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Subject:RE: Conferences in the early 21st Century From:"Chris La Porte" <cpldll -at- earthlink -dot- net> To:"Kat Nagel \(lists only\)" <mlists -at- masterworkconsulting -dot- com>, "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 27 Aug 2003 17:59:11 -0500
I wonder how attendance has fared at these extravagantly priced events. I
think STC was down by a significant percentage, but would not want to be
quoted.
Eventually, I hope the market will force these conferences and seminars to
lower their prices. If not, those of us footing the bills on our own will
have to seek other sources of information and camaraderie.
Chris La Porte
> Goober, you've hit on the reason I haven't been to a major
> professional conference in over two years. Not STC, not SIGDOC, not
> FrameUsers, not WinWriters, not AIIM Document Management seminars,
> not project management associations, and certainly not techie
> conferences of any kind---the last JAVA and XML biggies I wanted to
> register for were >$3000 each. I pay for my own stuff, and just
> can't afford that.
>
> Ach!
> Ptui!
> A pox on all their houses.
>
> Kat Nagel
