Yeah, but HIN was a dying trend as well (who could have seen it happening at the time? Hindsight is...).
I think NOPI is overly assiciated with "shows"...which are not where the current trend is. Right now it's "meets"...and the two aren't really different, but there is a clear distinction that comes to mind when you mention a big name meet vs a show. My suggestion to NOPI would be to associate with meets....just getting people together, then see where things go. Maybe instead of the "NOPI NATIONSALS SUPERSHOW" they could try something like "THE NEW NOPI BIG-ASS MEET N' BBQ" lol