Best argument I can think of is that it's twice as valuable as a training class, and half the cost. I regularly spend my OWN time and money to attend this for that reason, and I know I am not the only one who does.
Rick On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 8:57 AM, Martinez, Marcelo A <[email protected]>wrote: > ** > > X2 I will be anxiously awaiting posts and tweets from the conference ..in > Houston. > > > > I wish to ping some of you lucky enough to go and ask: How do you sell off > the idea of “a conference in Vegas” to management? I will have to put > together a presentation for them next year… > > > > > > Marcelo > > > > > > *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Sanford, Claire > *Sent:* Monday, October 11, 2010 10:27 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: WWRUG > > > > ** > > Sam, > > > > If your company is willing to send you, *GO!* Go and learn and network > and enjoy the camaraderie! You will be part of a very elite group of people > if you attend. I left my first RUG in awe of the people I had met in real > life from the list and with a renewed sense of wonder in the awesome product > that we all will forever call Remedy. I learned as much or more in the RUG > tutorials than I did in a solid week of Remedy training classes. > > > > Sadly, I'll be here at home in Houston, sobbing all week long, living > vicariously through the posts and tweets from the conference. > > > > I love my company, they just have different priorities and conference > travel is not one of them... for some people. > > > > C > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Samuel A. Morris > *Sent:* Friday, October 08, 2010 2:42 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* WWRUG > > ** > > Regarding the WWRUG in Las Vegas... I'd like to come to it, my company is > willing to send me, but I have a concern that the sessions are going to be > so far over my head that little of it will make much sense (read, I'm very > inexperienced with Remedy, etc.) As an example, I posted a question on this > list about being able to display certain items in the Atrium Core Console... > the one reply I got ended with the line "I have a question - how much > experience do you have with CMDB?", leading me to feel even more out of > place on this list. (I subscribed to it in hopes of learning more about > Remedy, Atrium, ITSM, etc. I have to admit that most of the questions posted > here are beyond my understanding.) I appreciated the gentlemen who tried to > help me, and I don't think he meant anything negative in what he asked. But > it did give me cause to worry about spending so much money on the WWRUG > given my lack of knowledge of the product. > > I guess what I'm asking is, will there be some of WWRUG geared to those > with not a lot of experience with the various products? > > Thank you for your time, > Sam > ** > > This message and any attachments contain information from Union Pacific > which may be confidential and/or privileged. If you are not the intended > recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the > contents of this message is strictly prohibited by law. If you receive this > message in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the > message and any attachments. > > ** > _attend WWRUG10 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ > > _attend WWRUG10 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ > _attend WWRUG10 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ > _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug10 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
