Maybe it is even on a track-by-track basis. In the MVS-Storage track, attendance was up. We must have had at least a half-dozen sessions that filled the room to standing room only. Of course, the rooms were smaller then before; but we normally don't have 60+ at anything except the IBM next-release session and the "whats new in HSM" session. This time, there many others that also hit the 60+ mark. So from the MVS-Storage track, attendance was up in Orlando.
Russell Witt MVSS Project Manager -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chase, John Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2011 9:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: SHARE Attendance > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Rob Schramm > > I really hope that your skepticism is unfounded and that SHARE attendance is > up. If attendance at the various "receptions" is any indication, SHARE attendance was definitely DOWN in Orlando. Crowds at the CICS sessions I attended were definitely smaller than I've seen in the past, and the only z/OS 1.13 sessions I attended that were close to running out of seats were the ones held in "tiny" rooms. Despite my perception of decreased attendance, the sessions I attended were timely for our shop because we either have upgrades in progress or scheduled to start within the next month or so. -jc- > > Rob Schramm > Senior Systems Consultant > Imperium Group > > > > On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Mark Zelden <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >Wow! SHARE sold out its room allocation at the Dolphin. Overflow at the > > Swan > > >also sold out. Some people are staying at an off-site hotel. > > > > > > So did it appear that attendance was up for this SHARE? Any real numbers? > > Or > > was there just lack of hotels for other reasons. > > > > Regards, > > > > Mark > > -- > > Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS > > mailto:[email protected] Mark's MVS Utilities: > > http://www.mzelden.com/mvsutil.html > > Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
