Re: COMMON - the week's over...

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

actually the attendance figures had gone up until this economic problem 
- so there is hope that things will go up again as the economy recovers 
- as it always does - disclaimer - historical data is not predictive   ;-)

ChadB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> To all those that are being extremely negative about the attendance figures
> at the Reno COMMON, please keep in mind that the # of attendees right now
> was probably hammered into the ground by the current downturn.  My company
> always sends 2-3 people to each COMMON and this year was the first that we
> didn't.  In fact, no real travel/education/etc. until things get a bit
> better.
>
> I know that there has been an ongoing downward trend, but keep in mind that
> right now things are BAD.  I think I read a statistic from the conference
> that something like 40% of companies surveyed had put similar education
> restrictions in place right now.  I don't think attendance at the Reno
> conference can be thought of as anywhere near what it 'normally' might have
> been.
>