RE: COMMON Question Was: Congrads John Earl!

> 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.

N/A

> 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 _____________________________________________________

D and F.  

H - Third party software conferences like ROBOT 
usually have more "bang for the buck" (if you
have purchased these products).
 
> I appreciate any feedback that you can provide,
> Thanks,

Last year our systems programmer attended one of
the conferences (Nashville?). He didn't get a *lot*
out of it since it seemed that many of the courses 
were not geared toward his area of expertise.

This year the company wanted me to attend and after 
reviewing the course outlines it appeared to me that 
Common was being geared more toward companies webifying 
their applications and/or coverting everything they 
have to Java/XML/<insert latest buzzword here>  ;-)

(F) above could be changed to "The sessions aren't 
relevant to what our company is doing today"

This, coupled with the fact that airline travel
hassles are a huge PITA, I'm choosing not to attend.

> jte
> --
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> The PowerTech Group
> 19426 68th Ave. S
> Seattle, WA 98032
> (253) 872-7788 ext. 302
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Thanks for the feedback opportunity John.

Terry
(a Cobol'er :)