David,

In Rodneys case, I dont think that the ARA show would hold anything new for him to see or spark his fertile imagination any further than he could himself. i.e he has found production and product solutions himself..a matter of neccessity in South Africa, despite the 40 million population.

What it has developed however, is an ingenious, resorceful, problem solving engineer...someone the entire industry could gain knowledge, tips, and in depth invaluable skills and information from.
Rodney is not locked into one type of engraving/ routing/ marking technology, therefore his ability and skills are multifaceted with a range of machinery.

Push the right buttons David..everyone that would sit in on a Rodney seminar would come away , much wiser...

and in the end ..it would be totally without company agenda..

I have never met Rodney, however I have seen his responses on several forums and he has passed on some valuable info to me via this site and emails.

And the one thing that we have all gained here is Rodneys desire to share his knowledge, despite the fact that he leaves nothing hidden, even from his local opposition....and at the end of the day, it hasnt weakened his position...it has made his business much stronger..

Much to be learnt from this man.

regards
Peter :-) 

Hi David,

I think that your proposal is an excellent one.
I would definitely make the trip back to Vegas for such an event.
Much of what Rodney does parallels what we do or would like to do.
I'm sure with an organized curriculum many equipment and consumable manufacturers would happily subsidize the expenses if their products were "promoted" during the seminar, especially when approached by a man of your salemanship and experience.
Advanced seminar sales would cover the rest of the expenses to pay Rodney's way. Door sales would provide the icing.

Now get to work on this so I can start planning my trip ;-)