I think that what did not work at the last one must be the contextual reference for what will work at the next one.
Listen, esteemed members of the Martial Talk Modern Arnis community. I started this thread after having read through all the old stuff regarding the first symposium in an effort to glean an insight into everyone's feelings on the possibility of another symposium. This thread is going exactly where I didn't want it to. My goal was certainly not to provide everyone with a reason to bite eachother's ears.
Surprisingly, earlier on in the thread, SM Dan Anderson selflessly proclaimed that he had been kicking the idea around. Since then, the thread has basically degenerated into off topic garbage that would be better solved offboard, if it can be solved at all. At any rate, that wasn't the point of the thread.
I respectfully request that this thread be closed, in hopes that we can put a lid on this can of worms that has inadvertently been opened. Let's allow SM Dan to have some time to consider, plan, communicate with whoever he needs, and basically execute his idea.
I'm certain that if SM Dan wants any other public input, he'll ask. Until then, this thread has gone way off topic, so if there's other crap that needs to be worked out publicly, start a new thread on it.
Thanks all for your input.
Dan Bowman