[etni] Jerusalem Conference

From: Richard Steinitz <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: ETNI - Eng Teachers Network Israel <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:38:49 +0300
Hi,

 

Just wanted to write a few words on this week's conference.

 

The organization was superb, and everything worked like clockwork. Susan
Bedein didn't stop running for a minute, and managed to smile through it
all. She really deserves a huge "Well Done and Kol HaKavod". The same goes
for the team of young men, supperbly lead by Lior (Susan's son), who were
incredibly helpful, friendly and a pleasure to have around! 

 

Attendance was brisk, and according to Marna's estimations, definitely up
from last year. The people actually were interested in what was going on,
and the scheduling left time for them to browse - a big improvement, and
much appreciated by the exhibitors.

 

On the other hand (there is always another hand...) - from the exhibitors'
point of view, the conference venue was appalling and should never have been
chosen in the first place. The hallways were much too narrow for an easy,
and SAFE flow of the hundreds of people that were there, ventilation in the
exhibition space was non-existent, and at times, especially in the central
corridor, it came close to being suffocating. The exhibitors' tables were
incredibly bad - much too narrow (I had to remove one of my stands because
the tables were too small for it to sit on them safely) and most had rough,
splintery edges. There was not enough space to stand behind the tables, and
when this was solved by pushing the tables out, it of course reduced the
size of the hallways for the people to walk through.  This is not just my
opinion, all the exhibitors I spoke with voiced similar complaints, and it
was generally felt that the exhibition charges were totally out of
proportion to what we received for them.

 

The school is to be congratulated for having made a real effort to improve
its appearance from the condition it was in at the time of the walk-through
(At that time, there were pipes and cables and wires hanging from the
ceiling in the corridor and it was badly in need of a paint job).

 

All in all, a successful, but difficult exhibition. I look forward to next
year with anticipation and trepidation .

  

All the best,

 

Richard

 

Richard Steinitz - LPA Group

P.O. Box 1791

Ramat HaSharon 47117 ISRAEL

Tel: +972-9-955-6161 / Fax: +972-9-954-1585

E-mail:  <mailto:richard@xxxxxxxxxxxx> richard@xxxxxxxxxxxx

Website:  <http://www.lpagroup.biz/> www.LPAgroup.biz

 

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not
sure about the former.
             Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955) 

 

Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

            George Santayana (1863 - 1952)

 

"Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder
respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind."
            George Orwell, "Politics and the English Language" (1946)

 

 


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