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Seriously, everything was incredible in Austin right down to this great hotel room with a picture perfect view of the Austin skyline and the river.  Every single person I met at this conference was warm, friendly and welcoming.  There was a lot (a shit-ton) of drinking going on but I kept myself in check until the night after my presentation which happened to be the last night of the conference.  I'm glad I did because I'm not cut out for the exhaustion anymore.

I had a list of things I needed to do: buy cowboy boots, eat BBQ, hear great local music, and find a sense of community within the cooperative movement.  I got all of it!  I was extremely blessed!