Woodworking in America 2011: Sept 30-Oct. 2
Mark your calendars for Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2011, and make plans to join us for Woodworking
in America 2011, at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center (the same location as
the 2010 conference). But don’t book your hotel just yet – the conference staff (those
nice folks you met when you picked up your badge) are working on some special pricing,
so we’ll give you that information as soon as it’s available.
We announced the dates on Editor Christopher Schwarz’s blog last week, and we’ve already
fielded a few common questions including, “when does registration open,” “who are
the speakers,” “what topics will be covered in the classes” and “what vendors will
be there?” Unfortunately, we don’t have any answers yet, as we’re still in the planning
stages (heck — we still need a proper 2011 logo). We have an awesome list of potential
speakers and class topics (based in part on survey responses from 2010 attendees),
our sales director, Don Schroder, will soon start lining up companies for the Marketplace
(which we’re going to try to arrange in 2011 for better noise control), and…I don’t
know when registration will open.
What I do know is that the simplest way to find out the answers to these questions
(and of particular importance in finding out when registration opens), is to sign
up for the Woodworking in America e-newsletter at WoodworkinginAmerica.com (under
“Stay Connected” in the top right corner). The WIA newsletter list is the first to
be notified when we open registration (sure, it may show up on various message boards
in a few hours…OK, minutes…but if you want to be the first to know, well, sign
up). And yes, I know the site still mentions the 2010 conference – that will change
soon (I did mention we’re still in the planning stages, right?).
Really, all we know for sure right now are the dates, and that we’re unlikely to do
a 1,000+ person dinner with a keynote speaker – it’s simply too big a challenge with
so many people, and we think you’ll enjoy a choice of smaller, more intimate gatherings
along the lines of the 2010 Feast of Roubo. Oh – and for 2011, if Chris writes that
I’m leading a Woodworkers’ Pub Crawl, he’s lying. Now, if anyone is up for a Woodworkers’
Afternoon Tea, perhaps I could be convinced.
• We still have commemorative T-shirts available from the 2010 conference (and even
if you didn’t go, the shirt is a good testament to your love for the craft!). Check
‘em out (as well as Chris’s modeling prowess) at ShopWoodworking.com.
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