CoffeeGeek Podcast 036 - Interview with Rob Stephen, SCAA Chairperson

Show Notes Interview with Rob Stephen, 2006 SCAA Conference Chair How Charlotte was chosen as the location for the 2006 conference (2:29) Conference attendance (5:06) The culinary track and conference programming (5:58) What the Conference Chair does (8:31) Getting back to the business of coffee (11:38) The business growth track (14:13) Mark asks Rob some hard questions regarding the future of the SCAA: - About regional events and diversifying revenue sources; setting the stage with more transparency and new avenues of communication (17:18) - Where will the SCAA be in terms of satisfaction by next year’s conference? (26:51) - A brief interlude as Nick Cho crashes the podcast… (28:19) (that bastard! ;)) - Looking to Long Beach (29:38) - The SCAA's Chronicle (print and PDF newsletter) to return (30:43)