MY TWO CENTS WORTH:
It is a thankless job . I was the events co-ordinator for some 10 to 15 years for the PGCA. No matter what place one selects, there are always a few that complained about the food, the cost , the location , the time of year , you name it and there was a bitch !!!Wilmington ,Ohio was a great location and I established an excellent relationship with both the OGCA and the Civic Center. If I recall correctly, we where there the first year that the center opened and we had our banquet at that facility with approximatly 110 members for the banquet and maple syrup was given to the membership . The following year the OGCA occupied a majority of the rooms and the banquet facility, a problem . I drove to Wilmington from Vermont to find a NEW facility for the Banquet . The only place that was close was the upstairs room of a local restaurant that colud take care of us. We held the event there!! The following year , that restaurant was out of business . I researched additional places and the closest place was some 25 to 30 miles away and the BOD and I decided to look elseware.
I did demographics of the membership and concluded that a days drive was about the limit of the attending members. Also, if my memory is correct, 75% of the entire membership live within 500 milles of Louisville , KY and some 80%+/- live east of the Mississippi !! I spent countless hours on research for the banquet , trying to take all into consideration ! Not an easy task nor assignment .
I talked to many PGCA members about different places and there was usually one or two problems, no matter city or place we looked at .
No idea is bad---make suggestions to Dave Suponski and Josh Loewensteiner.
Allan Swanson
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