I wonder if attendance might be better if we chose a midway point for the Valley folks and the Seattle crowd. Maybe someplace in PDX?
The only downside would be not having the opportunity to see Kevin's work firsthand and perhaps tour your amazing collection as well...but maybe Kevin would be more comfortable not having a bunch of folks tromping around at his place. If it was in PDX, that might be tempting enough for his former colleague who lives there to jump back into the breeding game...hmmmmmmm...