Science Fair: Bla, call it what it is, Vendor Fair. Really not fun being pitched to and bribed with little toys and candy. Well the little toys and candy are kind of cool. I now have a new back massager, courtesy of Kintera, and desk clock, and envelope opener (with a sharp razor that made it onto the plane flying out of O'Hare i just realized), but vendors are too busy pitching for the most part to really listen to us about what we need.
Maybe turn the Fair on its head in the future, and let anyone who wants set up a table to talk about what they are doing and what the need, with a focus not on vendors, but organizations, and let the vendors circulate and talk to folks.
