Dennis LaGrua posted:Open events will always be in a better position to thrive than closed meets. Just about every show and event that I can name (or attend) for every purpose is open to the public. If York continues as an exclusionary event it will last a few more years, but with rapidly changing demographicsthat business model cannot survive . The objective of a business is to attract as many customers easily as possible. Somehow this message is not getting across. Ignorance can sometimes be defined as doing things the same way and expecting a different result. When Allentown, a show in two adjoining buildings (with an $8 admission) is able to attract half the audience of York, while the WGHOT show draws a higher attendance than York it seems to prove thatthere are still people out there that want to go to train shows. Why not reach them all?
I've high-lited the statements that make especially good sense to me, Dennis, and I support such a good sense approach to the TCA Meet's reality in the 21st Century.
FrankM
