Homebrew Con 2020 Nashville

[Yooper]

I'm scheduled to speak- but I just cancelled my room reservation. Not sure if it'll go on or not, and maybe I could go if it's on, but I can use the $200+ for the one night fee paid for the reservation. With Oktoberfest in Munich being cancelled, I just don't see this event happening.

 

[ChaosB]

I'm moving back to the states and Tennessee in late October as long as wave 2 of the virus doesn't screw things up. Hopefully there will be some other homebrew events around Nashville. I can't wait to get there.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

I'm scheduled to speak- but I just cancelled my room reservation. Not sure if it'll go on or not, and maybe I could go if it's on, but I can use the $200+ for the one night fee paid for the reservation. With Oktoberfest in Munich being cancelled, I just don't see this event happening.

Maybe I’m overly optimistic, it is about 6 weeks away, even NY state is going to start “opening up“ albeit slowly. In about 2 weeks or less TN will discover if their decision was wise.
Oktoberfest in Munich being cancelled was a surprise to me, but then reading their concerns regarding international visitors and the massive crowds they typically have, I get it. I had a trip to Maui planned for next month, obviously that’s not happening, right now visitors must quarantine for 14 days upon arrival and they have already arrested at lease one visitor for noncompliance that I’ve heard of.

Of course, depending on one‘s health travel and crowds could be off limits for a while even as the majority are out and about.

Sad too.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Canceled. Offering a virtual version for $99.

 

[Yooper]

Canceled. Offering a virtual version for $99.

I didn't know it had been announced yet. I was told to keep my mouth shut, so I did.

On a happier note, you could 'visit' my kitchen again! Bob would be my second-in-command this time and not my preferred @Melana.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

I got the email this AM. So yeah, I was overly optimistic, but since TN “opened up” I suspect they will be feeling the consequences soon. Yes to your kitchen!

 

[Yooper]

AND on a happy note- San Diego 2021! That was my all time favorite HBC venue and place.

My travel budget has not been touched for 2020, except for January when I did a full week at Walt Disney World with a friend as a "Disney for Grownups" trip. My Disney trip for next week with my grandkids has been refunded, my Nashville trip has been cancelled, and it looks like the rest of this year is out as well.

So I'll have money for Belgium and San Diego (and Disney) next year!

Let's all plan on San Diego, looking forward to getting together and sharing beers again.

 

[CascadesBrewer]

Canceled. Offering a virtual version for $99.

I am kinda wondering what would make the event worth $99 since the recording will be available online for AHA members (at least I assume they will be like prior years). The page says:

"Three days of 20+ live seminars, meet-ups, and sponsored demos. All seminars are online and will be accessible after the event."

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

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I am kinda wondering what would make the event worth $99 since the recording will be available online for AHA members (at least I assume they will be like prior years). The page says:

"Three days of 20+ live seminars, meet-ups, and sponsored demos. All seminars are online and will be accessible after the event."

I know what you mean, perhaps there will be raffles, certainly opportunity to ask questions, because you cannot ask the recorded seminar a question. I suppose AHA had unreimbursed expenses for this and are paying for a platform to have the virtual conference. So the purchase (which I haven’t yet decided) will support the association and the speakers who have volunteered their time and effort to present.

 

[SteveH aka shetc]

Honestly don't get the $99 charge. Make it free to paid up members.

 

[matt_m]

We were supposed to go to San Diego in March. Economics permitting maybe we we will reschedule that trip to coincide.

Based on the virtual conference I attended last week I'm unlikely to attend another. No way I'd pay for one. Watching way too much TV as it is and it felt like poorly produced YouTube content. I get that they have to pay for the platform and the presenters aren't professional producers but right now bad screen time is just the last thing I need.

 

[Yooper]

I've been really enjoying my virtual beer tastings and things, but I can see how it could be "bad screen time". But I've been watching some TV lately (not a TV watcher as a rule) and watched The Voice on Monday- and it was a pretty great production. Oh, I know that presenters for HomebrewCon won't be shipped thousands of dollars worth of studio equipment, but maybe it will be more professional than my Jitsi soapmaking class @Hoppy2bmerry!

I'm pretty sure she mostly saw my left armpit and my nose in that class.

 

[CascadesBrewer]

I've been really enjoying my virtual beer tastings and things, but I can see how it could be "bad screen time".

I had two work conferences that shifted to virtual and they were both quite disappointing. Hopefully the AHA can pull it off! I might be willing to throw $99 at them to help out with the losses from the conference and competition.

Issue #1 was that both conferences had outages and access problems at the start. Even tech companies that are in the role of building enterprise scale solutions have had issues with the volume. Given that the keynote is during the day on a Thursday and this is a paid event, the traffic might not be terrible, but I would suggest some type of an optional event (meet and greet, Q&A, etc.) before the keynote as a trial run.

The bigger issue for me is that it is really boring to watch somebody sitting at their computer wearing a headset like they are streaming on Twitch or on a Zoom meeting. If you and other presenters could track down and share info on how to effectively present virtually it might help.

 

[Yooper]

The bigger issue for me is that it is really boring to watch somebody sitting at their computer wearing a headset like they are streaming on Twitch or on a Zoom meeting. If you and other presenters could track down and share info on how to effectively present virtually it might help.

We definitely won't be sitting at a computer. Well, at least I wouldn't be. I'm way too active for that. This year, my talk is on "Wine, mead, and cidermaking for brewers, using equipment you already have" as the topic- so that's hands-on and not theory. I have no idea yet what they will provide for training, the format, etc. In the past I've had powerpoint, samples of my products (last two years was on alternative fermentations, mostly food and kombucha) but never giving a speech type of presentation. I think it depends greatly on the topic of course.