RE: Tuesday night Scott Klement is speaking in Dallas

["Holden Tommy" <Tommy.Holden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I make a nice lampstand ;-) 


Thanks,
Tommy Holden


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jerry Adams
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 10:36 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Tuesday night Scott Klement is speaking in Dallas

No, we all pretty much ignore him around here.  We only let him hang 
around because he goes so well with the furniture and drapes.


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Jeff Day wrote:
> depends, do alot of people listen? <g>
>
>   
> > > > "Holden Tommy" <Tommy.Holden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 2/16/2007 3:54:59
> > > >         
> PM >>>
> I speak to myself daily does that constitute an event? LOL 
>
>
> Thanks,
> Tommy Holden
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Klement
> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 2:51 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Re: Tuesday night Scott Klement is speaking in Dallas
>
> Hi Carl,
>
>   
> > None the less it is still a testament to the caliper of people that
> >     
> hang out
>   
> > on this list.  If the engagement is free, I don't see the harm, but
> >     
> hey, its
>   
> > not my list and David is King.
> >     
>
> It's not free, but I don't think that's really the issue, the cost is 
> very minimal. This is only one of the 6 speaking engagements that I 
> currently have planned for this year.  And I'll doubtless have more 
> before the year is out. And I don't speak that often by comparison to 
> several others that are on this list.  Every iSeries users group is a 
> not-for-profit organization, but there are quite a few of them, and
> most
>
> have monthly meetings that include a speaker.  Imagine the volume of
> posts!
>
> Or take it a step further and imagine what would happen if everyone
was
> allowed to advertise here. Every vendor who had a new product, or had
a
> promotion for an existing product, was posting it here? And every 
> speaker in the iSeries community posted every event here. And every
> user
>
> group (remember, this list is used all over the world) posts their 
> events here?  Wouldn't that degrade the value of this mailing list?
>
> It would be really cool if David made a rule that said "Scott can post
>
> his stuff here, but nobody else can."   That would be great from my 
> perspective -- but I might be a little biased :)
>
>
>