[This message was posted by Mahesh Kumaraguru of <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> to the "General Q/A" discussion forum at http://fixprotocol.org/discuss/22. You can reply to it on-line at http://fixprotocol.org/discuss/read/36427b94 - PLEASE DO NOT REPLY BY MAIL.]
Effectively then its not free. Like many developer / tester level people, the consulting companies which employ us are not FPL member firms, neither are the clients for which we work. Even in cases where a company is a FPL member, the big bosses / top shots like CIO / Directors get to attend the conference - not developers / testers / analysts :-( > It is part of the service provided to member firms. If your firm is a > member of FPL it is free to attend. > > > Thanks John Harris & John Goeller for your posts. My post was also to > > find out how many developer / tester level people are interested in > > this kind of meeting but unfortunately none have responded. > > > > Regarding the last meeting held in march in NYC, was is free i.e. no > > registration fee? > > > > > While not a full conference, most of the regions hold free quarterly > > > events for members of FPL. > > > > > > The last meeting in New York City was held in March and had about > > > 40- 50 person attendees (50 on the phone) from across the securities > > > industry (buy-side, sell-side and vendors). The format was a panel > > > session on Risk and Electronic Trading followed by a cocktail hour > > > for networking. > > > > > > Check the What's New section of the FPL web-site for future events. > > > > > > > Hi FIX Folks, > > > > > > > > I would like to have a meeting in NYC area which is low cost > > > > targetted towards people who cannot afford the cost of 5 star FIX > > > > conferences costing thousand dollars ( example > > > > http://fixprotocol.org/discuss/read/4a704877 ) I cannot afford to > > > > spend this kind of money (I am a poor FIX analyst and not a wall > > > > street billionare) and I think many developer / tester level > > > > people cannot spend thousand dollars for a day to talk about FIX. > > > > > > > > Anybody here have idea how this kind of a FIX get together can be > > > > arranged? > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > K. Mahesh +1-203-252-4039 [You can unsubscribe from this discussion group by sending a message to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Financial Information eXchange" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/FIX-Protocol?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
