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Last October's 2nd International Conference on Genetic Genealogy was held in Washington DC, and it was great. Holding it in DC allowed Spencer Wells and the Genographic team to actively participate.
Let me be the first to inquire about this year's conference and make the case that the conference should be again held in Washington DC. I've heard rumors that Bennett is leaning towards Houston so that he can save money and sleep in his own bed.
The reasons that Washington DC is a good idea again include:
1. Washington DC is a genealogist' Mcca with the DAR library, National Archives, and numerous specialty research locations (e.g., NGS, etc.)
2. Washington DC provides a lot of other tourist attractions for wives and children not interested in hearing of the subtleties on SNP testing. Participants don't need cars to get around or to hit the town at night.
3. Washington DC provides excellent airline access.
4. It's really time for a Genographics update and we're more likely to get Spencer's team's participation if we hold this in DC.
5. Washington DC is a hub of genetic research and additional speakers or participants can be recruited from NIST, National Science Foundation, NIH, FBI, etc.
6. The FTDNA lab rats deserve to get out of Arizona and have some fun. I don't think that the girls had any complaints about the night life in Adams Morgan from the last conference.
7. National Geographic's facilities were excellent for holding a large conference.
8. Keeping the conference on the east coast will encourage the conference to be truly international. Let's face it -- more international participants are likely to come from Europe than Asia.
9 Houston is ... well Houston. Enough said.
So Bennett, Max, what do you say? Ready to come back to DC?
In a subsequent post, I'll provide some suggestions on some ideas to approve the conference.
Let me be the first to inquire about this year's conference and make the case that the conference should be again held in Washington DC. I've heard rumors that Bennett is leaning towards Houston so that he can save money and sleep in his own bed.
The reasons that Washington DC is a good idea again include:
1. Washington DC is a genealogist' Mcca with the DAR library, National Archives, and numerous specialty research locations (e.g., NGS, etc.)
2. Washington DC provides a lot of other tourist attractions for wives and children not interested in hearing of the subtleties on SNP testing. Participants don't need cars to get around or to hit the town at night.
3. Washington DC provides excellent airline access.
4. It's really time for a Genographics update and we're more likely to get Spencer's team's participation if we hold this in DC.
5. Washington DC is a hub of genetic research and additional speakers or participants can be recruited from NIST, National Science Foundation, NIH, FBI, etc.
6. The FTDNA lab rats deserve to get out of Arizona and have some fun. I don't think that the girls had any complaints about the night life in Adams Morgan from the last conference.
7. National Geographic's facilities were excellent for holding a large conference.
8. Keeping the conference on the east coast will encourage the conference to be truly international. Let's face it -- more international participants are likely to come from Europe than Asia.
9 Houston is ... well Houston. Enough said.
So Bennett, Max, what do you say? Ready to come back to DC?
In a subsequent post, I'll provide some suggestions on some ideas to approve the conference.
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