I think the main problem is that last year, the conference was run by an idiot tech sec. who decided to design it themselves and because of this, database errors almost sent the conference to the trash. But they saw my credentials, and I believe if our school had let me go to the board meeting where they discussed this, I could have swayed the otherwise. Even still, they could have hired one of the many other reliable professionals that wouldnt charge nearly as much money.