Friday, August 10th, 2007 - 08/10/07 05:39 PM
Hi Folks,
So I am getting reacclimated to being home after the last several months on the road. I am now caught up on Entourage, perhaps my favorite show on TV these days, (and an amazingly accurate depiction of life in entertainment world.. I know people like every character on the show).
We are now shifting our thoughts towards Europe. Right now we're going to take a realistic approach in that our first goal is to meet 1 JPF member in every region we visit. If we line that up, then we'll work for 1 in each city we pass through. Next, we'll look at setting up member gatherings in larger cities. If that is promising we may try to elevate some of those events to actual JPF Roadtrip Showcases like we do in North America. We have a few US members over there touring and doing stuff so those are easy targets to meet with, but we really want to meet locals as well. We don't have many European Message board users, so these folks will likely come from the general newsletter readers or the pool of award nominees/winners from years past. If we could do showcases, our first goals would be Amsterdam, Munich, Prague, Vienna (or Salzburg), Rome and Paris.
I put up the group photos from the US showcases. We have tons of additional photos (over 10K actually) and it will take a while to get through them and then get them posted.
We have a LOT of stuff going on behind the scenes here right now and since we'll be out of range so to speak for several months in Europe, we're trying to deal with all these issues before we leave. I may be taking a few trips to both coasts before we leave, so I may actually be busier now than I am on the road. I do hope to get back to posting on the boards more until we leave however. Once in Europe, I am guessing I'll be doing good to post a weekly update.
So did I miss anything while I was on the road?
Brian
PS: Football season is BACK! (I am going to miss at least 5 games in Europe.. that's the one thing that sucks...)
So I am getting reacclimated to being home after the last several months on the road. I am now caught up on Entourage, perhaps my favorite show on TV these days, (and an amazingly accurate depiction of life in entertainment world.. I know people like every character on the show).
We are now shifting our thoughts towards Europe. Right now we're going to take a realistic approach in that our first goal is to meet 1 JPF member in every region we visit. If we line that up, then we'll work for 1 in each city we pass through. Next, we'll look at setting up member gatherings in larger cities. If that is promising we may try to elevate some of those events to actual JPF Roadtrip Showcases like we do in North America. We have a few US members over there touring and doing stuff so those are easy targets to meet with, but we really want to meet locals as well. We don't have many European Message board users, so these folks will likely come from the general newsletter readers or the pool of award nominees/winners from years past. If we could do showcases, our first goals would be Amsterdam, Munich, Prague, Vienna (or Salzburg), Rome and Paris.
I put up the group photos from the US showcases. We have tons of additional photos (over 10K actually) and it will take a while to get through them and then get them posted.
We have a LOT of stuff going on behind the scenes here right now and since we'll be out of range so to speak for several months in Europe, we're trying to deal with all these issues before we leave. I may be taking a few trips to both coasts before we leave, so I may actually be busier now than I am on the road. I do hope to get back to posting on the boards more until we leave however. Once in Europe, I am guessing I'll be doing good to post a weekly update.
So did I miss anything while I was on the road?
Brian
PS: Football season is BACK! (I am going to miss at least 5 games in Europe.. that's the one thing that sucks...)
just kidding...wow cool trip!