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I voted "Dallas" but much prefer the west side of the metroplex.

As of the time of this post, I'm surprised that there
are more votes for Dallas than Houston, since my perception
is that Houston has a larger population and plenty of forum members.

I voted Dallas (I'm here) and Austin (could visit my AK-47 grabbing son)
but if it was held in Lufkin we could all swarm longtooth's house and
shoot at his gun-friendly HOA (Home Owner's Assn). :-)

SIA

I had to vote "Lufkin", but only because it was the safest and closest location to NE Tx on the list. I don't do the "big city" thing unless it's an absolute necessity.

surv

Perhaps I missed it, but are there any dates planned yet?

BTW...Voted Houston but will travel.

It looks like Dallas is winning out so far, but I'd be willing to bet that most of them live in Fort Worth and points West. Would you consider moving it to the Mid Cities? Most of us don't care much for the "Far East".

I think I may have been unclear on the purpose of this poll. I'm not trying to find a single location for seminars. The seminars are going to be offered all over the State; I'm just trying to judge interest in various areas based on people here on the TexasCHLforum. It's not a "winner takes all" situation

That said, when we start scheduling seminars in less populated areas, we'll need to see how many people we will have, after publicizing the event. We obviously can't fly to El Paso or Lubbock for 5 or 6 people, but again, this is just judging interest here on the forum.

Thanks,
Chas.

Charles, can you give us some idea how long the seminar will be? A couple of hours? Half a day? All day?

I'm working on sponsorship for the Dallas event, and I think I have a good prospect in place, but I need a little more detail.

Also, will you want refreshments to be available? If so, sodas, coffee and cookies? What about lunch?

Will you need a projector to display documents? A computer?

Thanks again for offering to do this. We'll try to make sure your Dallas experience is first class.

baldeagle wrote:Charles, can you give us some idea how long the seminar will be? A couple of hours? Half a day? All day?

I'm working on sponsorship for the Dallas event, and I think I have a good prospect in place, but I need a little more detail.

Also, will you want refreshments to be available? If so, sodas, coffee and cookies? What about lunch?

Will you need a projector to display documents? A computer?

Thanks again for offering to do this. We'll try to make sure your Dallas experience is first class.

How long would depend upon how many seminars the sponsor wants to offer. My Texas Self-Defense & Deadly Force Laws Seminar typically runs 2.5 to 3 hrs. depending upon the number of questions. With an audience we may see at your location, I would expect a full 3 hrs and perhaps more. I always agree to stay after the formal seminar is over to answer questions or talk with people. Steve's Awareness and Donna's Ladies Issues seminars run about 45 minutes to an hour each. If we ran all three of those together, then we should look at a Saturday with a lunch break after the deadly force seminar. I'm happy to do whatever you think your audience may want. We can even add the Ladies Self-Defense Informational Seminar (1.5 hrs.) and/or a Concealed Carry - How To clinic (1.5 hrs.) if you want to make it a full day event, but it would be a very long day! I don't suggest trying to do all of them on one day. Would it be possible to get a feel for what your intended audience may want?

I have my own computer and can bring a projector, but if that equipment is already available, we can simply bring our PowerPoint presentations on a USB drive and use your gear. If we're in an auditorium setting, I presume it will already have a PA system.

Chas.

Have you ever video taped these seminars?

I will do my absolute best to attend them all in person, but it sure would be handy to have them on my PC for when I'd like a quick refresher.

Charles L. Cotton wrote:How long would depend upon how many seminars the sponsor wants to offer. My Texas Self-Defense & Deadly Force Laws Seminar typically runs 2.5 to 3 hrs. depending upon the number of questions. With an audience we may see at your location, I would expect a full 3 hrs and perhaps more. I always agree to stay after the formal seminar is over to answer questions or talk with people. Steve's Awareness and Donna's Ladies Issues seminars run about 45 minutes to an hour each. If we ran all three of those together, then we should look at a Saturday with a lunch break after the deadly force seminar. I'm happy to do whatever you think your audience may want. We can even add the Ladies Self-Defense Informational Seminar (1.5 hrs.) and/or a Concealed Carry - How To clinic (1.5 hrs.) if you want to make it a full day event, but it would be a very long day! I don't suggest trying to do all of them on one day. Would it be possible to get a feel for what your intended audience may want?

I have my own computer and can bring a projector, but if that equipment is already available, we can simply bring our PowerPoint presentations on a USB drive and use your gear. If we're in an auditorium setting, I presume it will already have a PA system.

Chas.

Here's one possibility. We could do your seminar, which is half a day, break for lunch, then do Steve's Awareness and Donna's Ladies Issues and gauge interest for the other two. If there's enough interest, we could schedule a second seminar date that would include the Ladies Self-Defense Informational Seminar and the Concealed Carry - How To seminar, which would be another half day.

Or we could do your seminar and Steve's Awareness talk before lunch (say 8 AM to 12:30 PM), then schedule a second day for Donna's Ladies Issues, the Ladies Self-Defense Informational Seminar and the Concealed Carry - How To seminar.

Our auditoriums are equipped with podiums that have built-in controls for the projector and screen(s) (some have multiple screens) and the PA system as well as a computer and connections for your own laptop. If you need wireless internet access, I can set that up for you as well. If you use the podium computer, it already has an internet connection, so all you would need to do is plug in your USB. The computers are running Office 2007.

If you want to capture the seminars on video, we may be able to do that as well, but I think that would cost some money.

I'd take a poll of those expressing interest in attending at your venue and ask them which they'd most like to see then would plan accordingly. Since you're at a college campus, are you working with any student groups? It would be a good leadership opportunity for them to be in on the planning and implementation and would increase their involvement.

Hoi Polloi wrote:I'd take a poll of those expressing interest in attending at your venue and ask them which they'd most like to see then would plan accordingly. Since you're at a college campus, are you working with any student groups? It would be a good leadership opportunity for them to be in on the planning and implementation and would increase their involvement.

I take it you're asking me this question. At first I wanted to work with the Students For Concealed Carry On Campus, but that organization seems to be fading away, because its leader is graduating. However, he recommended that I talk to the Comet Conservatives. Two of their leaders were involved in an empty holster protest on campus and are very pro-gun. So, I sent them both email today. Hopefully they will answer soon.

baldeagle wrote:

Hoi Polloi wrote:I'd take a poll of those expressing interest in attending at your venue and ask them which they'd most like to see then would plan accordingly. Since you're at a college campus, are you working with any student groups? It would be a good leadership opportunity for them to be in on the planning and implementation and would increase their involvement.

I take it you're asking me this question. At first I wanted to work with the Students For Concealed Carry On Campus, but that organization seems to be fading away, because its leader is graduating. However, he recommended that I talk to the Comet Conservatives. Two of their leaders were involved in an empty holster protest on campus and are very pro-gun. So, I sent them both email today. Hopefully they will answer soon.

Yes, sorry. I'm currently mouse-less and it makes navigating interesting. I sent you a PM as well.

surprise_i'm_armed wrote:As of the time of this post, I'm surprised that there
are more votes for Dallas than Houston, since my perception
is that Houston has a larger population and plenty of forum members.

Houston (2.26 million) has a larger population than Dallas (1.3 million), but the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area (6.448 million) is larger than the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown metropolitan area (5.867 million).

As a city, Houston is ranked 4th in the nation while Dallas is ranked 9th (Fort Worth is 17, Arlington is 49, Plano is 69, Garland is 92, Irving is 101, Grand Prairie is 144. . . then you get to the next Houston-area town - Pasadena at 162. . .before Mesquite rings in at 184 and Carrollton at 188, McKinney at 190, Denton at 202, etc.).

As a metro area, DFW is ranked 4th in the nation while Houston is ranked 6th.

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As far as forum members. . . I dunno.

This just makes me want to move. Can I get broadband in Jacksboro?

baldeagle wrote:

Charles L. Cotton wrote:How long would depend upon how many seminars the sponsor wants to offer. My Texas Self-Defense & Deadly Force Laws Seminar typically runs 2.5 to 3 hrs. depending upon the number of questions. With an audience we may see at your location, I would expect a full 3 hrs and perhaps more. I always agree to stay after the formal seminar is over to answer questions or talk with people. Steve's Awareness and Donna's Ladies Issues seminars run about 45 minutes to an hour each. If we ran all three of those together, then we should look at a Saturday with a lunch break after the deadly force seminar. I'm happy to do whatever you think your audience may want. We can even add the Ladies Self-Defense Informational Seminar (1.5 hrs.) and/or a Concealed Carry - How To clinic (1.5 hrs.) if you want to make it a full day event, but it would be a very long day! I don't suggest trying to do all of them on one day. Would it be possible to get a feel for what your intended audience may want?

I have my own computer and can bring a projector, but if that equipment is already available, we can simply bring our PowerPoint presentations on a USB drive and use your gear. If we're in an auditorium setting, I presume it will already have a PA system.

Chas.

Here's one possibility. We could do your seminar, which is half a day, break for lunch, then do Steve's Awareness and Donna's Ladies Issues and gauge interest for the other two. If there's enough interest, we could schedule a second seminar date that would include the Ladies Self-Defense Informational Seminar and the Concealed Carry - How To seminar, which would be another half day.

Or we could do your seminar and Steve's Awareness talk before lunch (say 8 AM to 12:30 PM), then schedule a second day for Donna's Ladies Issues, the Ladies Self-Defense Informational Seminar and the Concealed Carry - How To seminar.

Our auditoriums are equipped with podiums that have built-in controls for the projector and screen(s) (some have multiple screens) and the PA system as well as a computer and connections for your own laptop. If you need wireless internet access, I can set that up for you as well. If you use the podium computer, it already has an internet connection, so all you would need to do is plug in your USB. The computers are running Office 2007.

If you want to capture the seminars on video, we may be able to do that as well, but I think that would cost some money.

If possible I would prefer to do mine the same day as Steve to minimize time spent on the road. Two day events are hard on the speakers especially if married speakers are on two different days!