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Well, thats what it was then. I had my days mixed up by that point. There were some BOFs that I had been wanting to hit and figured I could squeeze them AND the drawing AND the CUDs in --- Trevor Perry <tperry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Jen, > > The original events were scheduled like this: > - Professional Development Roundup - 5:00pm-5:30pm > - Professional Development Sessions - 5:30pm-6:30pm > There were 4 PD sessions - remember the set of 4 > trading cards? If you > collected all 4, you could go to the roundup and > pick up a ticket for your > choice of the 4 PD sessions. If you did not have a > set, you could get a > random ticket to a PD session. This was a concept to > foster some level of > community for the conference attendees. It was > working to that point. > > Other than a meeting of Canadian attendees (no idea > why that time was > chosen) there were no other educational events > scheduled for that time in > support of the PD night. There may have been BOFS > scheduled, but they were > not until after the PD sessions - you still would > have been able to make > those. Also, CUDS was going to be a major event > starting at 7:00pm with > Domino 7 being announced and celebrated. > > When it was discovered that the hospitality suite > rented from COMMON was > going to be used for a $90,000 Porsche "raffle" at > 6:00pm, there was a > request to change the "raffle" to a later time. > However, that ended up > working like this: > - Professional Development Roundup - cancelled > - Professional Development Sessions - 5:15pm-6:15pm > - "Raffle" - 6:15pm > I was told the new times were because the vendor > would not move their > drawing any more than 15 minutes. > > In the end, it was apparent the vendor did not > support the PD night, and did > not communicate to their captive audience that the > PD sessions were still an > option. That event.. er, that scam, drew a large > audience and meant that the > PD night was reduced to the non-drinkers, most of > the smart attendees who > knew they would not win, a few deluded individuals > who thought they could do > both, and the attendees ignorant of the scam event > itself. > > I do understand the draw of a $90,000 Porsche over > COMMONs best PD speakers, > but it was ironic, and very very sad, that they > missed out on the best > evening at COMMON for a scam. I have faith that > COMMON will never repeat > this. > > Trevor > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jen Raihala" > Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 10:37 PM > Subject: Re: COMMON Update... - the Porsche > give-away? > > > >I was slightly irritated that: > > > > A) The drawing DID NOT start promptly at 6pm...a > > Porsche commercial did. > > > > and > > > > B) The car was NOT given away. > > > > Had the drawing been promptly at 6, there still > would > > have been PLENTY of time for me to hit the 1 of > the 2 > > sessions I had wanted to as they both started at > 630. > > > > > > -- > This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion > (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list > To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: > http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l > or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Before posting, please take a moment to review the > archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. > >
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