Howdy Fellow Commodore Users!

Earlier this month, I visited the Chicago area for the ECCC expo. This isn't meant to be a report of that expo. I do however, have a few comments regarding my weekend experiences.

Even though the expo wasn't sponsored by a local club, even though the expo wasn't planned months in advance, even though there were no major speakers planned, even though the hotel messed up with the party room that was supposed to be reserved for the expo attendees, even though all of these negatives and others were stacked against a successful expo, there were nearly 50 folks in attendance!

It seems the experiences of our expo this past June seemed remarkably similar to the ECCC expo. But, it seems the familiar phrase keeps surfacing...."If you build it, they will come."

I was met in the ECCC expo room by one of our club members. He was discussing his feelings of this expo, and that unless CCCC steps up and provides a spring expo, we may be without a spring expo again in 2007. I mentioned to him I felt pretty much the same way, and thought it was time for that discussion.

With that in mind, I would like to invite you to come to this month's meeting where our discussions will focus on planning a spring expo. Should we do it? Where, and when, should it be? Reflections of this year's expo on where we went right and wrong are going to be our guide IF we decide to go forward with a spring 2007 expo. Your support in this matter is appreciated. We will meet this month in the Norwood Retirement Community, October 15th.

Keep on Commodoring!