RE: Spring 2011 conference

Excellent, you are in for a real treat. I can still remember my first
COMMON in 1989, it was great. Lots of information, lots of friendly people
willing to help out, and the start of my AS/400 -> iSeries -> IBM i career.

Now, as the current President of COMMON, I might be slightly biased, but I
don't think so. I can honestly say that I owe much of my successful career
to those individuals who shared their knowledge with me as I was "growing
up". Now, I can share what I learned, and that is the coolest part about
being a speaker. Helping others. If you don't wish to be a speaker, there
are other volunteer positions that also are fun and help out the community.


I have learned quite a lot over the years at COMMON (both in sessions and
during informal chats), and have made some great friends as well. It really
is interesting when we have the midrange-l gathering to put a face with a
name. Even now, I still learn quite a lot at each conference, and I enjoy
meeting everyone and making new friends.

Make sure you go to the First timers session, Trevor shares tips and
techniques for mastering the conference. Mike, I wasn't sure if you knew
this or not, but it is customary for any new attendee named Mike to buy the
president a beer at the Power down events (AKA CUDs to the old timers). ;)

Pete

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-----Original Message-----
From: common-gathering-bounces+pmassiello-ml=itechsol.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:common-gathering-bounces+pmassiello-ml=itechsol.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Mike Wills
Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 1:26 PM
To: COMMON midrange.com Gathering Coordination
Subject: Re: [COMMON-Gathering] Spring 2011 conference

The the first time ever, I will be there. I'll be signing up later this
week. Can't wait to put faces to the names I have been seeing for years.
Later on I'll be asking for tips for n00bs.

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Mike Wills
http://mikewills.me



On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 8:20 AM, David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Folks:

COMMON is just around the corner ... I'll be there (presenting 4 sessions
and working the MKS booth) ... who else is attending?

I'll have a supply of midrange.com buttons (small style only this time)
and a handful of ball caps for deserving souls.

As in the past, I'd like to try and coordinate a midrange.com gathering /
meetup sometime during the conference.

Unfortunately, due to the compression of the conference, there aren't any
days with a free evening.

I'm arriving on Saturday ... anyone else? Perhaps we could get together
then.

Let's use the COMMON-GATHERING list to coordinate (
http://lists.midrange.com/listinfo/common-gathering).

Thanks!

david


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