Pam, I know that it is a sales pitch. We have been a number of times before. I actually consider it a high point of the trip. I love meeting other members and the free rolls and coffee aren't bad either. I have even met a number of DIS members while at these meetings. It is really fun to chat with people from the board who are members too. I guess that I will have to forego the meeting this trip since I haven't heard of anyone mentioning that VWL has one. I really like the trivia questions with prizes that they do too!