[grc] GRC in Portland overlaps with Third Coast in Chicago

[Michelle Bradley]

There will always be conflicts, no matter dates what you schedule.  
People are already booking travel and hotel rooms (especially 
considering that there is a marathon in Portland that same weekend so 
rooms may be at a premium if  you are too late).  There are change fees, 
non-refundable charges, etc. that people have invested on a conference 
which date has been announced for quite awhile now.

Based on what I see about the Third Coast Conference, it is focused on 
program producers and journalists to cover the writing of stories where 
GRC is focused on the principals of full-service and low-power 
non-commercial broadcast stations to discuss the operation of the 
stations including technical, legal and fundraising topics.  I don't see 
much of an overlap potential between the two conferences.

There's way too much work going on with this year's GRC to warrant a 
move of the dates.  Speaking as an individual (and not representing the 
other GRCA participants nor the GRC 2018 host committee), I would 
staunchly oppose any attempt to change the GRC conference dates.

Michelle Bradley
REC Networks
GRCA participant

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On 3/29/2018 2:17 PM, David Goodman via grc wrote:
> Friends, I decided that at least once I would attend Third Coast in
> Chicago. And this seemed to be the year I could afford to. October 4 - 6.
> On the other hand, I love Portland and KBOO; my college roommate lives
> there and I was planning on attending GRC this year...
>
> Can't be in two places at once. I don't suppose there's any wiggle room in
> the scheduling of the conference for another weekend??
>
> I know, let the hollaring begin: "why not ask THEM to move..."
>
> Cheers,
> dg
>