Countdown to CommVEx 2011, July 23-24

[RobertB]

Greetings, FCUG members and guests!

The Commodore Vegas Expo v7 2011 is coming to Las Vegas, Nevada, USA on July 23-24.  Sponsored by the Fresno Commodore User Group and the Clark County Commodore Computer Club (of Las Vegas), this year's CommVEx will have plenty to tickle your C= or Ami fancy.  We have a line-up of guest speakers, great Commodore and Amiga raffle prizes (including an Amiga 2000 Video Toaster system), door prizes, freebies, and exhibits.

CommVEx hours are officially from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and on Sunday.  Late Friday afternoon is set-up time, and you are welcome to join us.  And on Saturday night, we unofficially go late into the early morning.

CommVEx costs $10 per person, whether you come for one day or both days.  Just $10.  If you want to set up an exhibit or presentation table, just pay your admission.  If you want to set up a vending table, just pay your admission and give an item for a raffle/door prize.  Our venue is the comfortable Las Vegas Club Hotel & Casino in downtown Las Vegas, 18 E.Fremont St., right next to the dazzling Fremont Street Experience.  We'll be in the third floor, Left Field Room.  For a description of the hotel, go to

http://vegasclubcasino.net

You can book your rooms on that site or at Hotels.com (search for Vegas Club Hotel) or by telephoning the hotel and asking for the CommVEx rate.  Rates are as low as $33.60 (including taxes) per night for three nights. (Hint: I got the lowest rates by going to Hotels.com , but the pricing is constantly fluctuating, so it is best to compare the hotel website with the CommVEx rate with Hotels.com).

To read up on all the CommVEx guests/presentations, exhibit, raffle, and hotel details, go to

http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

To read up on the latest and participate in CommVEx discussion, go to

http://www.commodore.ca/forum and click on ComVEX.

I want to thank all previous CommVEx attendees and supporters for your encouragement in the past.  I'd like to thank 5C's president Al Jackson and his club for his help and support.

Come join fellow Commodorians and Amigans who in the past have traveled in from Denmark, Belgium, England, Turkey, Italy, and Canada.  Come to learn and to have fun with the Commodore and Amiga computers.  Come to CommVEx!

Sincerely,
Robert Bernardo
organizer, Commodore Vegas Expo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug

[RobertB]

     For those who are booking with the CommVEx rate, you only have until June 22 to get in with that deal. However, you can still book at any time with the hotel website (listed in the first posting) or through Hotels.com
     More information on prizes, presentations, and exhibitors has been listed at

          http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

and at

          http://www.commodore.ca/forum (click on ComVEX)

Come to CommVEx!

               Prepping to travel to Barcelona, Spain,
               Robert Bernardo
               organizer - Commodore Vegas Expo v7 2011

[RobertB]

     With one week to go, all the details are being finalized on the Commodore Vegas Expo.  We will have plenty of presentations, plenty of prizes, plenty of machines to use, and plenty of good, old C= fun.  As CommVEx approaches, there will be an update every day at

          http://www.commodore.ca/forum (and click on ComVEX)

and the website at

          http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

is being modified constantly to reflect what's happening.
     Sunday and Monday, we'll be gathering the hardware, software, and prizes for the show.  Starting this Tuesday, I and others will be in Las Vegas, prepping for the show.
     Come to CommVEx!

     The calm before CommVEx,
     Robert Bernardo
     organizer - Commodore Vegas Expo v7 2011

[RobertB]

     I arrived last night at about 11:30 into the Las Vegas Club Hotel. For those who wish to contact me, I'm in room 1206, phone number 702 385-1664 or 800 634-6532.
     For those who are booking a room in the Las Vegas Club Hotel and who don't want to be directly exposed to the nightly concert music coming from the Fremont Street Experience, ask for a room facing *away* from the Experience.
     Expected weather this CommVEx weekend - sunny and around 104 degrees F..

          About 10 degrees cooler than last year,
          Robert Bernardo
          organizer - Commodore Vegas Expo v7 2011
          http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

[RobertB]

     I spent most of the Tuesday after CommVEx in recover mode.  10+ hours of sleep!  However, on Wednesday I head out to Oregon.  Too much driving!

          Truly,
          Robert Bernardo
          Fresno Commodore User Group
          http://videocam.net.au/fcug