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CanJam 2010 impressions: the whole event was fantastic from start to finish and the team pulled it all off well: morphsci, recstar24, Aura, Absorbine_Sr, Pars, Kevin Gilmore. The Hyatt Regency O'Hare turned out to be a great location and our particular area in the hotel seemed to work especially well for an event like CanJam.
All credit goes to the CanJam team for pulling everything off as well as they did but at the same time I have a negative opinion of the local Illinois-area Head-Fiers for absolutely failing to support this meet. The member rooms really paled next to the vendor rooms and coming after CanJam 09, CanJam 08, HeadFest 07, and the National Meet 06, the only word that comes to mind is that it was a travesty. There was very little member gear overall when there should be no excuse for it.
I was also extremely disappointed to see members of the CanJam team manning the registration table most of the time - at all four of the previous National Meets the registration tables were manned by either local-area volunteers or at least non-members of the organizing team (ok a small exception at CanJam 09, but those people did it voluntarily). The local Head-Fiers should be ashamed for not stepping up to help out with the registration table. Some of the people on the CJ team have families and other local Head-Fiers make excuses because of their families? Are you seriously kidding me? As if the CJ team members don't have more important things to do? This group of people put a lot into the event and if nothing else the local Head-Fiers should have stepped up to provide support and help to make their on-site job easier and allow them to relax and enjoy the event. The Illinois-area Head-Fiers are the most selfish group of Head-Fiers I've ever seen at one of these national meets.
All credit goes to the CanJam team for pulling everything off as well as they did but at the same time I have a negative opinion of the local Illinois-area Head-Fiers for absolutely failing to support this meet. The member rooms really paled next to the vendor rooms and coming after CanJam 09, CanJam 08, HeadFest 07, and the National Meet 06, the only word that comes to mind is that it was a travesty. There was very little member gear overall when there should be no excuse for it.
I was also extremely disappointed to see members of the CanJam team manning the registration table most of the time - at all four of the previous National Meets the registration tables were manned by either local-area volunteers or at least non-members of the organizing team (ok a small exception at CanJam 09, but those people did it voluntarily). The local Head-Fiers should be ashamed for not stepping up to help out with the registration table. Some of the people on the CJ team have families and other local Head-Fiers make excuses because of their families? Are you seriously kidding me? As if the CJ team members don't have more important things to do? This group of people put a lot into the event and if nothing else the local Head-Fiers should have stepped up to provide support and help to make their on-site job easier and allow them to relax and enjoy the event. The Illinois-area Head-Fiers are the most selfish group of Head-Fiers I've ever seen at one of these national meets.