Re: Congrads John Earl!

[Leo Lefebvre <leo@xxxxxx>]

Wait till you come to Toronto next year! (Fall 2004) It will be much 
cheaper! Your  CDN $200/night  sould equate about $140 US.

And BTW, Toronto was one of the most popular (if not THE most popular) 
in years


Leo

PS: In the list of inexpensive conferences, you could also add TUG TEC.
Conference ~ $500 US
Room Rates ~ $100 US (at the Sheraton)








Don wrote:

> Paul,
>
> you need to stay south of the Mason-Dixon and east of the MS river...with
> the exception of perhaps San Antonio (which is a pain on last/late
> flights).
>
> ALso, Anaheim was expensive dude.
>
>
>
> On Tue, 29 Apr 2003, Paul Nelson wrote:
>
>  
>
> > I agree with Ken, except that I think the cities should be Anaheim, San
> > Antonio, and Atlanta. Those venues have seemed to work well in the past. The
> > lower attendance counts make these even more feasible.
> >
> > Paul Nelson
> > Arbor Solutions, Inc.
> > 708-670-6978 Cell
> > 708-923-7354 Home
> > pnelson@xxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Graap, Ken" <keg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: "'Midrange'" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 1:24 PM
> > Subject: FW: Congrads John Earl!
> >
> >
> >    
> >
> > > > Note to everyone:  Please keep asking, poking, prodding and demanding
> > > >        
> > from
> >    
> >
> > > > Me and from COMMON.  We need to know what is important, and what the
> > > >        
> > value
> >    
> >
> > > > of COMMON is perceived to be.
> > > >        
> > > I recommend that Common come up with 5 or so hotels in cities like Las
> > > Vegas, Minneapolis, LA, Nashville, Cincinnati, Kansas City to name a few
> > > possibilities... Cities with good conference facilities but more
> > >      
> > reasonable
> >    
> >
> > > hotel / travel costs. Maybe focus on Midwest locations to reduce the "time
> > > zone" affects of travel.
> > >
> > > Then just rotate among these few locations. Hotels might provide better
> > > rates if they know that Common would be returning to their facilities
> > >      
> > every
> >    
> >
> > > couple of years...
> > >
> > > Then again ... Do you know what percentage of attendees come to a
> > >      
> > conference
> >    
> >
> > > based on the "Disneyland" type of attractions? Is the draw... what to do
> > > outside the conference or what to do within the conference?
> > >
> > > Personally I go for the "inside stuff". If I want to play, I use my trip
> > >      
> > to
> >    
> >
> > > Common as a jumping off spot to a place I really want to go to and spend
> > >      
> > the
> >    
> >
> > > following weekend there. For example, I went to Indy, enjoyed the
> > >      
> > conference
> >    
> >
> > > and then flew from Indy to Pensacola to visit friends and family, returned
> > > to Indy and flew home the following Monday using the second 1/2 of my
> > >      
> > ticket
> >    
> >
> > > to the conference... Worked great for me!
> > >
> > > That's my 2 cents worth....
> > >
> > > Kenneth
> > >
> > > ****************************************
> > > Kenneth E. Graap
> > > IBM Certified Specialist
> > > AS/400e Professional System Administrator
> > > NW Natural (Gas Services)
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> > > Phone: 503-226-4211 x5537
> > > FAX:    603-849-0591
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> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: John Earl [mailto:john.earl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 10:25 AM
> > > To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
> > > Subject: RE: Congrads John Earl!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > jte
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Leo Lefebvre
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