Re: [Harp-L] My two cents and more either (long)

["Tim Moyer" <wmharps@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nicolas Fouquet wrote:
> Of course, we all wish that SPAH could be bigger, but then, 
> think about flatable baloons: it is grows, grows and grows 
> until... BANG!!

Rather than that analogy I think about what they always say in 
business: if you're not growing, you're dying.  

I think it could never be a bad thing to try to draw a larger 
audience to the conventions and to SPAH in general.  More people 
means more ideas, more money, greater ability to do new things (like 
hold contests?), greater ability to recruit, more benefits for 
members.  

I'm not specifically advocating harmonica contests; I wouldn't 
participate, and generally don't see the value in these things, but 
neither do I think they're inherently harmful.  But I'm not opposed 
to trying it to see if it has a beneficial effect on publicity or 
recruiting.  

-working man time