Thanks for the helpful information seeing as this will be my first User group meeting.
I appreciate it. -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carey Matthew Black Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2006 7:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: OT: BMC Userworld Questions Shawn, I will also add a few comments to Kelly's... If you have not yet selected your sessions then you really need to talk to whoever signed you up for the conference. At least review the sessions that are going to be there so that you have some idea of what you want to do. ( Changes are always possible, but most of what you see will be there.) Birds of a Feather (Feature?) are not really "run" by anyone. They are topic based discussions that are picked by RUG attendees via sign up sheets that are posted at some point during the conference. The conversation is driven by the group of people who show up. Yes there is a theme for the conversation but often the conversation drifts into near to the theme topics too. ( Example, Reporting and ARS drifted into specific about Crystal XI and Business Objects feature comparison and how well those things could map to ARS. With details about how the authentication, web centric approaches, etc.. played into them last year. Another example was a "Higher Educational Institutions use of ARS". That covered a lot of ground with several Universities doing many divers tasks with OOB apps and completely custom apps too. ) The BMC employees that are in the rooms are there to listen as much as to talk. So bring your ideas and maybe you can be the start of a great Feather (Feature ?) conversation. :) I will 100% echo the following: " Other hints - *wear comfortable shoes, you will walk and stand a LOT. " The sessions normally have seating, but if they are "full" there might be standing room too. So if there is one "must see session" (and you decide that the one you signed up for is really not the "must see session" then you might end up standing around the edges of the room listening when you would have been seated in an almost empty session. :) So be prepared to be flexible and nimble. :) I will also add that you need to get some sleep when you can. It is far to easy to be up until 11,12,1,2 AM and then have a 8:30am session the next day. Do not miss out on the social aspects of the Conference, but keep the next day in mind too. :) I figure I will sleep when I am dead and spend as much time as I can every day, but that leads to a very exhausting week. (And a very rewarding week too.) Evening with R & D: If it is anything like "Evening with Engineering" was, then you need to go. You need to go and bring a note pad with your "top 10" questions for the people who actually make the software that you depend on. Bring your enhancement ideas, your off the wall questions and your hearing aid that can hear in loud rooms. :) [ Last years was in WAY to small of an area and there was so much going on that I left with a headache from the noise. But a definite "MUST see" of the conference.] By Friday things are winding down. Some people leave "early" to get home that night. Others stay until the last moment and stay over night, or do the "red eye" (overnight flight) home too. They normally keep one or two nice details for Friday. So I suggest not missing a single moment. :) See you there. :) -- Carey Matthew Black Remedy Skilled Professional (RSP) ARS = Action Request System(Remedy) Solution = People + Process + Tools Fast, Accurate, Cheap.... Pick two. Never ascribe to malice, that which can be explained by incompetence. _____________________________________________________________________________ __ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at http://www.wwrug.org _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at http://www.wwrug.org
