perfect? nothing in life is "perfect" :) always feel free to offer criticism - DEFINITELY, but to be fair you may also want to point out the great aspects of the conference and the fact that either way you're planning to attend. There seems to be an abnormal increase in conference discussion this year that has a "this versus that" mentality with regards to what conference(s) to attend. To be honest, it's really not that simple.
Regarding being ignored - TeraTech does receive a MASSIVE number of emails and phone calls about what could be better, what should be added or done differently at next year's conference, etc. and they do try to address as much of the feedback as possible. Certainly, the most common feedback gets the most attention. Also, they open topic/speaker suggestions up to the entire community, have allowed the community to vote on topics/suggestions in the past, and they have asked attendees for suggestions and likes/dislikes regarding individual speakers, sessions, and the conference in general, every single year (via surveys as well as in Michael Smith's "conference closing" address). ~Simon Simon Horwith CIO, AboutWeb - http://www.aboutweb.com Editor-in-Chief, ColdFusion Developers Journal Adobe Community Expert Adobe Certified Master Instructor Blog - http://www.horwith.com Munson, Jacob wrote: > Daniel and Simon, > > I agree that CFUnited is a very good conference, but is it perfect? I > don't think so. I've looked around at what some other tech conferences > are doing, and though I haven't attended these, I like their ideas. > > Does offering criticism mean I think the conference is bad? Of course > not. Do I still plan on attending CFUnited? Yes. > > I want to mention that I always email Michael directly /first/ with my > suggestions. But when I am ignored I tend to vent a bit when occasion > arises ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:260908 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
