Re: COMMON in Minneapolis - affordable hotels..

[Don <dr2@xxxxxxxx>]

eh...welll....considering that there's ALOT of the same speakers...

would be nice if the tech conf's allowed town hall meeting and 
soundoffs....and a good session on system values... :)




At 01:57 PM 11/21/2005 -0500, you wrote:

> On the other hand, at the Tech Conferences, you get the gospel according to
> IBM, at COMMON you get the truth.
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> More included meals.  However, I think it's been noticed on this list that
> the vendors at COMMON have been doing a fine job for many of the meals.
> One person said he spent less than $100 for meals for a full week.
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> Last time I was there I think the conf was in what, October?  I stayed up
> by the ice rink...about a 10 block walk...was great...and I
> really could use the extra exercise...lots of nice "jazz" on the walk as
> well... :)
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> I'm really annoyed that the nuisance tax has gone up to $200.  It was
> interesting that at the fall conference in Orlando, IBM had the pSeries
> tech conf basically next door to COMMON's hotel...the attendee room rate
> was like $130/n...and the facilities were nice....and people were fed
> b'fast
> and lunch at the conf...and the costs more than covered it....  And they
> had less attendees...
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> At 04:26 PM 11/21/2005 +0000, you wrote:
> >Eh!! Go for the skyway! It's a longer walk but definitely warmer.
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> > > In March, 10 blocks might as well be 10 miles. Even for someone who
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> > > up in Mpls. :-))
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