pics later.. |^|
...a nice day, we're tired...kick'n back with a bowl of pop corn.... |^|
Lots of Aquarium/fish clubs in attendance
GCCA
Greenwater
Chicago Reef Assoc.
Ohio Cichlid club...Gary Mentz...a reall nice guy
Mark Huffman...plants..
NADA...didn't see who was there yet...??
and many more...
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I'm looking forward to seeing the pics.
How dare they charge so much for WiFi. They did the same as the hotel NADA was at last time. It makes them money because traveling businessmen need it. I find it annoying. Any flea bag motel you check into has free WiFi.
can you make the still pics bigger? I can't click on them to make them big.
Quote from: LizStreithorst on November 06, 2015, 07:24:40 PM
can you make the still pics bigger? I can't click on them to make them big.
better ?.... 8)
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NADA...Nobody at the desk. It doesn't surprise me. Was Josie there? Do you have any fish pics?
Quote from: LizStreithorst on November 07, 2015, 08:23:46 PM
NADA...Nobody at the desk. It doesn't surprise me. Was Josie there? Do you have any fish pics?
No Josie, and never saw anyone at the NADA booth the whole time...........it wasn't really a fish show for individual selling vendors, but a few distributors did....mostly shrimp, neons, one guy did have a few angels...but his tank looked like hell...and it started cycling by noon today...he only had one air stone going since Thurs. PM, when he set up......the idiot..not a breeder tho...just a wholesaler....
I understand why Josie wasn't there. It wasn't the right kind of venue for her. NADA's absence after paying for the booth and setting it up doesn't surprise me. I'm pretty sure that this Chicage NADA will my last. I will be there because I told them, "If I'm not there is will be because I'm dead" and because I want to meet my friends from here.
Nice photos Jon. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Jon. At SD there is a pic of Keith Perkins (cozy keith) standing at the NADA booth. And a tank, not so good looking, with some discus, next to him. He is one of the NADA locals putting on the convention. Sure hope I can go.
Barb
To bad I had to work all weekend. I did go to Schaumburg on Friday, that was to get some crabs for the saltwater tank. It looks like it was fun.
Quote from: Barb on November 08, 2015, 11:23:14 AM
Thanks Jon. At SD there is a pic of Keith Perkins (cozy keith) standing at the NADA booth. And a tank, not so good looking, with some discus, next to him. He is one of the NADA locals putting on the convention. Sure hope I can go.
Barb
Barb, if Keith accepted the job of manning the booth he shouldn't have left it empty every time Mug looked. I'm sure that they took a nice pic of him for simple. Mug and Jan were in charge of the TAS booth. I'll give you 100 to one that they were not absent except to grab a meal.
That's the way it should be. It's not how things are done with NADA. I've been on the inside. I have seen.
I will shut up now before I say something I will regret. Perhaps I should be listening to someone other than David Bowie for the past 45 minutes.
If I spent $900 plus $40 for wi-fi, I'd make sure somebody was there every second.
Maybe next year I'll get a booth . . . . . . Yeah, right.
Quote from: Rjb3 on November 08, 2015, 09:19:57 PM
If I spent $900 plus $40 for wi-fi, I'd make sure somebody was there every second.
Maybe next year I'll get a booth . . . . . . Yeah, right.
The folks across from us had some kind of deal. Their booth was free for a 20% cut of the profits...
Mark said he paid $800 for his corner booth area....
The NADA booth might have free.....??...TAS, Greenwater, and a few other clubs/societies were gratis ...
Interesting
Quote from: Rjb3 on November 09, 2015, 06:22:47 AM
Interesting
They might give you a table in exchange for giving a talk too....??? win/win...
Hey guys, I help with updating the NADA website and updated the Aquatic Experience blurb on the website home page, http://www.discusnada.org/ (http://www.discusnada.org/) in case anyone is interested. :) First off there was no booth fee. NADA is a non-for-profit which most likely figured into the free booth. Discus Hans invited NADA to put in a presence at a Aquatic Experience and there was only two weeks to prepare. Keith did all the prep work with a little support help and indeed the booth was manned the entire time.
The main point for the NADA to be at the Aquatic Experience was to promote the Chicago 2016 discus show. However as an extra bonus Hans donated some discus to NADA which he provided for a show display. Keith and company sold raffle tickets for the discus during the show and the fish were raffled off at the end of the show. Several new NADA members were signed up during the show also. The raffles and the membership drive raised some much needed funds for the 2016 show. NADA considers it's presence a big win for the organization.
Quote from: Second Hand Pat on November 15, 2015, 10:49:10 AM
Hey guys, I help with updating the NADA website and updated the Aquatic Experience blurb on the website home page, http://www.discusnada.org/ (http://www.discusnada.org/) in case anyone is interested. :) First off there was no booth fee. NADA is a non-for-profit which most likely figured into the free booth. Discus Hans invited NADA to put in a presence at a Aquatic Experience and there was only two weeks to prepare. Keith did all the prep work with a little support help and indeed the booth was manned the entire time.
The main point for the NADA to be at the Aquatic Experience was to promote the Chicago 2016 discus show. However as an extra bonus Hans donated some discus to NADA which he provided for a show display. Keith and company sold raffle tickets for the discus during the show and the fish were raffled off at the end of the show. Several new NADA members were signed up during the show also. The raffles and the membership drive raised some much needed funds for the 2016 show. NADA considers it's presence a big win for the organization.
Most the fish folk that I know around here are excited about the NADA show next year...it will draw well in Lombard......We had the GCCA swap table next to Josie and Miranda today.....it was one of the topics that we talked about.....this is a great town for discus and other fish hobbyists...we draw 1500 or so folks for a 4hr swap....60+ vendors, two rooms with almost 100 tables.....think what NADA will draw.... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
I suggested that they have a swap and NADA but they thought that it was not a good idea so I dropped it. I sure hope that they have more vendor space available this time than last.
Quote from: LizStreithorst on November 15, 2015, 05:13:45 PM
I suggested that they have a swap and NADA but they thought that it was not a good idea so I dropped it. I sure hope that they have more vendor space available this time than last.
.....swap's draw well in this area.....GCCA being the largest one.... |^|...if you have good stock, you'll do well....Lombard is next to Naperville (kinda)...It's a higher income area. When we temporarily had a couple swaps in Naperville, we sold out by noon most times...but always sold out...
IMHO...a one day swap would add to NADA's drawing power....yup..
Jon, I am super excited for the 2016 show. If you are right it will be the biggest NADA show ever. :):):)
Pat
Quote from: Second Hand Pat on November 15, 2015, 07:15:21 PM
Jon, I am super excited for the 2016 show. If you are right it will be the biggest NADA show ever. :):):)
Pat
I believe that your wishes will come true.....good area, lots of fish folks.....win/win...