RE: COMMON in San Antonio (fwd)

[Don <dr2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Al,

DON'T PLAN ON CANCELING YOUR SESSION ANY TIME SOON...:)  Ergo, don't plan
on going to the beach anytime soon, either...:)

Looking forward to your sysvals session, aka, "can you listen faster than
Al can talk?"

:)

Don

On Mon, 15 Sep 1997, Al Barsa, Jr. wrote:

> >And the technical vs. non-technical session issue is very valid. However 
> >there are several sessions, such as Barsa's system values, that in my 
> >opinion, do not need to be printed. The stuff is somewhat static for a 
> >period beyond the conference so why not make that one CD-ROM only. (Sorry 
> >to pick on your session Al.) 
> 
> Please capitalize the S and V.
> 
> If you don't have a handout for System Values, you're dead.  The point of
> the talk is to:
> 
> 1.    Introduce the information (as located in the handout).
> 
> 2.    Provide an entertaining 89 minutes.
> 
> 3.    Demonstrate the capabilities of the AS/400, which you might not
> otherwise be aware of.
> 
> There are many attendees of System Values that take copious notes.  For
> them, eliminating the handout would be a big problem.
> 
> There are many potential attendees who arrive, find that handouts are gone,
> and leave accordingly.  The dependency on handouts is a part of my speaking
> style.
> 
> If killing trees offends you, I'm sorry.  If you feel that the session
> should be cancelled, please inform COMMON of such.
> 
> If you don't like my speaking style, I'm sorry.  Please complain to COMMON,
> and my sessions could be cancelled.
> 
> Otherwise, don't bitch about System Values.  I spend the entire weekend
> working on it, whereas I could have taken my kids to the beach.
> 
> Al
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Al Barsa, Jr. - Account for Midrange-L
> Barsa Consulting, LLC.        
> 400 > 390
> 
> Phone:        914-251-9400
> Fax:  914-251-9406
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Private mail should be sent to barsa@ibm.net
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