SCAA conference??!!

[fat]

Has anyone attended a SCAA conference. Is it worthwhile?

 

[topher]

It all depends on what you are expecting out of it...I paid only $45 to walk the floor...I am there to see what is new on the retail end of coffee...meet with others in my field and check out a bit of the Barista comp....oh well that is just my 2 cents...I went to Boston for last years show....and had a great time...was there for 5 or 6 days...can't remember(shows you how much fun I had) I can say I was able to see every exhibtor since I was there for so long....Also I was in the barista comp. I am going for 2 days this year...sniff sniff..not with the casino anymore, so have to budget

 

[fat]

thanks hutch-
sounds like a great time.Now that I have alittle forewarning.
i need to plan on it next year. Have a great time in Atlanta!
Fat

 

[topher]

Hey Fat...just so you know next years will be in Seattle...maybe I will get to meet E.O. even though he hates the shows....I will have to set some time aside to grab a pint with him....That is your stomping grounds isn't it E.O.?

 

[Alun_evans]

Seattle?...great :grin: . Much better for us based in Asia and Australasia.

 

[topher]

So Alun doe this mean you will be there next year? If you start walking now you might make it....He do you know a guy named Joe Davis with Ambex?

 

[Alun_evans]

Yeah I haven't seen snow for 5 years so I might pack the ski's and go via Canada...so after I trek through Thailand, across China, swim the Bering Straits, do some skiing I will see you guys in Seattle. Yeap, I will definatley be there. Don't know Joe Davis, but I have obviously heard of Ambex...why does he come down this way often?

 

[Coffee Guy]

AAAHHH...Time to wake up :-D I might even make an appearance to the show next year as well...You never know...Not as a presenter, but as a common floor walker, I do enjoy to mingle amoung the commoners every once in awhile :twisted:

 

[topher]

Joe(meanjoebean) Said you had chatted via forum before...he is Terry(from Ambex) son...he is a good kid and I hooked him up with a job at my last place of employment...oh well
Later

 

[Alun_evans]

Hmmm.... my memory is pretty poor these days, you (and him) are probably right. Catch you guys later... bedtime in Indonesia.