RE: COMMON Conference locations.

Rob,

> Vegas doesn't want us.  Technogeeks don't gamble like
> other people.

Again, I have a hard time believing any city would black list us (unless
we start tearing up hotels like Rock Stars).  As a matter of fact Vegas
has a number of techno-geek conferences - Black Hat is in two weeks.

jte



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> Vegas doesn't want us.  Technogeeks don't gamble like
> other people.
> 
> Rob Berendt
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> What about going to one conference a year?  With the
> decline of conference
> 
> attendance and demand, wouldn't one conference a year
> suffice?
> 
> And, what about Vegas?
> 
> Don in DC...
> 
> On Thu, 14 Jul 2005, JOberholtzer@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> > <snip>
> > So, anyway, now that COMMON attendance is down, I wonder
> if it would be
> > possible to have COMMON in an interesting location.
> Orlando and Anaheim
> > have to be two of the blandest cities around. NOLA is
> always
> > interesting, but it's old hat. Miami may be interesting
> though.
> > </snip>
> >
> > OK, this is a question that the COMMON board and many of
> the rest of us
> > have been struggling with.
> >
> > We now have come to an attendance level at COMMON where
> many cities
> outside
> > of the "Destination Cities" criteria that has been used
> in the past to
> > determine where to go is no longer valid.  We don't need
> as many meeting
> > rooms and hotel rooms as we used to, so cities like
> (duck and run)
> > Milwaukee, WI, Grand Rapids, MI, and many others can now
> support COMMON
> > where once before they could not.  Even the NAACP is in
> Milwaukee this
> > week.
> >
> > So, the question is:  Where should we look to put the
> conferences in the
> > near future?  The contracts for the convention centers
> do not run out as
> > far as they used to, so there is some flexibility in
> planning.
> >
> > Please speak up.  Contact me privately if you do not
> want to use the
> list.
> >
> > BTW:  if you are a COMMON member, and have not yet voted
> in the COMMON
> > board election, please do so.  The end of the voting is
> tomorrow.
> > There are five candidates for the board: myself, Larry
> Bolhuis, Beverly
> > Russell,  Bruce Collins, and Leo Lefebvre.  Please vote
> for three.
> >
> > Jim Oberholtzer
> >
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