Sorry this is late. Corey and I flew there on Wed 8/3 and returned 8/8 and have been busy getting back to life responsibilities. I ran the consignment area using the new POS system that was first used at VCF East by Jeff Salzman, Alex Jaccocks, Jonthan Sturges and the consignment crew. There were some major setup problems and delays, but when I got it working it worked fantastic! Very fast checkout most of the time. Good thing because there was a line of 100 people waiting for it to open! Lots of stuff sold and lots of money came in. Corey handled the Front Desk and gave a talk as well. VCF had to switch from PayPal to Square due to shipping problems of our PayPal credit readers and due to PayPal buying iZettle and having to buy new readers. Square seems better and works well. Lots of great exhibits. I didn't have much time to look at them, but they looked fun. The talks are currently being processed and edited and should be available within a month or so. *Now for Erik Klein's Report on the show:* *===============* *For starters, I wanted to repeat that this was, by far, our biggest event ever. 11 speakers and 48 exhibitors are both records over the 25 years of the VCF.* *Beyond that, we had a great turnout with over 1,100 people enjoying the event over the course of the weekend. I'm sure Covid fears and related concerns probably shaved a bit off of that total, but it's still quite impressive.* *That is a testament to how much our hobby has grown and to how creative and compelling your exhibits and talks are.* *This event couldn't happen without your passion, commitment and support and, for all of that and all of your time and effort, I thank you!* *I'd also like to thank all of the volunteers who came out this weekend to keep things running smoothly. You looked tired by the end, but it was a happy tired, and I really appreciated all of the help you provided.* *Yeah, we definitely had a few issues with consignment. The new system is experiencing some growing pains but we learned a lot and I'm certain it will be a LOT better next year. Please accept my apologies for the lines, the waits and the other inconsistencies. Debugging is in progress.* *With this email I'm going to take a few days off from VCF, but, like you, I'll be back at it in no time.* *All the best, in vintage computing and elsewhere,* *=====================* ========================================= Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President Vintage Computer Festival East Showrunner Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity https://vcfed.org/ <http://www.vcfed.org/> jeffrey@vcfed.org