2008 International Head-Fi Meet Forum (Can Jam '08)2008 International Meet Planning Forum, Moderated by tyrion, boomana, jp11801, NightWoundsTime, agile_one, Guss2, Wmcmanus, Voltron, and flecom.
I am willing to get LA going if the Midwest does not go for it. Ideally we would have a site selection commitie made up of members with large meet experience, select vendors ( to ensure we do not select a site with built in hassles) and 2-3 rotating headfiers selected by the mods/admins. At this stage of the game the annual meet is too important to not select the place without some serious consideration.
I love the simulcast from around the world concept!!!
yeah i second tyrion. canjam was boring anyways. all i did was sit around and listen to music and talk to people and then later hung out with people who has consumed more alcohol than at a super bowl party...by themselves. it was an awful idea and i never want to do it again.
...what a buncha crap
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unrelated to headfi but one of my favorite quotes - "me...im dishonest and a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest...honestly its the honest ones you have to watch out for...cuz you can never predict when they're going to do something incredibly....stupid"
I just found this topic. I'm willing to do the next one at the BWI Airport Marriott next year or the year after. I think DC is a strong location because it's got 3 local airports, is driving distance from LOTS of people on headfi, and the venue seems well suited to the task. I've already floated it with a few people, but I am cool with doing it either next year or the year after. I think a case can be made that the main body of the east coast has been longer since a big meet than the west coast, since south florida wasn't really driving distance from anyone outside of florida.
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i see your quarterly and raise you a DAILY!!! CANJAM 365 DAYS A YEAR. WHOSE WITH ME!!!
i second grawk. i vote for dc over la/vegas simply because of what someone said at canjam - it would be hard to keep people in the meet room because of the inherent nature of the cities. not to say that dc doesnt have stuff to do, and i may be extremely wrong but i dont think dc has as many distractions as la/vegas. from a logistics point of view i think dc would be better suited than florida. i am skeptical though...can anyone besides the florida crew throw that mean of a party? guess we shall see in a year.
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"...if im going to drop a deuce, i want the best possible sound..."
-highlife (on the use of headphones on crappers)
unrelated to headfi but one of my favorite quotes - "me...im dishonest and a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest...honestly its the honest ones you have to watch out for...cuz you can never predict when they're going to do something incredibly....stupid"
I just found this topic. I'm willing to do the next one at the BWI Airport Marriott next year or the year after. I think DC is a strong location because it's got 3 local airports, is driving distance from LOTS of people on headfi, and the venue seems well suited to the task. I've already floated it with a few people, but I am cool with doing it either next year or the year after. I think a case can be made that the main body of the east coast has been longer since a big meet than the west coast, since south florida wasn't really driving distance from anyone outside of florida.
This is Tom Hankins' wife - DC is my favorite area of the country, and if you hold it anywhere in the metro area, I guarantee he'll come!
(BTW - I work for an event services company so I can help with negotiating hotel contracts if you do it in DC)
Either location has sufficient draw to guarantee attendance. DC would draw from NY metro, Philly and DC with some hearty souls driving from Boston potentially. Heck maybe Thrice will even show. LA has more than enough headfiers and with a solid Norcal showing we'd be fine as well.
We absolutely have to have a moratorium on local meets before and after the annual meet this IMHO is essential. If either of the NE cities or the Bay Area holds a meet within say 60 days it lessens the motivation to go to the annual as they just saw all their buddies and most of the vendors although they miss the absolutely amazing time the National was this year and last.
Vendors Exhibiting at
Can Jam '08
(Head-Fi Sponsors
in boldface type)
ALO Audio Crossroads Audio
Eddie Current Head Direct
Headamp Headroom
Intunition
IsoMike
Kimber Klipsch
Lavry
Let There Be Sound Moon Audio
Ray Samuels Audio
Red Wine Audio
Rudistor Audio Sennheiser SHURE
Singlepower Audio Sleek Audio
Smyth Research
Stax
The FreQ Todd The Vinyl Junkie
Ultimate Ears
Woo Audio
. LA has more than enough headfiers and with a solid Norcal showing we'd be fine as well. 
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