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The "arena district" is right across the street from the hotel, and there are numerous bars and restaurants there that are open well past midnight on weekends. I will do some scouting and let you know. Look up Nationwide Arena, or Arena District and you should find some bars for sure. -Scott

Hello everyone! I'm pleased to announce that the web site for the 2009 IPMS/USA National Convention in Columbus, Ohio is now open for business at http://www.ipmsusa2009.org. Please come and visit us! We look forward to seeing everyone in Columbus next August! -Scott Sharkey 2009 Convention Webmaster

Julien - take a look at the topic I just posted about a T-2 Buckeye. http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index....howtopic=162042 -Scott

Aug 19-22nd, 2009

The Theme is "Making History". Specials are not final yet, but think "decades", like "Best 20's", "Best 30's", etc. Same facility, but it's been greatly expanded. The vendor area is expanded to include the area where the banquet was held last time, and the banquet moved to a new room. The vendors area should be pretty sweet. Still negotiating the number of tables we'll have with the fire marshall though. I suspect they want aisles wide enough to park their firetruck inside... -Scott

Hi Colin, The site will be at www.ipmsusa2009.org, and should go live around Sept 1st or so. I've got a bit of final detail to nail down, and then a final check of all the stuff, and some surprises to implement. You will be able to login to the site and check your registration status (tours booked, etc) and see a list of confirmed vendors, and some other neat stuff. I'm also gonna do an RSS feed of the articles so you can get notices as news is posted, and am still working on some other plans. The host hotel is the Hyatt Regency, 350 N High St, Columbus, Oh -Scott IPMS/USA 2009 Webmast

Just happy to help Lynn. Now go home, get some rest, and enjoy that new baby - they turn into 19-year-old eating machines WAY too fast<grin> I look forward to seeing you in Columbus, enjoying yourself! -Scott

Guys, I just got back late last night, and wanted to pass on my congratulations on a wonderful show. For the most part, everything went smoothly, there were 2,500+ models on the table, and the vendor's room was awesome. I got to renew some old friendships, made several new friends, and put a few faces with the names from online buddies. I know how much work it takes, and wanted to thank the VA BEACH guys for working their butts off for us. -Scott

Unfortunately, that is "off the table" these days... too many idiots tried to take parts, break things, etc. -Scott

Yes, AF Museum will be on Thursday, the 20th. -Scott

Interesting... we had no history when we made the deal for 97, and didn't need up front money. Just a letter from Nationals and a "history" that showed average attendance in the midwest shows over the years. Maybe Cincy is different? I've driven by the Roberts Center - never figured out how it got built. Someone must be using it, but I can't for the life of me figure out who. -Scott

Hey! I'm new here, but was the convention treasurer for Columbus' 97 Nationals, and will be the Registration/Webmaster for the 09 Columbus convention. So, I have a pretty good idea what happens to make a Nationals run. First off, you're right, that the IPMS/USA doesn't provide financial support (other than $2000 in seed money), but they do provide some other assistance, including breakdowns of every past convention, and every convention does an after-action report listing what went well, what went wrong, what to watch out for, etc. We went to school extensively on those after-action report

Wayne, Sorry - just got on the site, but I'm registration chairman for Columbus. The venue is the Greater Columbus Convention Center, hotel is the Hyatt Regency at 350 N High Street. Our web site will be up August 10th (after I get back from Va Beach) at www.ipmsusa2009.org. Nothing there yet, though. We look forward to seeing you in 09 in Columbus. -Scott