I'd also like to offer a heartfelt thank you to Gil for the whole event in general and to everyone that came to see Joe and I after our session(s) to relay their appreciation, it was so nice of you all ... and it did wonders for our respective egos :)
For my part, I can't tell you how much I enjoyed the entire event ... it was well organized, a fantastic venue, phenomenal people and a resulting dynamic second to none ... well done to everyone involved! I so enjoyed putting faces to names and hope to see both the old and the more recently familiar ones next time around. Kindest regards. Dean -- Dean Wells MSEtechnology * Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://msetechnology.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gil > Kirkpatrick > Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 3:30 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ActiveDir] Thanks to all who came to DEC 2006 > > Thank you to everyone on the list who came to DEC this year > and helped make it a success. I've had nothing but positive > comments ranging from "really great" to > "un-f***ing-believably great". I've had four different people > tell me (including Stuart) that if they can only go to one > show a year, DEC would be it. > > Certainly the Joe & Dean Show stands out as a popular (and > hillarious, and informing) event, but even more critical to > the show's success was having the expertise of people like > joe, Dean, Guido, Ulf, Jorge, Laura, Wook, and the other > list-denizens wandering the halls and talking to people. > There was a _scary_ amount of expertise attending the show, > and _that's_ what brings people back. > > One of the things I do during DEC is wander the halls during > the parties and between sessions and listen in on the > conversations... I usually don't pick up on anything > specific, but I can usually get a sense of the > conversation... is it positive/negative, is it energetic, are > the people engaged, etc. And this year the halls were > positively buzzing, all the way through the final sessions on > Wednesday afternoon. It has _never_ been like that before. > > I'd like to take this opportunity to thank joe, Ulf, Dean, > and Laura for helping Guido and me with the pre-conference > disaster recovery workshop. They wandered into the room where > we were setting up, and stayed with us till well after > midnight testing and configuring the lab systems. Hmmm... > funny, that's about when the Scotch ran out as well... :) To > give you an idea of how cool these guys are, they showed up > at the workshop the next morning around 7:30 (after getting > very little sleep the night before) and spent the next > several hours configuring the IP settings in the 150+ lab VMs > because the code I wrote to automate the process crashed and > burned. And then they spent the rest of the workshop helping > the attendees get connected to the wireless net, helping them > do the exercises, answering questions, etc. etc. All > voluntary, just to help out. > > I have to give special thanks to Jorge for running through > the pre-conference lab docs until about 3:00 in the morning, > just out of the goodness of his heart. Jorge is touring the > Southwest US for the next couple of weeks with his girlfriend > Nellika (sp?) and I hope he has a great trip. > > And double-special-thanks to Guido for partnering with me to > produce the whole pre-conference workshop. Guido spent more > nights and weekends than either of us want to remember to put > the workshop together, and I certainly could not have done it > without him. As big a PITA as it was, working with Guido made > it a lot of fun.... except for the part when the VMs started > to blue-screen an hour before the workshop was supposed to > start. That part truly sucked. :) > > Thanks again to all of you who came, and I hope those who > couldn't make this year can make it next year. > > -gil > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Grillenmeier, Guido > Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 12:37 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Quiet? DEC? Related? > > > $20 of it was spent showing Guido how US slot machines > worked in the Belagio. > > and that was so complicated to learn :-) Obviously I lost > all of what I've put into the machines as well (hadn't > expected anything else) - a whopping $12! But now I can > gamble all I want since on the last day I went to the M&M > world-store on the strip and bought a Slot-Machine-Type of > M&M dispenser for my kids - it's way cool and I'm sure I'll > use it more often than they will ;-)) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of joe > Sent: Donnerstag, 30. März 2006 19:00 > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Quiet? DEC? Related? > > Would be interested in hearing the survery results. Oh that > reminds me, I forgot to hand mine in. :o) I had to fly out > Wed evening and was running around like my shorts were on > fire trying to take care of some stuff that was absolutely > mandatory prior to trying to get through security at McCarran. > > I would say that venue would be suitable for next year unless > Sydney was an option... You could rent a jumbo jet and fly > everyone going to the presession down in it and actually have > the presession on the flight, that would certainly make it > seem like the flight went faster. My return ticket though > would have to be valid for a month as I know a lot of folks > down there and would need to go say hi and collect on some > beers I am owed. > > Odd thing is I spent no more than $60 on gambling. $20 of it > was spent showing Guido how US slot machines worked in the > Belagio. $20 was spent when I was passing a $1 Wheel of > Fortune progressive slot on the way to the rest room because > it called out to me and said it would make me financially > independent for the rest of my natural born life (it lied), > and finally $20 was spent while I sat at a bar playing Jacks > or Better waiting on Dean and company to go to dinner not > realizing that they didn't see me sit down next to them and > were waiting on me to get there. I was up $80 bucks on that > thing and then gave it all back. > > > joe (The joe of the Dean and joe show, the j in www.jadonex.com) > > > -- > O'Reilly Active Directory Third Edition - > http://www.joeware.net/win/ad3e.htm > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gil > Kirkpatrick > Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 6:07 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Quiet? DEC? Related? > > Just wrapped up Day 3. 530 people. General consensus is that > it was the best DEC ever. More to follow when I can type on > something bigger than a credit card. > > -gil > > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Ayers, Diane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Sent: 3/29/06 1:23 PM > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Quiet? DEC? Related? > > Maybe we should ask a question on the merits of doubling down > on an 11 when the dealer has a face card showing... :-) > > Diane > > ________________________________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Almeida Pinto, Jorge de > Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 9:35 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Quiet? DEC? Related? > > > Don't worry.... we're still here.. ;-) > > Met vriendelijke groeten / Kind regards, Ing. Jorge de > Almeida Pinto Senior Infrastructure Consultant MVP Windows > Server - Directory Services > > LogicaCMG Nederland B.V. (BU RTINC Eindhoven) > ( Tel : +31-(0)40-29.57.777 > ( Mobile : +31-(0)6-26.26.62.80 > * E-mail : <see sender address> > > ________________________________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Moon, Brendan > Sent: Wed 2006-03-29 19:26 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ActiveDir] Quiet? DEC? Related? > > > Hmm.. everyone must be having fun at DEC... this list has > been very quiet this week! > > - Brendan Moon > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
