Scott - we didn't know what we were doing up until a few days ago. As it turns out, the ATA pretty much likes to ram a fist up our butts b/c we're an Internet-based business. Starting this year we have to pay $200/ea for badges and only get 4 of them. And that's only if you pre-register. Show up at the door and it's $400/each!! But if you're a brick-and-mortar pro shop you get in for $35/badge. What a crock. It amazes me how bass-ackwards this stupid industry is. Instead of embracing techology and what its done to change our lives and the way we do business, they punish us by increasing our costs by over 600%. Great idea, ATA!!!!!
I'll be there Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Likely in the DLC Covert booth 1.5 days and walking around the other half of the trip.
Change of plans, I have a meeting at work with some Caterpillar people that I really should be there for. That plus I need to save some vacation days for the summer. I'm not gonna make it this year.