Cognos user conference and ADT
Glenn Waters
Glenn_Waters@ncsu.edu
Wed, 21 Jun 2000 08:36:58 -0400
I hooked up with this list today because I'm needing some help with something. I'll send my help request in the next message. But I couldn't pass this one by without a reply. A super big "ditto" to the other responses. I'm an old time Powerhouse user with multi platform experience, and I haven't been to a conference in years. An all Powerhouse conference makes loads of sense!!
At 04:51 PM 6/16/2000 +0000, you wrote:
>Absolutely! I haven't been to one in years, since they became "mostly BI".
>They've frankly been just too depressing, annoying, <insert-own-adjective>.
>If there was an "all PowerHouse" conference, even if my employer wouldn't
>pay for me to attend, if they'd give me the time off I'd pay my own way!
>(Um. Assuming the cost was reasonable, and not the utterly ridiculous $950.
>Maybe $250. Which should be plenty for a much smaller conference, needing
>less space...)
>
>Ottawa vs. US? Not that big a difference, unless you held it here in
>Dallas. :-) Anywhere "central" would be perfect, maybe Chicago? L.A. or
>New York are too expensive to fly to. Boston would be marginal but OK. Stay
>away from tourist cities like Vegas and stay away from the coasts if
>possible... look at airfare costs from all over and hotel costs when
>deciding.
>
>A $250 ADT-only conference at a Holiday Inn in Chicago or Ottawa will get a
>_lot_ more attendance than a $950 mostly-irrelevant conference at a fancy
>hotel in L.A.! A little publicity other than on the listserv would help,
>too - I haven't seen anything about this year _except_ what I've read here.
>
>Bill
>
>
>"Deskin, Bob" <Bob.Deskin@Cognos.COM>@sphere.swau.edu said:
>
>What do other people think? And don't get excited about this because I
>doubt
>there's much chance, but I'm curious. How much content would justify
>attendance? As I write this there's already a message from Brian Schalme
>expressing interest.
>
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Glenn Waters
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College of Veterinary Medicine
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