It sounds like a great idea. Advice: 1) Choose an airline hub city, where a major airline routes traffic through to cut down on air fares. Midwest USA would be best, since it's the cheapest trip for most of us. St. Louis or Chicago aren't bad ideas. I'd lean towards St. Louis in the late summer before the kids start school, since the weather will be nice then, and it can be planned as a family vacation. I'd prefer Chicago personally though, it has more art museums. 2) Give yourself at least 6 months to organize. I'd think that for the first convention, you'd want longer to get things organized. 3) Encourage different cities to have their own hospitality rooms. This could also encourage Poser local organizations to develope. Also have presentations on different things. Poser and Bryce, Fairies for everyone, How to deal with the TOS, etc. 4) Get the corporate sponsors signed on first. Daz and Poser Pro's, Zygote, CL itself, should all be contributing. The 'sity and rDNA would of course be participating. Encourage them to announce a major product at special presentation. 5) Take a page from the Sci-Fi and Fantasy cons, and have events organized. The Ball is a great idea. So would be a live NVIAT and NDINT wet t-shirt contest (always my favorite). 6) Have a lecture series. Poser Figure Creation, modeling in MAX, Lightwave, etc, Postwork, texture making, animation. 7) Have people in the know in the host city prepare suggestions and maybe organized trips to local clubs, art galleries, and museums. It's always more fun with a group. 8) Finally, do it right the first time. Go to good 3D and Sci-Fi cons and get ideas. Find an organizer to spearpoint the whole thing. Someone who's helped organize a convention before, perferably in the choice of host city. Announce early and sell tickets to help pay for it. It'd be nice to go to Australia or London, but most people here are in the U.S. and not made of money. Choose the city based on what's cheapest for the most people, while still providing the most to do.