RE: Conference other than COMMON

Some benefits of the local conferences. like the New England Conference, is
that 

the price including board & room   makes it reasonable to have an entire
staff attend  for the entire three days.
the length of less than a week reduces burnout & overload.
the smaller venue makes the experience all inclusive.  You are in the center
of everything every minute.
networking, meeting the speakers, meeting the people in your own neck of the
woods, and being with an all-iSeries crowd is magical
the length of less than a week makes it possible for mothers to attend. 

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Booth Martin
http://www.martinvt.com
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From: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Date: 06/14/05 00:30:56
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Conference other than COMMON
 
 
hell, Dan, I figured the next iteration of this was a challenge on who had
the biggest....  And, frankly, I had a really good dinner and just wasn't
interested in losing my dinner.... :)
 
There's alot of good conferences put on by really talented and technically
sharp folks.  Look at the agendas, crank the numbers on the costs and make
a decision.
 
'nuff said.
 
Don in DC
 
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On Mon, 13 Jun 2005, Dan Riehl wrote:
 
> Hey DON.... You figured it out!
>
> I want some of that action too!
>
> Dan in STL
>
>
>>>
>>> OK....
>>>
>>> Guys, I tell you what, each of you running conferences give me a gratis
>>> ticket to them and I'll write a spotlight column next spring on which
>>> ones
>>> I liked the best....:)
>>>
>>> Don in DC
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------
>>> On Mon, 13 Jun 2005, Joe Pluta wrote:
>>>
>>>>> From: Jon Paris
>>>>>
>>>>> For application development you have:
>>>>>
>>>>> <commercial_interest>
>>>>>
>>>>> RPG World (www.rpgworld.com) - which focuses on RPG - and is clearly
>>>> the
>>>>> best <grin>.
>>>>>
>>>>> </commercial_interest>
>>>>>
>>>>> DevCon (http://devcon.iseries400experts.com)- also application
>>>> development
>>>>> but less RPG and a lot of Java and WebSphere.
>>>>
>>>> Ahem.  And while Jon may list both of these conferences, please note
>>>> that he and Susan appear at both, while many speakers appear ONLY at
>>>> iSeries DevCon <g>.
>>>>
>>>> Seriously, I don't attend RPG World so I can't tell you much about it,
>>>> but I do know that DevCon kicks butt.  To be honest, it reminds me of
>>>> COMMON back in the 80's; smaller, but with tons of energy.  Lots of
>>>> hands on labs, and the group that runs it wants to be sure that you are
>>>> working with the latest stuff.  I'll be teaching a bunch of sessions
>>> and
>>>> labs on JSP Model II, George Farr will be there with the latest from
>>>> IBM; it's an incredible show and worth every penny.
>>>>
>>>> And I love the RIO Hotel.
>>>>
>>>> Joe
>>>>
>>>>
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