We tend to forget that a major percentage of the nation's notaries are employees of various types of businesses that have some kind of regular need for docs to be notarized. I started out that way myself. When you have a full time job and your company is picking up the expenses, these little 'conferences' are a great way to get away from the office for a few days on your expense account. At many companies, it isn't too difficult to convince the boss that it's important for you to attend to 'stay current'... Once you get there, attending everything is optional.
If XYZ wasn't making money at these events, they'd stop holding them. I agree, though, that for self-employed folks like us, it's a pretty big waste of time and money. |