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The Sign Syndicate "Meet & Greet" 2013 - ISA Expo


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This is the official thread for this years Sign Syndicate.com's Meet & Greet.

ALL ARE WELCOME

CENTRA BAR - Luxor Hotel

April 5, 2013

6:00 - Till ???

We'll keep this thread updated but it looks like we're going to to have this years meet held publicly at the Centra Bar in the Luxor Friday Night.

If we do go ahead with the pvt party, it will be in a reserved part of a night club named privately and by invite only, so chime in here or message us at admin@thesignsyndicate.com and let us know your name and how many. Need to call us before or while at vegas? (619) 871-4001

DON'T FORGET......look for the crowd wearing the "blinkies".

The Centra Bar then is nice and open right on the middle of the casino floor so it should be easy to find us. At Orlando I heard it was hard to find us because the front desk person changed the new person did not know our party was on the patio and some people turned around thinking it was not happening. But, it wasn't hard to spot us with a bunch of people walking around with LED blinking bling.

Hope to see the usual people and a bunch of new people. Time goes so fast so I hope I meet and get a chance to talk to everyone.

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Actually this is the bar where we all met a day or two before the meet. Formally, liquidity. The bar we were at was some casino bar inside Excalibur

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Keep chiming in if you plan on attending that way I have an idea for other reasons, got quite a few emails so posting here or by email is fine! :fnd (9):

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BTW - If you're a Board Patron, National Patron, or Board Vendor, PLEASE let me know you're coming. I'll have something for you but I need to know ahead of time you're coming!!!

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Time to update this meet. Just reserved. Be in bright and early Thursday morning, till Saturday. My goal is to see everyone and find a job. Relocating a definite possibility. In the sign trade, OR out of the sign trade. If anyone knows of possible positions, or would consider setting up a meet while there, please send me an email. uranut1@yahoo.comSee everyone there!

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Good to see you're coming Gary. I've been so busy I've forgotten it's literally right around the corner. OH myyyyy!!!!

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Anything besides install. Not sure I'd want to do that on an everyday basis. And, preferably not having to answer these totally stupid situational questions that teenage HR people are asking now.

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Equally so. Meet all the troops, and hopefully a lot of new faces. And of course, seeing eric and girl again. Eric---you got any big meetings planned with UL or ISA?

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Yes Gary,they invited to an "exclusive" fishing trip. Though, I don't know where there is to fish out in the desert. :scratchhead:

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Perhaps you are the bait....or the anchor! Seriously, big lakes there..hopefully Powell. Awesome scenery! Have fun. Take sunscreen and hat.

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Perhaps you are the bait....or the anchor! Seriously, big lakes there..hopefully Powell. Awesome scenery! Have fun. Take sunscreen and hat.

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I continue to get a good amount of direct emails, so should be a good size group. We look forward to seeing everyone again and seeing some new faces.

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No idea if I'll be attending this year... recently moved to a new condo and currently moving our shop to a larger facility - all while working on some decent projects that are very involved time-wise. I just can't predict accurately enough if time will actually allow me to leave long enough to attend. It will be a last minute decision, so if I make another appearance (which would be 4th in a row?), it will be an unconfirmed surprise appearance.

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Sorry, that we won't be there this year & we hope you all have a great time. We did the ISA show four years in a row but our circumstances have changed recently.

Maybe we might catch up again in future years.

regards, Graham & Leanne.

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Lori and I had planned to go but.... in the last month or so we had to spend about 8k in truck repairs. That's owning your own biz I guess pay for truck repairs instead of vacation. Sucks but we will live to fight another day LOL You guys have fun and take lots of pics.

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