Before the NPAC stops rattling around in my head, I want to take a moment to mention the conference’s conspicuous absence of summer music festival managers and board members. It is no secret why they are represented in such low numbers as the timing for most annual conventions fall smack dab at the beginning of their crunch time and jetting away for several days is usually not a luxury they can afford. As a result, I’ve always thought that it would be useful if they could have their own mini-conference during a time of year when they aren’t immersed in active production and operational craziness. An upshot of this is they would automatically have an environment focused on their specialty and given the rise in popularity of festivals among concert-goers, it seems like getting them all together in the same place to discuss shared issues would be a good idea. But that’s just my opinion; instead, I want to know what you think:
