We started giving seminars for the FMCA rallies when we worked for Coach Connect in 2004-5 . Their business was Wi-Fi in RV parks, so that's what we talked about. RVers were really hungry for this information. The largest audience we ever had for '
Internet on the Road' seminars was 700. When we became 'Geeks on Tour' in 2006, we added topics like 'Managing your Digital Photos with Picasa and Every RVer Needs a Blog. But the biggest audience was always at the 'Internet on the Road' seminar - we cover the 3 wireless technologies: Wi-Fi, Cellular and Satellite.
Today, we had our
Picasa seminar with over 500 people, and the Internet on the Road seminar had less than 200! I think it's because people are getting cellular aircards and are very happy with how they work. If they need help, they call their cellular provider. They just don't have so many questions any more. Wi-Fi also works a lot better these days than it did a few years ago.
Here's our Picasa seminar ... I didn't get an overall picture - but the room was full.
Then, later in the afternoon, we had the second session of our hands-on boot camp.
We do love this stuff! Thank you FMCA! And, to all those who attended our seminars and filled out the card to get our e-newsletter ... We're working on entering all your email addresses now! (there's a few hundred of them) You'll hear from us soon.
And, thanks to Glenn M, sitting in the front row, who snapped this photo for us!
Then we headed up the road, crossed into Georgia, then on to the State Fairgrounds in Perry for the FMCA rally:
Cold and rainy :-(
We still had a bit to do to get prepared for all our seminars. We took a look at the room they have designated for us ... it's a bit intimidating isn't it?
Would that be cool if we actually filled it? Registrations are down quite a bit from last year, but there's still a lot of RVs here. I heard it was 2,600 RVs registered.
