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I thought the conference was good and informative. As always.
Positives:
I agree that the customer sessions were better than the standard
sessions.
The extended Expo center hours were terrific. Lots of vendors, lots of
information. Good demos. We've needed the Expo center open longer all
along.
Huey Lewis was GREAT!
Complaints:
Breakfast selection was poor at best.
The Tuesday "event" meal was pathetic. I paid $75 to take a guest for
semi-warm pizza, salad, and antipasto? The concert was great, but the
price was unreasonable. The old MAPICS had GREAT food for their special
events. Maybe they had me spoiled.
I agree that "Discrete" was too broad. Too many Syteline
stuff/sessions, not enough XA. What was there was good, though.
Suggestions:
Break "Discrete" into "XA" and "Syteline".
Have a Monday "special event mixer" by product line.
Hire back whoever handled the food selection from MAPICS.
Dale Gindlesperger
IT Manager/Special Projects Leader
Fleetwood Folding Trailers, Inc.
258 Beacon Street
Somerset, PA 15501
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I did not take the opportunity to go to this conference, but I also
would be interested in seeing some of the outcomes.
At the Chicago conference 2 years ago, there was a big movement to try
to create a Mapics user group patterned after the very successful
Syteline group, but I have heard nothing further since Chicago. Was
there any discussion surrounding this?
Jeff
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Hey, Gang.
Back in the saddle now after the Infor conference in Vegas. I'd be
interested in your experiences and comments.
1. I stayed at Luxor...that's a long way to Mandalay Bay's conference
area on foot. At least my doc will be happy I got some exercise....
2. I was disappointed that I couldn't find us old "MAPICS" users. The
blue tags were everywhere, but when I started talking to someone about
my work, I found they were using some other variant...I notice that they
promised to help divide the groups in the future, and I hope they go
further than just the "discrete" type areas.
3. I liked that the Expo was open longer. I hadn't been there in a
couple years, and it was nice to hear about a program in a session and
then talk with the vendor at the Expo. And who didn't bring home a
couple light-up glasses?
4. I learned a lot about V7. (We are still on 5.0). When 7 was
introduced there was too much emphasis on the "cool Java" features, and
less about helping me solve my problems. This conference showed me that
the right step from 5 is to 7, not stopping at 6 anymore.
5. I got a lot out of the sessions, but only when they were led by
users. The Q&A after the user led sessions were helpful. The sessions
led by Infor or Partners were good and informative; however, they were
like I expected -- focused on more sales.
6. We need more user-led sessions. These were by far the most helpful.
7. I really like V7's Power Architecture/Browser client. The
customizations they are offering now really look nice. It was nice to
get my hands on this.
8. The Huey Lewis concert was a lot of fun!
Next year, I hope we head to Nashville, and I hope they allow more of
the user lead sessions and we can all learn from our peer's own trials.
They also need more XA related sessions in general; with the larger
group I felt that the selections for XA were reduced - and many sessions
were standing room only. I enjoyed meeting several of you at the event
as well. Next year we need to plan a dinner/reception as a user's group.
All in all, I hope to head back next year. And perhaps lead a session on
migrating to V7!
Patrick
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