VCFMW20 Post-Show

VCF Midwest 20 happened! Nothing big went wrong! And to us, that means “success”.

Here is a survey for attendees, prospective attendees, exhibitors, speakers and volunteers. You would be doing us a big favor by filling it out. (The same survey was sent out via the mailing list earlier this week, so if you’ve already filled that one out, there is no need to do it again.)

VCFMW20 By-the-Numbers:

  • 66,000 square feet of floor space
  • 245 Exhibitors registered (as of Friday set-up)
  • 3554 linear feet of table space used (not including vendor-supplied tabling)
  • 3000 badges printed (ran out early afternoon Saturday)
  • 5000-6000 attendees
  • 1163 T-Shirts printed
  • 81 items auctioned
  • Over 139 kilowatts of power capacity (and still popping circuits!)
  • 21 presentations (and two musical concerts)
  • 89 exhibits subscribed to ShadyTel services, with 72 requesting services beyond novelty billing
  • ShadyTel fulfilled over 200 service orders for analog POTS, ADSL, ISDN BRI, T1, analog trunks, leased lines, and more.
  • Nearly 45,000 pair-feet of cabling consisting of over 40,000 pair-feet was deployed for telephone services and an additional 4,300 pair-feet for Ethernet
  • The telephone network switched over 2,500 calls accumulating to over 3.6 days of talk time
  • And check out joe_z’s extended writeup on all things VCFMW statistical!

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Previous Announcements

VCFMW20 will be held Sept 13-14, 2025 at the Schaumburg Convention Center
Show hours at 9AM-10PM Saturday and 9AM-3PM Sunday

Essentials
  • Exhibitor listings: By Name and Table ID
  • Show floor map
  • Speaker List
  • Meshtastic public channel config
  • VCFMW20 Auction Preview List (many more will be added during the show!)
  • Auction donation? Your can drop it off Friday or early Saturday! Let us know.
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    Old Announcements

    * * * VCFMW20 will be held Sept 13-14, 2025 in Schaumburg, IL * * *
    Show hours at 9AM-10PM Saturday and 9AM-3PM Sunday

    Hotel room block booking has closed! You may still be able to get rooms outside of the VCFMW block.

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    Old Announcements

    There are rooms at the main hotel again! See our hotel info page for more details!

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    Older Announcements

    * * * VCFMW20 will be held Sept 13-14, 2025 in Schaumburg, IL * * *

    Want to help with the show? Fill out our Volunteer Info Form! Filling out the form won’t commit you to anything - it’s just letting us know you’d like to help out.

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