This is a case for marketing and advertising really. I am willing to be that most people who are considering going to CFUnited 2007 probably did not know of this information. My honest feeling is that all of improvements from 2006 to 2007 should be made more available. I may be missing where this information is posted, but if it posted someplace then please send it to me, so that I can pass it on to my CFUG colleagues for review.
Justification of cost is understanding the value of any service. I do not believe that Adobe MAX is a competitor for CFUnited. I attended both CFUnted and Adobe MAX 2006 and you meet two different sets of people at each event. If you meet one professional contact or any quality personal contacts from the event, $700 quickly pays itself off just in either side work or the quality of life of having good friends. Can you put a price on a good friend? I know that I cannot. I would not sell my friends down the river for $700. I personally pay for all of my conferences as I am a consultant. I regret that I can only budget 2 conferences a year, otherwise I would budget for cf.objective() and at least one Europe conference. I have friends across the pond that I owe some drinks to. Come for knowledge, come for friends, come for networking or just come to tell me in person and convince me that there is no value meeting the majority of the CF notables. I am not on any advisory board. I do not work for TeraTech. I am just a long time CF developer that enjoys meeting other CF geeks. Find me there and lets talk shop over your beverage of choice. Cheers, Teddy On 11/17/06, David Epler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >So, what are all these big improvements? Well, I can't get into the > >specifics of all of them, but here are a few major ones - most of which > >being a direct response to 2006 attendee feedback: > > > >1.TeraTech is arranging for better equipment, including better AV > equipment > >2. Better Internet access for all of the attendees > >3. A larger on-site staff > >4. Better food > >5. Make 2007 a much bigger and better event than last year > > Thank you, Simon. That was all I was looking for. To know what is driving > the increase. > > - David Epler > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:260920 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
