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  • Subject: RE: User groups in decline? only if you dont get involved
  • From: "Greg Billinghurst" <greg.billinghurst@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 12:22:04 -0500
  • Importance: Normal

Our integrated pack and ship solution for for BPICS should generate a good
attendance at the fall Wisconsin meeting.  When we have attended other ERP
user groups like Symix they say our product is of great interest and draws
in the user side along with the IT staff.

Greg Billinghurst
VP Development
Smartlinc Inc.
8200 West Brown Deer Road
Milwaukee WI 53223
Phone 414.371.2380 Fax 414.371.2375 Cell 414.254.1951
greg.billinghurst@smartlinc.net


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-bpcs-l@midrange.com [mailto:owner-bpcs-l@midrange.com]On
Behalf Of Graziano, Marie
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 7:53 AM
To: 'BPCS-L@midrange.com'
Subject: RE: User groups in decline? only if you dont get involved



Charles-

 People need to get involved.  Not say they are going to do it BUT DO IT.
As far as WBUG, I have received feedback from some of the companies that
were sent the application form that they do want the group to continue.

One reason for the decline that everyone is seeing is that these meetings
are held off hours.  This means people have to give up their personal time
(which is very expensive these days).  Seminars are held during the day
which they already give up for their job.

I will say it over and over.  You will get out what you put in.


 -----Original Message-----
From:   Barnard, Charles [mailto:cbarnard@nicoletbiomedical.com]
Sent:   Wednesday, October 04, 2000 2:52 PM
To:     'BPCS-L@midrange.com'
Subject:        User groups in decline?

<slightly off topic>
I've recently become aware through discussion within the Wisconsin BPCS
Users Group and the Minnesota Midrange Users Group that there seems to be a
radical decline in attendance to UG functions in general, and I am VERY
interested in trying to reverse this trend.

Now, part of the problem (in the WBUG, anyway) seems to be that very few
USERS are actually involved in the group, the majority of the attendees at
meetings seem to be a) Vendor reps, b) consulting company reps, c) MIS types
from companies running BPCS. Actual users seem to be an extinct species.

The take I got from the MMUG people is that while they have 150+ corporate
members, only about 30-50 people routinely show for a meeting (the Sept.
meeting I attended had 3, including me - which is probably an anomaly.)  But
these same 150+ companies send people routinely to pay-for seminars @
$500+/head.  And the only way they are getting any attendance increases at
meetings is to bring in high-profile speakers.

Two questions:

1) Anyone else seeing this sort of trend?
2) Anyone got any ideas about how to reverse it?

Charles Barnard
Nicolet Biomedical
608-441-2347

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