Well, I was going to vacation in Europe next spring anyway, so I may just combine the two and write off part of the expense of the trip.
Rick On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 2:17 PM, Sanford, Claire < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My management has already made a big deal of letting me know without > telling me I am not going that education and travel were cut out of the > budget. I may just send myself! > > ________________________________ > > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Howard Richter > Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 4:07 PM > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Subject: Re: Top 10 Reasons to Attend BMC User World > > > ** > Having lived in Miami, its not a hard call to make. > > Can you say laissez le bon temps rouler > <http://www.proz.com/kudoz/english_to_french/idioms_maxims_sayings/84833 > -let_the_good_times_roll.html<http://www.proz.com/kudoz/english_to_french/idioms_maxims_sayings/84833-let_the_good_times_roll.html>> > . > > Howard > > > On 6/18/08, T. Dee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That is a tough call, but I'm going to have to go with the > French Riviera :-) > > > > On 6/18/08, Rick Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ** It's either that, or go to the one in Nice, France, next > May! > > (Hmmm...Miami during hurricane season, French Riviera in late > > spring...hmmm...). > > > > Rick > > > > On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 7:08 AM, Pierson, Shawn > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > ** > > > > > > > > > > > > Here are a few more: > > > > > > * Talk to vendors that have other software and > services that may > > be useful for your implementation. > > > > > > * See demos of new products. > > > > > > * Get answers to technical questions from other > Remedy > > developers/administrators and the engineers from BMC. > > > > > > * See how other companies are using the products and > get ideas > > that I can apply at my company. > > > > > > * Take shortened classes to learn more, rather than > spending an > > entire week on just one topic. > > > > > > * Get ITIL certified (if you aren't already, > although you can > > probably do that cheaper at another place locally like I did.) > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm sure you can come up with more, but if you're trying to > justify going > > there to your boss you have to look at it from a financial > perspective. > > Perhaps there's a big project that would be saved money > because you would be > > able to implement it faster by attending the conference? > Perhaps there is > > some software you have a project to build, but can discover a > cheaper out of > > the box solution from a third party vendor you wouldn't > otherwise know about > > if you weren't at the conference? Or, if you are generally > unhappy with the > > job and attending the conference would make you more likely to > keep working > > there, let them know that. With the retirement of the baby > boomers > > starting, a lot of employers are freaking out over employee > retention and > > will make sure to do things like this to keep you around. > > > > > > > > > > > > Good luck, > > > > > > > > > > > > Shawn Pierson > > > > > > > > > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Benjamin Trimmer > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 8:38 AM > > > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > > > Subject: Top 10 Reasons to Attend BMC User World > > > > > > > > > > > > ** > > > If you were tasked to make a top 10 list - what would some > of your reasons > > be? > > > > > > Some of mine would be: > > > > > > Learn new useful tips > > > Learn things I could put into place right away > > > Learn more best practices for use of the software > > > Find out where BMC is heading with their software > > > > > > What about you? > > > > > > Regards, > > > Ben > > > > -- > Howard Richter > Red Hat Certified Technician > CompTIA Linux+ Certified > ITIL Foundation Certified > E-Mail = [EMAIL PROTECTED] > LinkedIn Profile = http://www.linkedin.com/in/hbr4270 __Platinum > Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" html___ > > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org > Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" > _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
