Conference facilities aren't free. COMMON has so many simultaneous
sessions, that we require a great deal of session rooms. When people stay
at the hotel, part of their room charge off-sets the "rental" of the
conference rooms. So, if you don't stay at a conference hotel, why as
someone who does stay should I under-write your conference fee? I know its
not a popular fee, but when you understand that if everyone stayed at the
Super 8 motel down the street, the conference fee would have to be higher to
pay for the session rooms.
We never will satisfy everyone, but when the board must make their
decisions, I hope they continue what is best for most people and for COMMON
itself. I have served my two terms on the board, and while I am no longer a
member of the board, I have all the confidence in the world the remaining
board members.
The other alternative is to reduce the number of simultaneous sessions, and
let everyone stay where ever they want. I sure hope we don't do that.
Pete
-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Trevor Perry
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 12:14 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: is there no IBM Technical Conf this year?
If Don has to pay $100 extra for a conference, the conference goes on. Don
stays in the past.
If we are not a united community, we don't have a future. You can live in
the past, I am moving on.
Different whine, really. Sorry you could not tell.
On 1/16/08 12:06 PM, "Michael Ryan" <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
And whatever you do, don't keep complaining about people using the
incorrect term for our favorite system.
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