Sunday River Trade Show

On Thursday September 15th, our sophomore ski practicum class attended a trade show at Sunday River in Maine. We all met at 6 a.m and dressed apporpriately and ready to go. Then we took 3 vans on a 2 hour ride up to Sunday River. When we finally arrived to the show we recieved name tags and then proceeded of to a nice breakfast. After breakfast is when we got to walk around and start asking questions. My first person i talked to was Matt Vanderbrook the sales manager for a wind turbine company. My question was how, how much is a brand new turbine. His anser was that " it depends on alot of factors like things such as land and the location you want it". Matt was very nice and very helpfull to talk to. The next person i talked to was Christine powell from the red cross. I asked her the question, how many pints of blood get donated a day in total? Her answer was simple, " 800 pints". She was also very easy to talk to. The next person i went tos name was Bill and he was representing Lenco snow making machines. My question for him was that, yeah electric macines are alot more efficient than manually doing them, but doesnt it make them hard to fix? Bills answer was yes. He said it does take a little longer to fix them if they are electric rather than manual. because there is more to them. The next person that i visited was a reprsentative for Leitner- Poma. Her name was Patti Dykeman and she was their sales manager. The question i asked her was, how many lifts do they sell on average in a year. Her response was "About 10".
For my last question I talked to Chris Rousseau of the National Ski Patrol. He was first talking about salary and how patrollers do not make that much money. I asked him though if his job was worth it, even though he doesnt make alot alot. His reply was, " deffinately! My job is very rewarding and we really make a difference in peoples lives everyday". Throughout the day I  kept asking questions as they came up. Overall today was so awesome! I got to sit in many different groomers and have conversations with many important people in the indusrty. I learned alot today, and i would really like to go again next year!