i'll respond to the rest when i have time, but i *do* want to set the record straight on one thing. please do get this info to whomever is appropriate..
Steven Noels wrote: > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=xml-cocoon-users&m=103780260804583&w=2 > > Ken: please don't take the hyperlinked message above as critique. It is > just one of the remarks I got from the GetTogether attendees: they > really like it to be a GetTogether of users & developers, rather than a > conference where sponsors automagically acquire the right for speaking > slots. i'm not sure what the above is about, but i can't help but take it as a critique based on insufficient information. only one sponsor got a speaking slot. it was 45 minutes long and they paid five figures to be our top sponsor. with the exception of a single keynote, there were *no* 'sponsor speaking slots.' that keynote represented 0.7% (yes, less than *one percent*) of the session time used in las vegas. if anyone thinks even that's too much of a sellout, i suggest that it adjust its thinking. i submit that it's talking through its hat and hasn't actually organised an event of even the size of apachecon (which is really quite small). --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
