Right after I read this last post, I decided to go back & listen to the show that Farly (AVN) & Far-L (HomeGrown) did with us:
http://www.greenguysboard.com/radio/ggaj051206.mp3
I was going to make a little "clip show" of sorts & 20 minutes into it, I realized I was the only thing I took out was the show intro & 2 minutes of introductions.
Go back & listen to this show again - I know, it's long (90 minutes)
I'm 30 minutes into it & so far I've heard that $170 is a reasonable price for the badge (up to $250 this year), that the show floor is the place to meet people & do business (if there was no poker tournament, it'd have been empty), that the seminars will be great for learning & very informative (in the basement with a lot of crowd noise & staff waling around)
Listen to all the promises that were made before last years show & seriously rethink all of this.
I think you're wasting your time.