With Visual FoxPro work declining and Mcirosoft not "really" marketing the product, for anyone to hold a VFP Conference, you would think that anyone with a mind would understand that NOT many people are going to show up in the first place (as opposed top the old days when VFP was the Database King) and when you add a hotel cost of $239.00 per night to the conference costs, like "YEAH, RIGHT!". The question is, "What were they thinking?" comes to mind real fast.
I would say that the Barry CON would have been a better deal for a Western United States VFP Conference, for those who remember the Barry Cons in Costa Mesa, California. (This refers to Barry Lee, one fine organizer.)