RE: COMMON rates (was RE: Congrads John Earl!)

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: Larry Bolhuis
>
> The banquet costs a
> bunch too (in fact too much to stomach in Orlando which is why
> there won't be
> one there)  CUDS desite the $1 a drink is also a cost center. I'm sure I
> missed a bunch of things but this should give you an idea that
> $3M is quite easily spent.

I guess what I'd do is compare the costs to something like iSeries DevCon,
which pays its speakers, has a smaller attendance, and yet makes money.
This means that at least one component of COMMON costs more, and evidently
signficantly more, on a percentage basis than DevCon.  Maybe that's an area
that can be looked at.  I have no idea how to run a conference, but I do
know how to compare numbers, so maybe that's a place to start: compare with
a venue that works.

Joe