I just cannot believe that BMC would not do a conference this year. IMO, BMC needs to take a hard look at where to cut expenses for this event. For instance, they can definitely cut on the guest speakers, like that Nicholas Carr, that says that IT does not matter anymore! They can make it less flashy and make it more content oriented.
The UserWorld conference organizers need to take a deep look at why people (Remedy employees, partners, customers, consultants) were so excited to attend the good old RUGs. BMC is a much bigger company than the old Remedy, and you would think the commitment to a yearly conference would be the at least the same.... -Guillaume -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) on behalf of Daniel Sent: Tue 01/06/09 11:01 AM To: [email protected] Subject: ADM: Other shoe just fell, no UserWorld 2009, so on with the ARSlist Awards Apparently not only did they botch up the 2008, They have decided to follow that up with just not trying for 2009 (they don't say it won't happen, just they will not host it which is not Necessarily the same thing, but this year probably is). Guess that makes the ARSlist the UserWorld 2009, meeting from now to the end of the year, At least for the BMC BSM/Atrium/Remedy crowd. I will let others discuss if this is a good fiscal move or not. I think the value Of the conference outweighs the costs, but I only have to pay the bill for me. In any event, or lack thereof, this means I will be doing the following: 1) Returning to the Vote for the ARSlist Awards for 2008 2) Planning for some set of events that can allow us to properly Do the ARSlist Awards 2009 and provide a method for us all to Share our discoveries of 2009. This may mean a multi-city simultaneous conference, Or setting up a virtual conference. 3) Exploring other on-line avenues to expand what the ARSlist/WWRUG can provide To replace our annual conference networking ability. The first is a FaceBook Group But if folks have other thoughts please let me know ... Daniel _______________________________________________________________________________ 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"
