Re: COMMON Update... - the closing event

[Don <dr2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

actually 1.5....  People schedule a 1-3pm flight, catch the first couple 
sessions in the day, zoom to room, checkout and catch a cab to airport.



On Mon, 26 Sep 2005, rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Interesting.  What is more likely:
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> 1 - West coast conference.  People blow off the whole Thursday in order to
> catch a Thursday morning flight.
> 2 - West coast conference.  People realize they can't catch a Thursday
> afternoon flight so they fly out on Friday morning instead.
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> this is one of the big reasons why, if COMMON wants to keep any kind of
> Thursday attendance, they kinda need to keep the conferences east of the
> MS, with the exception of say San Antonio...  You can get 5-7pm flights
> outta SAT and still hit east coast airports without having to catch a red
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> On Mon, 26 Sep 2005, rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
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> > If you're leaving a west coast COMMON for an east coast residence you
> > might as well stay for the Thursday night follies.  Many flights are not
> > even available for after 11am or 12n from the west coast to the east
> > coast.  Because by the time you get back east many airports are shut
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> > East coast conferences do offer a lot of temptation for west coasties to
> > head back west though.
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> > I'm sure I'll get slammed for this idea.
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> > Why not close the conference at noon on Thursday with a nice free lunch
> > and a guest speaker of the caliber of the ones that got stepped on by
> > Quadrant.
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> > No matter what you offer in an evening event, many people would have
> > already left.
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> > Just an idea.
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