Well said Claire. > On 29 Jul 2014, at 06:02, "Sanford, Claire" > <claire.sanf...@memorialhermann.org> wrote: > > ** > My plan was to come on Sunday and leave on Saturday. I planned on attending > the certification sessions. They are not even worth it! > > Dan, how can we give them the benefit of the doubt? They have had since 2009 > to watch and learn how to do it from the Masters!! People that managed to > hold down a full time job and do the conference! They even appear to have > hired a company to do all the heavy lifting for them! I know you probably > have to be supportive, the rest of us don’t. It is extremely disappointing. > I talked this up to a co-worker who was also going to ask to attend this > year. There is one CMDB session (maybe 2?). How can he justify the > expense!? > > I was looking forward to this because it was sort of like “going home again”. > The RUG that was held there before was so full of great memories and > learning that I really wanted it to be good! > > Then again that conference had you, Rick Cook, Warren Baltimore, Pat Zandi, > Kim Moody, Phil Bautista and a host of other really awesome people to learn > from! The conversations were both entertaining and very educational! > > Remember the ARSLIST party in the Sushi Restaurant! Very well attended and > lots of fun! “Look for the bright pink sign that says ARSLIST” The midnight > raid of the vending machines, the trip 10 miles away to purchase beverages. > I am starting to feel old! > > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of arslist > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 10:30 PM > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Subject: Re: ENGAGE > > ** > They may be busy but I look at the sessions and still struggle to see any > technical depth for the BMC Remedy area. It might be there but with the > naming of sessions I can’t tell. > > That being said, and of course I am biased, let’s give them the benefit of > the doubt. After all, BMC hasn’t done a North American conference since 2007, > so they are probably working hard to get it right. > Everyone gave us the benefit of the doubt in 2009, or at least a couple of > hundred of you did J > > As for Evening sessions, Evening with Engineering has been on their schedule > since day one, unique and important and worth attending the conference just > for it! > For additional interesting networking, stay tuned, something will be worked > out ….. > > How many are arriving Sunday (or before) or leaving after Thursday? > > I am giving up Canadian Thanksgiving Monday to be there, I need it to be > worthwhile! > > Cheers … Dan > > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Rick Cook > Sent: July 28, 2014 7:51 PM > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Subject: Re: ENGAGE > > ** > I think they are busy planning the conference. > > Rick > > On Jul 28, 2014 4:48 PM, "Tauf Chowdhury" <taufc...@gmail.com> wrote: > ** > Maybe we can try to get Goofy or Mickey Mouse to moderate > > > On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 7:46 PM, laurent matheo <lm...@me.com> wrote: > ** > Yep, or a justin.tv (which has a chat). > Could be doable :) > > On 29 Jul, 2014,at 01:42 AM, Tauf Chowdhury <taufc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > ** > Not if you do it from a hotel room though? I'll pitch in for a suite. We can > set up a google hang out and a live tweet session. > > > On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 7:40 PM, laurent matheo <lm...@me.com> wrote: > ** > Yeah I proposed this... Somekind of "genius bar" or something, maybe panel > like, or small breakouts or something... > Could have been setup like a "mini community onsite" using Matt for this... > > Maybe we could squat the booth location for this when it's not attended? If > it's like wwrug, it's just opened for lunch / not a long time, we could use > the place to do some small groups about a theme or something? > > So, a mix between the "bird & the feathers", "genius bar", "community" and > whatever? > > We could even stream it live on the net so the others could see it (that > could be a problem with BMC rules though). > > On 29 Jul, 2014,at 01:36 AM, Tauf Chowdhury <taufc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > ** > I was willing to sponsor a technical/learning lab at the conference. Reached > out to numerous people. Deaf ears. Oh well... I'm still going. Love > networking (by networking I mean drinking) with you guys if you decide to go. > > > On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 7:33 PM, Tauf Chowdhury <taufc...@gmail.com> wrote: > In browsing through the sessions and speakers, the title of unnamed speaker > pretty much sums up my assessment of the catalog: Lead Technical Marketing > Consultant > > > On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 7:31 PM, laurent matheo <lm...@me.com> wrote: > ** > The evening is still there, Tuesday from 6 to 8 PM: > http://www.eventmgmt.aimia.com/events/bmc-engage-2014/custom-20-2bc888d975f2496db5d3f819b9735209.aspx > > But that's weird... Since breakouts continue from 6 to 9 PM on tuesday... So > or you go stalk the Engineers (and potentially miss 2 breakouts), or you > attend the breakouts (and miss the candy)? > > > On 29 Jul, 2014,at 01:26 AM, Rick Cook <remedyr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > ** > And with so many evening sessions, where does the Evening with Engineering or > the other evening activities go? Will they even have them? > > Rick > > On Jul 28, 2014 4:24 PM, "Jason Miller" <jason.mil...@gmail.com> wrote: > ** > Not impressed. My first impress is welcome back BMC Marketing World. We > haven't missed you all these years. Maybe I need to just let it soak in for > a day or two?.?.?. > > Unless I am overlooking something it seems there are very few presentations > by customers. > > > On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 3:46 PM, Sanford, Claire > <claire.sanf...@memorialhermann.org> wrote: > ** > Just shaking my head… > > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of laurent matheo > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 5:32 PM > > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Subject: Re: ENGAGE > > > > ** > It seems the list is on now: > http://bmc.g2planet.com/bmcengage2014/event_agenda > > > On 29 Jul, 2014,at 12:25 AM, "Sanford, Claire" > <claire.sanf...@memorialhermann.org> wrote: > > You are certainly trusting Terry! > > I’ll wait for the agenda and hope they extend the early bird rate. I can > see it now… > > ME: Hi Mr. Director, please spend thousands of dollars for me to be gone for > almost a week for a conference where we have no idea what the content is. > There is an early bird discount!!! > > DIR: Come back when you have an agenda and a firm grasp on what you sessions > are going to attend AND how much you are going to spend. > > ME: Big Sigh… > > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Tauf Chowdhury > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 4:52 PM > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Subject: Re: ENGAGE > > ** > Is that like the "good faith" deposit at a car dealer? Say goodbye to that > $75! Hehe > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jul 28, 2014, at 5:49 PM, Terry Bootsma <tboot...@objectpath.com> wrote: > > ** > I believe early bird pricing expires July 31st. So, if the agenda is out > today or tomorrow, that is just "under the wire". > > However, I had to make a call last week, so I registered and paid for the > conference with the understanding that I could de-register up to a certain > date with a $75.00 "admin" fee. Well, we'll see about that. :-) > > Terry > > > > > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Lynn Larsen > Sent: July-28-14 5:03 PM > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Subject: Re: ENGAGE > > ** > I’m glad I’m not alone in the trying to get approval for a conference that we > have no idea what the content is… There should not be “early bird” pricing > that expires before the detailed agenda is even published, in my opinion. > > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Sanford, Claire > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 3:55 PM > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Subject: Re: ENGAGE > > ** > They missed one mark… in order to get a room you have to go through their > conference desk. We are adults. We should be able to make our own > reservations. > > If the conference is more “sales” than technical, there is no way I can get > approval. I’ll be disappointed if they go back to the way it was before it > became WWRUG! > > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Jason Miller > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 3:51 PM > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Subject: Re: ENGAGE > > ** > I agree that our WWRUG friends are much better at communicating and giving > people the information they need to decide, get approvals and make travel > arrangements than BMC. Let's just hope they don't completely miss the mark > on this conference. > > Jason > > > On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 11:47 AM, David Boylan <david_boy...@brown.edu> wrote: > I still haven't seen much of what is being presented other that lots of > marketing. > > Is this even worth going to? > > > Dave > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org > "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years" > > _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ > _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ > > > Note: This e-mail and any attachments may be privileged and confidential and > protected from disclosure. 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