Finally, Dale Henry spoke to the 2000 and 2001 Council members about working with people to make them, and yourself, better after every experience. Like other attendees of the 2000 VLA Annual Conference, I made a point of visiting the exhibits and talking to a number of our exhibitors. I am happy to report that when I returned to several booths on Friday they pretty much uniformly reported that traffic in the Exhibit Hall had been good this year. Most of the vendors said they were pleased with the numbers of conference goers who stopped by to learn about their products and services. That's GOOD news.
Vendors are an extremely important part of any successful conference.
We want to ensure that they feel that participation in the VLA Annual Conference is a worthwhile and rewarding experience. There are any number of ways that VLA members can thank exhibitors for their participation. Some vendors contribute above and beyond a booth purchase. We can and should try to thank them for their extra support. DRA helped support the cost of the box lunches in the Exhibit Hall on Thursday.