So, you’re going to see an article in next week’s edition about how well the sign-ups for AIIM/On Demand are going. However, don’t be completely surprised if the attendance numbers don’t come out as expected after this early momentum. Apparently, there are some serious lodging problems afoot. It just so happens the University of Pennsylvania’s graduation ceremony is scheduled for Monday, May 16. So, perhaps only Tuesday will be slow – but that could affect the whole show.
We’ve pinged Kerry Gumas as Advanstar about this… but we really think Brian Randall, who should have known better, dropped the ballhere. From what I understand, lodging was going to be tight in Philly to begin with. Now, of course, Brian is gone – I’m not saying the two things are connected, but it really doesn’t look good. In Brian’s defense, I know he had a heckuva time finding a place for the show in 2005, but this seems like this could be a major screw-up.
Cheers.
RG
