Re: New Orleans Conference a Huge Success by Henry
Henry
Tue May 29 16:54:24 CDT 2007
What happens in NOLA stays in NOLA, and who people choose to be on a long
weekend out of town should not to be questioned .. :-)
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Henry Craven {SBS-MVP}
"Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]" <sbradcpa@pacbell.net>
wrote in message news:ekKiLhfoHHA.1216@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Duh.. I finally scrolled down and say that "Anna" is Larry at the bottom.
>
> I think I hugged Larry :-) It was "Anna" that I know I didn't.
>
> Anna Clark wrote:
>> Just to add my 2 cents to what Cris has already said, and from the
>> perspective of an "ordinary" attendee this was a great conference. The
>> planning, the program, the message, the opportunity to meet the MVP's and
>> the MS SBS team was all good. Where else are you going to get most of
>> the SBS MVPs, the MS SBS development team, and 200 peers to give you
>> their best efforts.
>>
>> Now add to that the wonderful food, the great jazz music, a riverboat
>> cruise and a view of the progress that NOLA has made in 20 months, and
>> you should now start making plans to attend the next one.
>>
>> Add to that Vlad Mazek in a BIG purple hat and Mardi Gras beads and you
>> have both an informative and an entertaining meeting.
>>
>> Because the plans for the next one are not yet set, I recommend that
>> anyone who thinks they might like to participate watch the SBS public
>> news groups or www.sbsmigration.com, or whatever venue is later
>> announced, to find out who, what, where and when the next community based
>> conference will be.
>>
>> Remember, this is a peer group. There was no "message from on high".
>> Anyone who had something to contribute was able indeed encouraged to do
>> so.
>>
>> I came away with a great many ideas about how to help customers or
>> employers to avoid becoming one of the road kill statistics of a
>> catastrophic systems failure, even one as out of your control as the one
>> recounted by an attendee involving a mass murder in an office building
>> that prevented everyone in the building, spread across multiple
>> companies, from going to work for a week. The infrastructure was OK, but
>> no one could get to it. And there were many others.
>>
>> One thing that kept coming up was how to get more people involved. What
>> kept people from coming to this conference? Holiday weekend? More
>> notice? Would you be more likely to attend if the meeting was not over a
>> holiday? If you would have come if "whatever" had been different, please
>> post back here, or on www.sbsmigration.com or whatever venue they make
>> available, what would entice you to attend.
>>
>> I would like to go on an summarize the entire meeting for everyone to
>> read, but I am still in NOLA, and having too much fun to spend the next
>> two days to tell you what you missed.
>>
>> Larry Struckmeyer
>>
>>
>>
>> "Cris Hanna [SBS-MVP]" <crisnospamhanna@computingnospampossibilities.net>
>> wrote in message
>> news:7228E3D5-4D2B-4A15-925A-4136072F4EF0@microsoft.com...
>>> I've just arrived home from Jeff Middleton's IT Pro 2007 Conference in
>>> New Orleans and I just wanted to let everyone know that it was a huge
>>> success...from the key note...to the various panel discussions, the deep
>>> dive sessions, Microsoft's presentation on Cougar, the vendors and of
>>> course New Orleans, Bourbon St. and last nights cruise on the
>>> Mississippi. There was overwhelming indications from those present that
>>> they would like to see this happen again next year and Jeff seemed to
>>> indicate he'd put efforts in that direction. And I know we all came
>>> home with lots to think about.
>>>
>>> It was nice to put a face to some of you from the NG's here and
>>> unfortunate that many more of you did not make it.
>>>
>>> Remember that Wayne Small, SBS - MVP and founder of SBSFAQ.com is
>>> hosting a seminar in Sydney Austrailia over Thanksgiving...he has a
>>> great line up and activities planned...
>>>
>>> And start planning now to join us for Jeff's IT PRO 2008 Conference (or
>>> whatever it winds up being called). Meantime, Jeff and others are
>>> continuing the conference aboard a cruise ship bound for Mexico. Bon
>>> Voyage.
>>>
>>> I'll be happy to answer any questions anyone might have about this
>>> conference.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Cris Hanna [SBS-MVP]
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