Comments on: 2009 SBC Annual Meeting Review, Part 2

By: Dwight Crowley

Dwight Crowley — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:45:43 +0000

Shuttle Bus??? When I booked my hotel it was ON the shuttle bus route. I was later notified by e-mail that it had been REMOVED from the route. There were no rooms left in another hotel that was on the route. The hotel refused to use its airport shutlle for the convention route so I had to use the excellent taxi services. This added about $35.00 a day to my convention expense. The SBC needs to do better. By the way, the little donuts were excellent.

By: Louis

Louis — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:43:06 +0000

Great observations.

I missed Cave Hill. I will get there one day. Am reading the new history of Southern Seminary by Dr. Greg Wills. It will make the trip more meaningful when I go.

I did not care for driving back and fourth to the Convention site either. But downtown Louisville was nice.

Agree about the convention hall. It seemed small.

The change in the staging and platform was fantastic. I could not put my finger on all the changes as you did, but it was much more observer friendly.

Registration is super easy. Very nice.

Barry McCarty is superb.

Glad you explained the mic thing. I wasn’t following what that was all about, but it makes sense.

Louis

By: Stuart

Stuart — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:35:54 +0000

Tim,

It was more of a historical observation than anything else I suppose.

By: Tim Rogers

Tim Rogers — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:50:05 +0000

Brother Stuart,

I don’t know if you made it by the SWBTS booth this year, but they certainly did not seem to have a “prime” location. Of course they were opposite SBTS, who was also on the back row facing the back of the hall. I heard that toward the end of the convention SWBTS and SBTS went after each other with those bats handed out by the Southern Baptist Foundation. :)

Blessings,
Tim

By: Stuart

Stuart — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:20:53 +0000

RE: Exhibit Hall

If I was a vendor or exhibitor and I knew that Lifeway, Guidestone, IMB, NAMB, Exec.Comm., and the seminaries all had a preferred space, followed by MABTS, Union, Criswell College, Bapt. College of Florida, etc. Followed by Olan Mills and the Van people, THEN I’d finally get my spot assigned, somewhere along the last row facing the back wall of the exhibit hall…I’d probably stop bothering, too.

Don’t misunderstand. Obviously, the convention owned and supported entities should get the prime real estate. But we shouldn’t be surprised if smaller organizations or ministries decide the return isn’t worth their investment.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:44:06 +0000

The food court was way over priced the catfish was good though. The donuts were great but you would go broke getting full. I thought the meeting was nice this is the first one I have been to. I did think it needed to be closer to the hotels and food but loved the city of Lousiville I am a southerner at heart

By: Wes Kenney

Wes Kenney — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:24:12 +0000

Well, David, you missed a blessing there. Scott and I shared an order of them (must have been predestined), and they tasted every bit as good as they smelled. They might have even been as good as the sausages in my previous comment…

By: volfan007

volfan007 — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:06:11 +0000

I regret that I never made it to the tiny donuts stand. It always smelled so good, and it seemed to be saying,”David, come to us. Buy us. You’ll like us.” But alas, for some reason, I could not quite get there for one reason or another. You might call it fate. I dont know.

David

By: Wes Kenney

Wes Kenney — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:52:54 +0000

Yes, the food court was inconvenient and overpriced, but that bratwurst with sauerkraut was incredibly delicious.

By: WesInTex

WesInTex — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:05:06 +0000

Bart,

This was our first time back to the convention after several years. We enjoyed Louisville and even made the pilgrimage to THE Southern Baptist Theological Seminary ;-) I thought the convention ran smoothly enough but like you, we didn’t enjoy the food courts. They were rather expensive and – can anyone say salad????

What I did enjoy was the reminder that we are a part of something much bigger than just our little spot in Coahoma. For all its faults, I am grateful to be a part of the SBC. I still say it’s the best thing going.

Grace,
Wes