Do they even have a handout table anymore? The ROI disappeared for me a few
years before I pulled the plug in 2006.
Paul Nelson
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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jerry C. Adams
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 1:25 PM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: past COMMON session presentations
When you and I joined COMMON, Paul, the *only* benefit that the membership
fee got us for the right to pay to go to a conference. In general the
membership fee only covers the administration costs of the organization -
and probably not all of that these days.
I'm a pro-VIP subscriber to System i Network so I can view anything on their
web site; wouldn't expect to be able to do so if I was not.
The ROI, which you mentioned, for attending conferences includes (or should
include) the ability to download the handouts for sessions that you were not
able to attend (or did attend). Plus it beats having to hit the Handout
table at 0700 for yesterday's handouts (still necessary for those the
speaker does not allow to be uploaded).
But perhaps I misunderstood. Why exactly do you think that the reasoning is
bogus?
Jerry C. Adams
IBM i Programmer/Analyst
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is English. -Dizzy Dean responding to a letter that said he didn't know the
King's English.
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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul Nelson
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 12:53 PM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: past COMMON session presentations
Sure, if it were reasonable. The reasoning behind limiting it to attendees
only was and still is bogus, as far as I'm concerned.
Paul Nelson
Office 512-392-2577
Cell 708-670-6978
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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of DrFranken
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 12:43 PM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: past COMMON session presentations
Would you support paying an additional fee to enable you to access the
handouts?
Currently I don't think the agreement that speakers agree to allows for
that but perhaps in the future that's another offering for the membership.
- Larry
On 7/28/2011 1:15 PM, Paul Nelson wrote:
I've always disagreed with this rule. If I pay my dues, I should be able
to
retrieve a handout.
Then again, there were lots of things which seemed silly to me. I guess
that's why I no longer attend the conferences. I only pay the dues to
reserve my ability to vote.
Paul Nelson
Office 512-392-2577
Cell 708-670-6978
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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Klement
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 12:06 PM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: past COMMON session presentations
Right, only conference attendees can get the handouts for the conference.
On 7/27/2011 8:24 PM, Mike Cunningham wrote:
Thanks Scott. Tried this but could not access it. I was not able to
go to this conference the logon says only people who registered for
the conference can access the presentations. My COMMON member
credentials did not work. I can get to the list of presentations but
can't get to any PDFs.
midrange.com
