RE: Conference locations in the East

[Don <dr2@xxxxxxxx>]

Paul,

I like Chicago and Boston, but I find them both to be just way toooo expen$ive.

Don in DC



At 01:58 PM 10/27/2006 -0500, you wrote:
> There will be only one big conference per year in the future. If it were
> to be held every spring in Chicago, how would people feel about that?
> Would they still attend? One good thing is that attendees could take the
> train to downtown from either airport.
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> Paul Nelson
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> I went to the fall conference in Miami Beach as a first time attendee.  It
> was great.  Stayed in a five star oceanfront hotel on the beach for $159 a
> night.  Flight from Chicago was just over $200.
> I think COMMON should stop changing the locations and have at least one
> conference in the same place every year.  Changing it all the time gives
> management the impression that it's a travel and leisure type of thing.
> There would be less of that if every September the conference was held in
> Miami or Phoenix or Rochester, etc.
> I would think COMMON could negotiate even better rates if they could
> promise to come back to, lets say the Loewe's, every September.  I believe
> it would be easier on the speakers to go back to the same place every year
> too.
> Bryan
> ECHO, Inc.
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Bob Dobrowolski
> Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 12:30 PM
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> Add me to the list of iSeries professionals that would attend a serious
> conference in AC.
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> Thanks,
> Bob Dobrowolski
> Sr. Programmer Analyst
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jon Paris
> Sent: Friday, 27 October, 2006 13:19
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> Since I'm in Atlantic City right now ...
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> How many of you folks would find it desirable/practical to attend a
> System i
> conference in this fair town?   Room rates aren't bad. And the place is
> nowhere near as tacky as I had expected.
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> Just wondering if I should be checking it out for future events.
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> Jon Paris
> Partner400
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