excellent sentiment and excellent points, Teddy. I'll just respond by addressing 2 of the things you brought-up:
One is that the information isn't public because TeraTech, and the advisers, are striving to REALLY surprise the attendees this year by improving on so many points. The other is the MAX vs. CFUnited "competition" debate. I agree - they aren't really in competition... but that said, some people really can only afford ONE big conference so whether anyone likes it or not, they end-up having to choose between the two. I couldn't really blame someone for going with one conference or the other, depending on your reasons for going. Anyway, look forward to seeing you, and hopefully many other folks on the list, at CFUnited (and several other upcoming worthwhile conferences). ~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 Teddy Payne wrote: > 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:260925 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
