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2009 - New York City Banded Together-Lapband Talk National Event



Are you coming to "NYC" for the National LAP-BAND Conference?  

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  1. 1. Are you coming to "NYC" for the National LAP-BAND Conference?



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I am going! I live 2 hours from NYC. I'll take the train and stay. I'll find the money somewhere because I really NEED to be there!

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I'm interested in attending in NYC, but it depends on dates and whether I can work it around my two jobs.

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I have to say no just because of the location. It would be a lot easier if it were a little closer. Houston I would consider...or as someone else suggested, Las Vegas. I'll hang around to see where the other conferences might be.

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i could not make the conference in Dallas. I would attend a conference depending on the time of year (I travel a great deal for business), location, cost, and program offered. The program offered is the most important.

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I would love to go to a conference, but NY is a long way away for me. What about a NW Conference (say Seattle area) in the future???

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Definitely NYC - it offers so many more opportunities. Flying into Newark might make the flight better and taking ground transportation to the city.

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Thanks for planning this....I would love to attend a conference. I'm two years out and would love to

compare my experience to others...and learn all I

can about how to manage my band to it's greatest

potential. I would prefer NYC...but would still attend if it's in NJ. Like a lot of people, I would probably build

a vacation around the conference. Thanks again for organizing this.

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I live in NJ and I am only a 15-20 minute path ride into the city so either place will work for me.

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Hi all I think this is great and I would be willing to attend. I know that wheather we are in NY or NJ we can find a good venue and great hotel rates. What about the group rates? I live in Philadelphia which is close to both areas. Send me the information. I know people who would attend!!

Kim:thumbup:

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I'm totally interested in attending the conferene....It would be great to finally meet some of my amazing lapbandtalk friends in person :D

I'm in California, and would love to see something closer to home, but would not mind flying to the conference....of course, I would probably prefer NYC to New Jersey then, but it's all very doable if I have enough time to get a decent priced ticket :unsure:

Please keep me posted!

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I am curious as to where in NJ you are looking to book the conference. North, Central or South? Newark area, East/New Brunswick, Mount Laurel, Atlantic City? Philadelphia is also a great East Coast location with easy airport access for out of towners as well as easy train access. Before booking it would be nice to share a location more narrowed down than the entire state of NJ. NJ is alot bigger than NYC. Are you looking for a hotel with alot of conference rooms for breakout sessions, big ballrooms or an actual convention center. How large of a conference to you anticipate this being. I would be interested in alot more details. :D

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I would possibly be interested but it is quite a far travel for me and not sure if I could actually do it financially at that time. Do you ever plan on doing any a little closer to the West Coast? I would love to go to one in Vegas or something like that because then I would have the option of driving the 12 hours or flying. Please keep us informed if you decide to do one closer to California!

Thanks!!!!

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I vote for NYC. I cannot yet commit due to work committments but if I must travel and spend the $$$ I would like to be in an exciting venue like NYC.

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