In a message David Andrews typed to Harvey Heagy  
 DA> I don't ever remember exhibits being opened on Wednesday morning, but I 
 DA> haven't gone for ever. 
I meant Thursday morning as the morning we used to have access to exhibits.
 DA> On the one hand you say 
 DA> there isn't enough exhibit time, then you say some of them are closed 
 DA> during the time there is.  Seems like a controdiction.
I'm just stating facts.  It is a fact that the N.F.B. store is closed on 
Wednesday afternoon as are many exhibitors.  I think we should have Thursday 
morning and the Saturday before the convention.  
 DA> Saturday is really considered pre-convention and setup.  It seems to 
grow 
 DA> each year and a case could be made to open exhibits a day earlier.  It 
 DA> would mean that the whole staff would have to come a day earlier, 
missing a 
 DA> days work in Baltimore, etc.  So, it comes out at some considerable 
 DA> expense, among other things.
True, but when I first began going to conventions in 1975, there was no 
activity on either side of the convention.  It was strictly Sunday through 
Friday or whenever the convention was held.  There was no pre or post 
convention activity.  Now we have grown into that.  This has meant that I 
have had to leave at least a day earlier and have had in some cases to take 
an extra day off from my job as well.  
Harvey 
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