hubpages convention location

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   blue dogposted 13 years ago

   with all the knowledge being gained by the newbies here on hp, spread out over such a long period of time, how about a hubpages convention?  conferences, workshops, etc. held in a condensed environment.   i suggest portland, oregon, in conjunction with the oregon brew fest, next june.

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      AEvansposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Portland is beautiful my hubby is from Oregon!! It is cool has fresh air and is green, great suggestion.

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      wordscribe41posted 13 years agoin reply to this

      AWESOME, that's where I live.  I'm there...

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         blue dogposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         you're so lucky!  it's a stunning state.
         
         it's great that you're there, but looks like you'll be real busy finding us a locale, coordinating hp workshops so they don't interfere with the brew fest, etc, etc.  anything i can do to help, let me know!

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            wordscribe41posted 13 years agoin reply to this

              I'm on it, blue!!! 
            
            It is beautiful here, it's a great city.  Wild horses couldn't drag me away. 
            
            Anyhoo, got lots of work to do for the convention...  Gotta contact some keynote speakers.

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   tony0724posted 13 years ago

   I,m down !!! I need to learn how to write a decent hub anyway !

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   Pete Maidaposted 13 years ago

   Sorry I'm on the other side of the country.  Portland is a great city though; I was there several times in the eighties.

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   Nelle Hoxieposted 13 years ago

   Portland is on the wrong coast for me as well. But if I keep writing hubs and stuff keeps selling, maybe I'll be there! Love a chance to see portland and the hubster would enjoy the beer!

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   lrohnerposted 13 years ago

   Hmmmm... Methinks Nelle and I vote for New York City or Boston!

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      Jane@CMposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I'd take the East Coast over the Portland! 

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   Nelle Hoxieposted 13 years ago

   Well now, the hubster told me to get my hubber butt in gear and make some hubber dough and we'll go.
   
   Although I think there's quite a few of us in New England. So there's no reason there cant be something around here. Montreal? It's one of my favorite cities. We'll pick you up in Connecticut lrohner.

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      lrohnerposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      You're on, Nelle!

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   earnestshubposted 13 years ago

   I like the idea, I would love to go to Portland or NYC but Australia is a fair way to travel. Can we do it on skype.

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      Jane@CMposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Can you do a group thing on skype?  That would be cool to do one night - when we are bored and out of things to write.
      
      My daughter's friends have been showing off their new dorm rooms via skype...hilarious!

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         earnestshubposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         Yes you can conference call with full video. I recently had a look at downtown in a major city in Poland. A friend was visiting there and stuck his camera out his hotel window! One drawback is that it uses a bit of bandwidth to send video, and not everyone may have enough ram or CPU speed to run with video either.
         I would still love to see a conference though!

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      Nelle Hoxieposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Oh man, the hubster and I have been dreaming of Australia. He was there and in New Guinea for work several years ago. But I've never been.

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         earnestshubposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         With your personality you would love it, and it would love you right back! Australia is the most open minded, energetic and inspirational countries I know of apart from the USA. I do hope you get to come.

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   Tom Cornettposted 13 years ago

   How about Dayton Ohio?  It only has the third highest murder rate (under NY and LA)and we have corn!

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   Nelle Hoxieposted 13 years ago

   The only people I have met from Australia were 300 bush pilots who were attending the Osh Kosh Fly-in in Osh Kosh Wisconsin. The flew in on a 737 and de planed singing Waltzing Matilda. Tens of Thousands of Women swooned in unison.
   
   At the fly In pilots fly in from all over North America to the Osh Kosh airport. For two weeks in July it is the busiest airport tower in the world. FAA flight controllers volunteer to work it. It's all visual flight rules. And you sit about 100 feet from the flight line.

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    Colebabieposted 13 years ago

    or South Florida...
    

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       Mishaposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       All the way down the Keys will work for me

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