Tom, I figured out some of that, and I know it is difficult to plan conferences of this size. But it's always at the perfectly worst time of year for any public school employee - (end of year paperwork), and it's out of reach for me financially as well, because I can't afford to fly there and pay the hotel bill at this point in time. I'd love to attend sometime, but these are pretty big obstacles. The South is supposed to be the biggest area of the country for portrait commissions, so surely there are a lot of potential attendees, no?
I'll be thinking of you all that go, and wishing you the best.
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