For the record, I'll be Engaging. And as usual, charming, witty, dapper and most of all modest.
See you at Engage! Doug -- Doug Blair +1 224-558-5462 Sent from my iPad Air Auto-corrected typos, misspellings and non-sequiturs are gratefully attributed to Steve Jobs :-) > On Aug 5, 2014, at 8:29 AM, "Richter, Howard (CEI - Atlanta)" > <[email protected]> wrote: > > ** > Can the tasting be a BMC sponsored event? If so can we add some red wines? > > Like a Revana 2009 Cab, a Chehalem 2006 Pinot and maybe some of the > Blackbirds? > > hbr > > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Coryat (jcoryat) > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2014 9:19 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [arslist] ENGAGE > > ** > A favorite from my area is Pendleton (Let er buck!). May have to bring a > bottle to share. J > > Jim > > From: Jason Miller [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, August 04, 2014 2:19 PM > Subject: Re: ENGAGE > > ** > I caught the end of the tasting; where I met my new love... Templeton. > > I forget who brought their homemade stuff and what it was called but I think > I was breathing fire for a little while after that. > > To answer Lynn's question I am all registered up to be at ENGAGE > > Jason > > > On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 11:18 AM, Joe D'Souza <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > I still recall our whiskey tasting night that we had at Misi’s & Phil’s room. > Some of that European Whiskey is downright awesome! > > Joe > > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Shellman, David > Sent: Monday, August 04, 2014 2:14 PM > > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: ENGAGE > > Of all the years that I’ve known Misi and Magnus, I’ve never seen them turn > down a free drink. If they do, beware as that would be a sign that they are > sick. > > Dave > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Scott Philben > Sent: Monday, August 04, 2014 2:12 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: ENGAGE > > ** > Will you be accepting free drinks? We definitely owe you big for the use of > some of your products... > > On Aug 04, 2014, at 02:03 PM, Misi Mladoniczky <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Me and Magnus will definitely be there. > > Best Regards - Misi, RRR AB, http://rrr.se > > > So LJ is going… aside from the Unisys folks that we know will be > there, who > > else WILL be attending from our string of conversation here?? > > > > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of LJ LongWing > > Sent: Monday, August 04, 2014 9:00 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: ENGAGE > > > > ** > > Apparently...the process took a bit longer than anticipated....one > of my two > > topics got accepted, so it appears I WILL be attending Engage this > year :) > > > > It appears that the content of sessions has shifted a bit in the > last week. I > > reported 120 at the end of last Monday. As of this exact moment, > there are > > only 102 active sessions, 41 are Remedy related, 11 by non BMCers, > and 4 are > > technical. > > > > So, the numbers are shifting a bit....but my topic isn't in that > list yet, but > > it titled 'Remedy Java API – Basic Components' where I plan on > discussing > > how the API is structured, how the objects relate to what you see in > Remedy > > Dev Studio as well as Mid-Tier, and how to manipulate your Remedy > system > > through the API to get the best out of it. :)... > > > > I'm hopeful at this point that Engage is morphing into something a > bit more > > acceptable to the many technical resources we have here on the list. > > > > On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 6:27 PM, LJ LongWing > > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected] > > > wrote: > > I guess the best 'rejection letter' you can possibly get is the > accepted list > > coming out and not being able to find yourself anywhere on there. > > > > Looking through the sessions, I see there are 120 sessions total. 46 > are > > 'Remedy' related, that's ITSM or ROD (38%) in some way or another. > Of those > > only 12 are not being done by BMCers (10%). 4 of those are listed as > > 'Technical' (3%). All 4 of them are directly related to ITSM (3 SRM, > 1 CMDB). > > Nothing that's directly related to Remedy as a development platform, > but as a > > platform to sell their OOTB tools....part of me is disappointed, but > not > > surprised. > > > > Both of the topics I submitted were of a technical nature, relating > to Remedy, > > not ITSM...so, I guess that's likely why neither topic was selected > for > > presentation.... > > > > and due due to the fact that I was counting on not paying the > admission fees, > > I'm not going to be able to justify the expense to attend this > > year...so...maybe I'll do them anyway, but post them on my site > instead so > > everyone can benefit instead of just the ones that attend > Engage...who knows. > > > > On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 5:57 PM, Jason Miller > > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected] > > > wrote: > > ** > > By doing our own thing we would simply be creating an overlay on > ENGAGE. Once > > we create the overlay we can customize and changes by BMC won't have > an > > impact. Except if they delete one of us in base, that will have an > impact on > > the overlay. > > > > On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 4:42 PM, Tauf Chowdhury > > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected] > > > 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 > > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected] > > 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 > > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected] > > > 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 > > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected] > > > 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 > > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected] > > 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 > > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected] > > > 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" > > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected] > > > 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 > > > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected] > > > > > wrote: > > ** > > Just shaking my head… > > > > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > > [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected] >] On > Behalf Of laurent > > matheo > > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 5:32 PM > > > > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected] > > > 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" > > > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected] > > > > > 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:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tauf Chowdhury > > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 4:52 PM > > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected] > > > 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 > > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected] > > > 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:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lynn Larsen > > Sent: July-28-14 5:03 PM > > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected] > > > 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:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sanford, Claire > > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 3:55 PM > > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected] > > > 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:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jason Miller > > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 3:51 PM > > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected] > > > 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. 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