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Calm Before the Storm: Showtime

All the hundreds hours of planning, labor, leg work, reservations, and the many other activities that go into planning for the conference all culminate in the start tomorrow. How much time goes into planning and preparing for one of these things? Think of the time AAPA staff puts in; the hours all the speakers use to prepare; the work of all the governance groups to prepare resolutions and review for HOD; the labor of all the delegates to read them all and prepare the solemn and serious business of creating and altering AAPA policy; all the time of every constituent org who meets, prepares, and contributes; related work by hotel and convention workers to meet our needs and keep us moving through the whole experience; it's mind-boggling.

I saw a speaker recently, who talked about an estimate he had seen of the number of hours that it has taken to create Wikipedia: 100 million! Wonder what the tally would be if you added up all the hours of every task done by anyone related to the annual conference. I bet it be a very big number. So thanks to everyone, anywhere, who has done anything to prepare for our visit. Let the three-ring circus begin!