Chris Murphy
07-13-2008, 12:12 PM
Tuesday, July 15, is the deadline to register for the Asheville Convention and Trade Show (Sept. 17-20) and receive the early registration discount ($50), and use your Participation Points to get another $50 discount, for a savings of $100!!!
The early registration also allows you to have the resulting discounted fee, $325, be deducted in three installments from your credit card!! Is this a great country, or what!!
About the Participation Points: go to the Members Only section of the NGPP website http://ngpp.org/ (http://ngpp.org/%28click)
click the button, and enter your user name- last name- and password- member #; call Tim Bodine if you can't get in: (314) 703-1253).
1) Under the Members only button, click "Update Your Listing": this is worth 250 pts.
2 )Again in Members Only, click on "ParticipationPoints Programs," and fill out your form; click to send it in.
Our industry- our trade- is tougher than ever. The market, the materials, the demands keep raising the expectation levels of our performance. What's a shrewd, entrepreneurial,wily, brave, thrifty, smart, good-looking paperhanger to do??
Sign up for the Asheville Convention and Trade Show, that's what!
Check this out, for just one- 1 - reason to go: on the Thursday of the Convention:
-the Trade Show will be held. Here you can peruse your favorite supplies, hobnob with company representatives (bitch, moan, complain- to a captive audience- their staked with chains to their booth!!), buy goods you can't get back home easily, try products before buying them, find supplies and tools you didn't even know existed!!!
-the Winning Walls With Wallcoverings (WWWW) Luncheon follows (paid for by Zinsser). See what your peers can do and have done, complete with written explanations and photographed progressions of the jobs.
-the host region, the great Southeast with assistance of the superlative Atlanta Chapter, follows with a Hands On Demonstration in unprecedented fashion: real frame-and-sheetrock walls (inside and outside corners, trimmed moldings, etc.) , full pasting table set-ups and specialized tools (lasers, aviation snips, etc.), all there to show you how to template difficult materials, and a second demo (!) on parquet and on-point techniques!!! Bring your hand tools and get walked through these processes that are increasingly some of the best money-makers for paperhangers! Real conditions that translate to experience at the wall!!! Can you believe it? Can you afford to miss this? HECK, NO!!!!
-Had enough? Tired? Need to catch up on your rest? Forget that action! Chuck the tools back in your room, and get down to the shuttle bus for the Safe & Simple Pub Crawl! No, you don't have to drink alcohol to enjoy this outing. Phil Reinhart scouts out the local establishments- many have food, too- and puts together a route of pubs where we rub elbows, talk technique, form friendships, and enjoy being with others who toil in our trade. For those who often work alone, this is an event that makes us part of the whole.
That's just one day. Think about it, but don't take too long- EARLY REGISTRATION ENDS THIS TUESDAY, JULY 15!!!
http://scenichanger.com/
The early registration also allows you to have the resulting discounted fee, $325, be deducted in three installments from your credit card!! Is this a great country, or what!!
About the Participation Points: go to the Members Only section of the NGPP website http://ngpp.org/ (http://ngpp.org/%28click)
click the button, and enter your user name- last name- and password- member #; call Tim Bodine if you can't get in: (314) 703-1253).
1) Under the Members only button, click "Update Your Listing": this is worth 250 pts.
2 )Again in Members Only, click on "ParticipationPoints Programs," and fill out your form; click to send it in.
Our industry- our trade- is tougher than ever. The market, the materials, the demands keep raising the expectation levels of our performance. What's a shrewd, entrepreneurial,wily, brave, thrifty, smart, good-looking paperhanger to do??
Sign up for the Asheville Convention and Trade Show, that's what!
Check this out, for just one- 1 - reason to go: on the Thursday of the Convention:
-the Trade Show will be held. Here you can peruse your favorite supplies, hobnob with company representatives (bitch, moan, complain- to a captive audience- their staked with chains to their booth!!), buy goods you can't get back home easily, try products before buying them, find supplies and tools you didn't even know existed!!!
-the Winning Walls With Wallcoverings (WWWW) Luncheon follows (paid for by Zinsser). See what your peers can do and have done, complete with written explanations and photographed progressions of the jobs.
-the host region, the great Southeast with assistance of the superlative Atlanta Chapter, follows with a Hands On Demonstration in unprecedented fashion: real frame-and-sheetrock walls (inside and outside corners, trimmed moldings, etc.) , full pasting table set-ups and specialized tools (lasers, aviation snips, etc.), all there to show you how to template difficult materials, and a second demo (!) on parquet and on-point techniques!!! Bring your hand tools and get walked through these processes that are increasingly some of the best money-makers for paperhangers! Real conditions that translate to experience at the wall!!! Can you believe it? Can you afford to miss this? HECK, NO!!!!
-Had enough? Tired? Need to catch up on your rest? Forget that action! Chuck the tools back in your room, and get down to the shuttle bus for the Safe & Simple Pub Crawl! No, you don't have to drink alcohol to enjoy this outing. Phil Reinhart scouts out the local establishments- many have food, too- and puts together a route of pubs where we rub elbows, talk technique, form friendships, and enjoy being with others who toil in our trade. For those who often work alone, this is an event that makes us part of the whole.
That's just one day. Think about it, but don't take too long- EARLY REGISTRATION ENDS THIS TUESDAY, JULY 15!!!
http://scenichanger.com/