I think this years Expo was the best I have attended so far. I wanted to thank Lawrence and the crew from EO for allowing this gathering to happen.
There were alot of very informational workshops this year. Linda, thanks for including Jenny and I in the Drivers Round Table and the Load Securement Workshops.
As far as the van workshop goes, I knew it was going to be popular, but not as popular as it turned out. By the time it was time to start the class it was standing room only with the room being completely packed with newb's eager to listen and a few van veterans. There were plenty of great questions asked to the point the workshop ran over by about a half an hour. Hopefully enough attendees enjoyed and learned from the seminar that we are going to have a bigger better one next year.
Then only thing I would do differently for next year is have a bigger room or maybe combine rooms 1 & 2 into one big room, that way there will be plenty of seating for everyone. I would also like to see microphones, since apparently my voice doesn't carry too far. Who knows maybe we can have a workshop on both days.
I wanted to say thanks to Jenny, who helped me along while I was stumbling thru my first public speech in over 10 years. I also want to give huge thanks to Leo (LDB), Dan, Jack Berry, TJ and all the other veterans that helped answer questions that were asked. I appreciate everyones input.
So in closing, do I think the van workshop was a success?...... YEP
I am going to try to make next years workshop ever bigger and better than this years.
