@ezcheese15, have you followed the progression of the Convention the last several years??
It is pretty clear, the only way to keep the convention alive is to have it in it's current format. The 1 a year thing was tried and failed on more than one occassions. Also, it is extremely difficult to grasp the logistics and planning which go into planning one of these (so much so that the planning for the following years' Convention began more than 1 year out!!!)
Also, the community is not like it was a decade ago. Alomst ALL the OGS have since moved on and although there are still some OGS left, the majority of the community members simply do not have the means to follow the Convention all over the country. That and in all honesty, the ones who are out there campaigning (met two guys last week at a NASA event at Summit who NEVER visit this site!) haven't a single clue of the convention
This issue crops up every year and it's the same answer: Go plan it yourself and make it happen.
It is pretty clear, the only way to keep the convention alive is to have it in it's current format. The 1 a year thing was tried and failed on more than one occassions. Also, it is extremely difficult to grasp the logistics and planning which go into planning one of these (so much so that the planning for the following years' Convention began more than 1 year out!!!)
Also, the community is not like it was a decade ago. Alomst ALL the OGS have since moved on and although there are still some OGS left, the majority of the community members simply do not have the means to follow the Convention all over the country. That and in all honesty, the ones who are out there campaigning (met two guys last week at a NASA event at Summit who NEVER visit this site!) haven't a single clue of the convention
This issue crops up every year and it's the same answer: Go plan it yourself and make it happen.