RE: 2003 IOUG Meeting

Try the off topic list. There are a number of 'faces' there.

Jared

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Although it is not cheap to attend IOUG, I agree it is very worthwhile. If money is an issue consider:

1. Presenting - your conference fee is waived or reduced (for quick tips)
2. Volunteering - I volunteered when it was held in Denver and received $300 off for being a room monitor for a day
3. Sharing hotel room - I prefer the solitude of a hotel room to decompress/working on my presentation, but if money is tight, it's not a bad way to go. Then again, after sharing a 'room' (about the size of a cubicle) at Gorak Shep, Nepal with 2 other men, anything with indoor plumbing is luxurious.
4. Shopping around/staying offsite - I found a significantly better rate on a room on Expedia for San Diego. Not sure about Dolphin & Swan...

Of course, the best reason to spend the money...  Put a face with all those anonymous geeks who post smart-_at_ss RTFM comments
on the list...

Dan Fink

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If you have the money...

Scott Shafer
San Antonio, TX
210-581-6217

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rachel Carmichael [SMTP:wisernet100_at_yahoo.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 11:18 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: RE: 2003 IOUG Meeting
>
> I NEVER get to see every presentation I want to see there. For my
> money, IOUG is the BEST conference around and more than worth the money
>
> Rachel
> --- Stephen Andert <StephenAndert_at_firsthealth.com> wrote:
> > Add to that the cost of getting there (Orlando FL for 2003),
> > transportation to/from the airport
> > hotel (4-6 nights at around $200/night depending on what hotel you
> > stay
> > at)
> > some meals (lunch is usually provided, some evening events include
> > enough food for dinner)
> >
> > That said, I hope that doesn't scare your company off. IMHO, this is
> > the best investment you can make in your DBA's. (I can't speak for
> > developers.) Both years I've gone, I was frustrated because there
> > were
> > more sessions that I wanted to attend that I could since they were at
> > the same time. This year, there were no sessions that I attended
> > that I
> > didn't learn something from. Many of the sessions generated a list
> > of
> > "to do as soon as I get back to the office".
> >
> > Hope to see you there.
> >
> > Stephen
>

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