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RE: COMMON Virtual Conference

Matt,
Your references are dated. COMMON has had some solid years recently, investing in its infrastructure and future. If you were at the last COMMON Annual conference, I closed the opening session with the song "Our Future's so bright, I have to wear shades" a song by Timbuk3.

The references you are quoting have a timeline of the last recession here in the US, where companies cut back on training and travel, which severly impacted that 2008 conference. Randy and the board made some very tough decisions, which have allowed us to recover very nicely. I wasn't on the board at the time, but I know those decisions were not easy at the time, but I am glad that the board had the courage to make those tough decisions, and solidify the future of COMMON.

Pete

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Pete Massiello
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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Matt Olson
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 3:53 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: COMMON Virtual Conference

I wouldn't be so sure about that. Read this from 2009: http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/iseries/common-board-reveals-financial-situation-at-meeting-of-members/

And then read this to further re-iterate the point: http://www.itjungle.com/tfh/tfh102708-story08.html

-----Original Message-----
From: rob@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:rob@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 2:43 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: COMMON Virtual Conference

Actually there are a ton of sponsors for this so I'm pretty sure COMMON's expenses (and then some) are more than adequately covered.


Rob Berendt
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