RE: COMMON Question Was: Congrads John Earl!

["DeLong, Eric" <EDeLong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Could you please take the time to answer the brief questionnaire below?


True, False or Not-Applicable (T/F/N):  
I have attended at least one COMMON conference since January of 2002.
False

I thought that the COMMON conference was a good value for the money spent.
n/a

I thought that the COMMON conference was a good value for the time spent.
n/a

I would attend another COMMON conference.
If I could.


Multiple Choice:
What is the biggest impediment to you attending COMMON conferences? (Feel
free to rank them if you like).
   A) Monetary Cost
   B) Time Cost
   C) Can't get management approval
   D) Traveling is a hassle
   E) I don't learn anything
   F) The sessions aren't relevant to what I do today 
   G) There is another conference I'd much rather attend (Name it?)
   H) Other _____________________________________________________

C - Never worked in an environment that sent staff to Common.  

Just some opinions and observations from past experiences:

More often than not, management would rather get CBTs or
books/magazines/WebEd than send someone to COMMON.  I think they believe it
to be reusable, so a better value for the dept (even if somewhat out of
date).

More "Staff Development" money is spent on the PC or UNIX programmers.
(Who'da thunkit)

Management views technical conferences as a reward for their shining stars
(throwing the dog a bone).

Could always use up a week of vacation and my personal savings to send
myself, but...... 



Eric DeLong
Sally Beauty Company
MIS-Project Manager (BSG)
940-898-7863 or ext. 1863