I think POCI needs to start picking better locations for the convention. The week is rough too doing on the week of the 4th of July is tricky too. A lot of people celebrate the holiday and others can't get that week off because it's a popular vacation week. In the past few years I've been down to Myrtle Beach for family vacations (middle of July) and both times the Mustang club was down there for a big convention. Everywhere you looked Mustangs were there. It was fun to watch (& I hate mustangs!) but Myrtle Beach and other fun destinations are much more easy to sell to families with kids and younger people than some city in the middle of nowhere. There are plenty of hotels and other things to do during the week. If I told my wife we'd be spending a weeks summer vacation in Wichita Kansas or St. Charles Il. She'd laugh at me. She likes going to car shows and meets but a weeks vacation in those cities won't fly. I think that's part of the problem getting new people to attend. No offense to the people of those cities, just not hot spots at travel agencies. Just something for POCI to think about. And I'm a member.
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