I hope the drama stays on other forums, and doesn't distract from what's going on here!
More chaos for Flag Down as venue changesThe Flag Down conference is going through more upheaval as a new venue will host speakers Friday, and the event’s primary local organizer announces she is washing her hands of the whole thing.According to the original schedule, Thursday was supposed to feature a beach party with speakers returning to Minnreg Hall in Largo on Friday evening. But this afternoon, a live feed suddenly came on, with Pete Griffiths announcing that Friday night’s program will occur at a Holiday Inn near the beach. Shortly after the live feed began today, local organizer Laura Flynn announced that she was no longer connected to the event.So what happened? We talked with one of the organizers of the event who is in from out of town.“John Sweeney was upset that the first night was really unprofessional,” we were told. Sweeney usually uses a video presentation when he speaks, and he was stunned that he couldn’t do that at Minnreg Hall on Monday night.“He encouraged us to find a better venue,” the organizer says. “Minnreg is just a gym, it’s not really a conference hall. We had to put people on milk crates because the podium was too high. It was embarrassing.”When the participants came to Clearwater Beach today, two of them went looking for a better venue, and found it at the Holiday Inn. They booked it, and will not return to Minnreg on Friday.This afternoon, they decided to put on some additional speakers, and asked to use a room at Post Corner Pizza. That’s where the live feed is coming from right now, but we’re told the wifi there has severe problems.But the organizers are hoping for a much better final night, with Jamie DeWolf and John Sweeney at the Holiday Inn.“We’re trying to make the last night more professional.”When we pointed out that Laura Flynn had publicly resigned when tonight’s live feed had begun, the organizer told us, “We were not expecting anything different.”
ravenanon said: ↑I am posting here to go on public record that Mark Bunker walked in and I walked out and no interactions with him. My name is on the protest permits for Atl and I discuss things with the police when needed. I will not risk my ability to protest in order to humor the mark bunker show.The two speakers I heard were outstanding and I learned a lot from them.I'm posting this wherever I can to make it clear I had zero interaction with him.
To those that rocked it congratulations.