Post #596213 by Dr. Zarkov on Tue, Jul 5, 2011 8:48 AM

On 2011-07-05 00:25, christiki295 wrote:

[i]On 2011-07-04 16:15, Okolehao wrote:

I've been thinking the same thing about an event there. Point me to the thread if it's already been discussed. It would be wonderful to have something like an indoor Oasis/Hukilau there during the bad months of winter. Lot's of ballroom space.

Nice idea!

As some of you know, I have a weekly radio show of Hawaiian, exotica and jazz. (You can see my playlists in the music thread under Dr. Zarkov's Tiki Lounge). I also work for the International Warehouse Logistics Association, which will hold its 2012 annual convention next March at the San Francisco Fairmont. Last week I had an email exchange with a woman on the association's board who also sits on the board of the Cleveland Pops Orchestra, and who I am advising about the possibility of the orchestra holding an exotica or Tiki-themed concert event in some future season. In the email exchange, I told her I had hosted a logistics-themed radio show in early April and she suggested that our association hold an event during our convention for our members in the Tonga Room, with me DJing. My boss, the president of IWLA, who was included in the email exchange, replied that he thought that was a terrific idea -- assuming that we could line up sponsors to help pay the $40,000 buy-in the hotel requires!

[ Edited by: Dr. Zarkov 2011-07-05 08:54 ]