Steven Corfman ("CityGuard") in Good Spirits after Removal from Hotel Lobby

[carbonrichie]

I was expecting some of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wKo_...eature=related

[Doolally]

Glad to see your back and still in good spirits.

Although at times people can make you see red, life really is too short. I'm glad your handling it the way you are - shows dignity.

[chalkoutline]

Good to have you back, good to hear that you are okay and well done for handling it all so well.

[Caruso]

Remind me what the logistics of the incident were. Were GPWA reps actually INSIDE the CAP conference, or completely outside and in no way encroaching on the event?

[MichaelCorfman]

Remind me what the logistics of the incident were. Were GPWA reps actually INSIDE the CAP conference, or completely outside and in no way encroaching on the event?

Steven was in the lobby area of the hotel at the time of the incident since that was the agreed place for him to find an affiliate program rep he was about to go off and have a meeting with. Steven had been given an e-mail confirmation that he could attend he conference before the event and was provided a pass to the actual conference area on that basis several hours earlier in the day. But security guards had approached him about a half hour after he had been admitted and took his badge and told him that he was not welcome within the conference itself, but that it was acceptable for him to be in other areas of the hotel. So at the time of the incident Steven was in an area of the hotel he had previously been told was acceptable by the security guards.

But I don't think this is the right thing for us to be dwelling on right now. The conference organizers apologized for what happened, and they agreed that Steven should be allowed back into the hotel. What happened was a mistake, and as Steven said, he really wants everyone to move forward and for all of us to focus on helping one another. After all, that is what the GPWA should be all about.

Michael