[THIN] Re: An Independent iForum-like Conference?

  • From: "Jan Broucinek" <tinybeetle@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 13:43:14 -0400

I'm in, even if I have to take vacation and pay for it myself.

Jan Broucinek, System Manager
Arthur Rutenberg Homes, Inc.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Madden" <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 12:23 PM
Subject: [THIN] An Independent iForum-like Conference?


> Hi All,
>
>
> At the THIN list dinner at Shula's at iForum last year, a bunch of
us
> guys and gals sat around and talked about all sorts of things.
>
>
>
> One thing we discussed was that we felt that iForum was turning into
an
> "industry event" as opposed to a good old fashioned tech conference.
We
> discussed creating our own vendor-neutral server-based computing
> technical conference.
>
>
>
> I've been busily working on this idea for several months now. I've
> talked to a lot of you offline about it, and to vendors, hotels, and
> management companies. I live in Washington DC, and we've even
brought
> this idea to the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority.
Fairfax
> county is the home of "Silicon Alley" which is the DC-area home to
many
> huge tech companies. (They love the idea, BTW.)
>
>
>
> So, here's what I'm thinking. I have a meeting with the FCEDA on
Friday,
> and I'd like to get your opinions on stuff:
>
>
>
> Independent Server-Based Computing Tech Conference, Washington DC,
April
> 2005
>
>
>
> This is our event. We can talk about whatever we want. I talked to
the
> TS product group at Microsoft, and they seemed interested. I think
we
> could get some of the TS developers at this event. Also, we could
talk
> about MetaFrame, New Moon, Jetro, HOB, DAT, etc, etc.. plus all the
> third-party tools. We could invite all the people from this LIST to
> speak, and we can get together online to vote on the agenda, polls,
etc.
>
>
>
> My idea is for this to be a technical event. I'd also like to make
it
> much cheaper than iForum, maybe around $500 or so.
>
>
>
> So, thoughts, ideas, suggestions?
>
>
>
> Remember that I don't have a job, so I can basically spend all day
> working on putting this thing together.
>
>
>
> Brian
>
>
>
> Brian Madden
>
> brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> +1.202.302.3657
>
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