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August 14, 2005

Arrival Impressions

On my first full day in Nashville, I attended the leadership breakfast, participated in the Technology Section Council meeting, presented at a session, went to the authors reception, had some food at the main reception in the Opryland Delta, and met up with several association bloggers at Eddie's Restaurant downtown. Phew!

I'm taking some time this morning to catch my breath after that first day and wanted to post a few of my initial impressions of the meeting so far.

Opryland is HUGE

I knew this having worked a meeting here years ago but it is easy to forget exactly how big this place is. I'll be interested to see how many attendees are here on site because we still seem to be able to fill up the place (I spent about 20 minutes just getting across the reception in the Delta area last night where all the food and people were). There are many people with orange ribbons from the property staff who are always happy to provide directions, which helps a lot.

Web Kiosks Everywhere

There are dozens of computers set up in numerous locations to provide web access. I haven't seen too many lines yet to use them, which is great since that has often been a bottleneck at past ASAE meetings I've been to that had all the stations in one location. Nice improvement!

Putting Faces to Blogs

I'm finally meeting some association bloggers who I have read for a long time but have never met. It's interesting to talk to someone who you have read for a long time. It as if you have this base of conversation to build on already in place. Ben Martin said he was surprised that I didn't seem as old in person as he thought I would be. I guess I blog old. :)

Posted by David Gammel at August 14, 2005 10:38 AM

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