The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 37, August 28, 2005, Article 19

SAN FRANCISCO ANA CONVENTION NOTE

Wendell Wolka writes: "I would like to reinforce some of
Ken Barr's comments. I worked several days as a volunteer
in public registration (and not just in "guest appearances"
but hours at a time) and came away with the following
impressions:

The vast majority of the people I registered were from
the local area, say a fifty mile radius, and many had never
been to a national show. I think that Ken is on the money
when he said that many suffered "coin show overload."

Every person I registered was informed that there were
two levels; mints and exhibits upstairs and dealers downstairs.

At times we had to quickly call in reinforcements as lines
could rapidly extend down the hallway in a heartbeat.

If there was a "failure" that I could identify, it was that
the "out of town" collectors seemed to "pass" on this
year's show. Local publicity was apparently pretty
good as many attendees mentioned that they had seen
TV spots and the like.

And Charlie (Davis), I would prefer to think of the
tuxedo size as "spacious"!"

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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