tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8814498784799497587.post5163545714407222219..comments2024-02-06T01:47:31.027-06:00Comments on Desperately Seeking Surnames, Genealogy and Family History: Rootstech 2012 No Publicity is Bad PublicityJennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02918569120586036647noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8814498784799497587.post-2738408717631893412011-12-14T20:11:26.102-06:002011-12-14T20:11:26.102-06:00Denise, it will be great to finally meet you!! Can...Denise, it will be great to finally meet you!! Can't wait! :)Jennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02918569120586036647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8814498784799497587.post-50681167302039224032011-12-13T14:01:46.701-06:002011-12-13T14:01:46.701-06:00Hi Jenna, I'm glad to know you will be in Salt...Hi Jenna, I'm glad to know you will be in Salt Lake and looking forward to meeting you at last! Maybe over a book or two!Family Curatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13187854767575444823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8814498784799497587.post-68541413314267955072011-12-12T11:50:16.640-06:002011-12-12T11:50:16.640-06:00Leland, I am so glad this has been worked out. The...Leland, I am so glad this has been worked out. The fact that the guidelines on the exhibitor application were changed mid-stream is troublesome. The change in policy at such a late date shows a lack of experience in event management in my opinion. I am looking forward to seeing and chatting with you again in Salt Lake!Jennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02918569120586036647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8814498784799497587.post-1593538282041209062011-12-12T10:23:17.943-06:002011-12-12T10:23:17.943-06:00The line about book publishers not being accepted ...The line about book publishers not being accepted was added. It wasn't there when we applied. However, no harm was intended. I believe they just didn't think it through. Yes - as genealogists, we love our books. Gordon called me this morning and offered us 3 booths, which we accepted. And we both apologized to each other for having disrupted each other's lives...<br />Leland K. Meitzler, Family Roots Publishing Co., LLCLelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15347992305274456071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8814498784799497587.post-54567636969527655862011-12-11T22:10:17.227-06:002011-12-11T22:10:17.227-06:00I have a feeling that the application currently on...I have a feeling that the application currently on the website is not the application that many of these vendors completed. My guess is that it has been changed since then. They couldn't ALL have misread it - particularly when they would have had to select an area of focus (and books isn't on the list). <br /><br />RootsTech has the right to invite whatever vendors they want. I get it. It was the way they went about it that bothers me.<br /><br />And it's not only that some of them were shunned ... at least one of them was ASKED to come teach a class, made arrangements to be a presenter, and then was told they were not allowed to have a booth. How can you be "techie" enough to present, but not "techie" enough to have a booth?<br /><br />I just think the whole thing was poorly handled.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08626456511113834140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8814498784799497587.post-12905394066848750782011-12-11T20:54:46.214-06:002011-12-11T20:54:46.214-06:00Great idea about the sale and the t-shirts!Great idea about the sale and the t-shirts!Cinamon Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15891771001373514029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8814498784799497587.post-52704154366929707062011-12-11T20:36:42.378-06:002011-12-11T20:36:42.378-06:00#occupyrootstech - brilliant! I know they have th...#occupyrootstech - brilliant! I know they have the right to do what they did (though the courting-turned-to-shunning of the vendors was incredibly crass), but it appears that the decision was backed up by zero marketing research. I've seen this model before in government and business - visionaries with talent start something, and then it is taken over by people who are ... not visionaries or talented.Greta Koehlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429623811794360612noreply@blogger.com