SOUTHCON BOARD

Report to Region 3 ExCom Meeting, July 9, 2005

Southcon had a good show this last February generating a small surplus.Ê
At this time the Southcon Board has not decided to make a distribution
to its owners.Ê I feel that there will be a small distribution later in
the year.

For the 2006 Show, March 7-9, 2006, in Orlando we already have 17 booth
reservations with deposits made.Ê The current goal is to have at least
100 booths for the 2006 show.Ê We are also planning an improvement to
the educational activities for the 2006 show, with increased on the
floor vendor workshops and other vendor courses in a classroom setting.

As we found out running a show with out a full fledged contractor
requires a lot of work by the Board of Directors.Ê The staff consisted
of a paid show manager and two sales persons, one of which doubled as
the technical conference coordinator.ÊÊÊ

With a lot of work by all we should have a better show in 2006, again
co-located with AMCON.Ê This better show, with increased booth sales,
should increase the surplus.

James Beall, Southcon Director and Treasurer