Eric
My thoughts:
1) The HOF dinner is right after shooting on Saturday and people including Mills Morrison have to get cleaned and dressed up to get to it. We moved the HOF dinner from Carey to Sanford to make it easier for shooters to attend the dinner. The venue change led to an early sellout of the HOF. We will hold the HOF dinner again in Sanford next year.
2) It's also not a great idea to drink a bunch and drive back to the hotel. I do DWI cases for a living and don't recommend it especially for out-of-state drivers.
3) The folks who stay in Sanford at the Hampton tend to party in the first floor room. Many a bottle is emptied there. This year we sent back the extra appetizers from the HOF dinner for the Hampton for the after hours party. We will do that again next year.
4) I think the LC shooters have something that evening but I could be wrong.
Your point is well taken.

I miss seeing a lot of people too. Nothing Parker related went on Friday night and perhaps we can do something then next year.

George, I understand, but you thought name tags were a good idea, years ago at the annual meetings we use to have a hospitality suite every evening and that carried over to the meet and greet at the Southern, and people got to sit down and meet each other and talk (ask Allen S. about some of the things we talked about and smoothed out differences we had ! ), and now we have none of that, to me that's sad. Time change I guess.

I agree with you Eric. And I am working on new permanent name tags.
BY the way we tried to do the HOF dinner on Friday but all sizable venues nearby were taken.

So in order to meet other like minded individuals a person should pack a suit and tie and go to the HOF dinner?

If we have a hospitality tent and have some beer and wine along with cheese and crackers were not responsible enough to drive back to the motel?

Isn't the HOF dinner for PGCA members? I'm sure the dinner is more than an annual membership.

I could think of another way to meet like minded individuals, but some would not like it.

If you were of a mind to attend the HOF banquet, you would most certainly meet a group of like minded folks. And you might just have some fun in the process.

An idea of the targets on the Q course. That one was medium difficulty.

Spin

I met a lot of like minded people, I also have a name tag. Seeing as I'm not a PGCA member the HOF dinner is a moot point BUT if I were a member I wouldn't pack a suit and tie to go eat dinner like minded people or not:nono: