RE: COMMON Conference locations.

The benefit of a Rochester location would be easy access to iSeries
Technical folks - like we had in Toronto last fall and in Minneapolis in
2001.  The more lab folks we can see the better, and more importantly,
the more lab folks that get to see and talk to us, and understand what
our issues are, the better.

jte

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> I don't know about Rochester.  One of the false draws
> might be a tour of
> the IBM building.  And frankly, you'd be better off
> spending more time in
> the actual sessions soaking up knowledge.  And it might be
> rather
> depressing seeing all the "For Lease" signs in front of
> all of the IBM
> white buildings just to the immediate north.  I see enough
> of these "for
> lease" signs in the front lawn of work.
> 
> Rob Berendt
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> > What about going to one conference a year?  With the
> > decline of conference
> > attendance and demand, wouldn't one conference a year
> > suffice?
> >
> > And, what about Vegas?
> 
> Speaking as a Member, (and not as a board member) I think
> there are a
> lot of benefits to one conference a year.  But if everyone
> were to
> decide to do it today, it would still take a while to make
> it all
> happen.
> 
> And I don't know what the Hotel capacity of Rochester MN
> is, but that
> would be a great (warm month) place to have a conference.
> 
> jte
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