Re: DB2 Tech Conf in Vegas -- MIDRANGE-L

My boss used to attend the consumer electronics show religiously.  So it's 
been going on awhile.  Perhaps it draws a different crowd?  People going 
to see the latest in stereo and other equipment may not gamble the same as 
computer geeks.

Still, the IBM tech conference rages on there...

Rob Berendt
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Group Dekko Services, LLC
Dept 01.073
PO Box 2000
Dock 108
6928N 400E
Kendallville, IN 46755
http://www.dekko.com





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Well, COMDEX has basically been replaced with consumer electronics show,
which is the first weekend in Jan 2005, and I can still get good rooms for
under $120/n for that weekend and if I tried I bet I could find good rooms
for under $80/n....and if I had planned ahead and booked in March, I could
have gotten a really sweet deal...:)

It's all in planning ahead...:)



On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Good point.  The person who gets the $39 room might not have been out
> there during COMDEX.  My sister used to work reservations and said that
> getting a room out there during that time was next to impossible.
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> Rob Berendt
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> COMMON  also  did Reno, back in the S/38 days.  A conference fit
> within  Ballys and  was  very enjoyable and affordable.  They even
> arranged  for the  post conference weekend special rate of $75  for
> the  entire week end. I
> The other problem was since COMMON attendees were not casino people,
> the  hotels really jacked up the rates to  recover revenue.
>
> COMDEX  had  horribly  high  hotel rates year  after year in Vegas.  And
> the city was one HUGE Traffic  jam.
>
> Vegas is  a great  city  for a conference
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> At 04:54 PM 9/14/2004, Al Barsa wrote:
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> >I have been to two COMMONs in Las Vegas.  The first one was split 
between
> >two hotels diagonally across the strip from the other one, and you
> couldn't
> >move from hotel to hotel without someone trying to sell you a woman. It
> >was novel on the first day, but was fairly grating by the end.
> >
> >So COMMON bitched to the Hotel Bureau, the they moved us to a split
> between
> >the famous Tailhook Hilton, and the close by convention center.  That's
> >where no one (figuratively speaking) was gambling, so the rumor is that
> we
> >were uninvited.
> >
> >Al
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> >Al Barsa, Jr.
> >Barsa Consulting Group, LLC
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> >400>390
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> >"i" comes before "p", "x" and "z"
> >e gads
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> >Our system's had more names than Elizabeth Taylor!
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> >914-251-1234
> >914-251-9406 fax
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> >http://www.barsaconsulting.com
> >http://www.taatool.com
> >http://www.as400connection.com
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> >Rick,
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> >As I understand it, COMMON had a great time in Vegas (Al, may correct 
me
> >here ), but the problem is that COMMON attendees are those that 
actually
> >ATTEND the sessions and don't waste their time in the damn 
casino's...and
> >Vegas is more interested in people spending thier time in the casino's
> >than having a good conference... :)
> >
> >Don in DC
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> >On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 rick.baird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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> > > hey, a tech conference is a tech conference.  I don't care if it's 
for
> > > HP/3000 - if I get a free trip to vegas.
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> > > Why? did common have a bad time in vegas?
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> > > -------original message---------
> > > Rick,
> > >
> > > this is a DB2 - *NOT* iSeries tech conf...
> > >
> > > And I think it'll be a cold day in hell before you see COMMON back 
in
> > > Vegas...
> > >
> > > Don in DC
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