This morning, I was reading Seth Godin's Blog (http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/01/love-and-annoyi.html) and his first paragraph is absolutely great:
"The goal is to create a product that people love. If people love it, they'll forgive a lot. They'll talk about it. They'll promote it. They'll come back. They'll be less price sensitive. They'll bring their friends. They'll work with you to make it better."
This is one of the best descriptions I've ever read describing what I'd like to see happen with our hamfest. Building our hamfest so people love the concepts and are willing to tell their friends (and everyone they meet) about it is what we should all be working towards. And if this concept of product love is expanded throughout the ham community, people new to our hobby will be far more likely to get involved.
What would make product love a part of our Hamfest for you? Please feel free to leave your thoughts and comments on the Santa Barbara Section Hamfest forum at:
Marvin, KE6HTS
PS - The second part of the blog post deals with making the product less annoying to promote the product. In our case, this looks like taking giant steps backwards!