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-----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Mansfield Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 8:37 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM Oxford Symposium *I* would go to a TSM symposium in the US, and there are many lovely venues in the US that are as fun as Oxford (though none as old). For example, University of Chicago is centrally located and quite picturesque, near two major airports, they're active in Share, and they have a pretty big TSM installation. I've never been to Cornell. I heard that the "user" attendance at the San Diego Share was disappointing. I know I didn't go because of some personal issues, but what about everybody else? Are two Shares a year too many? Are the presentations not advanced or focused enough? Bill Mansfield Solution Architect Logicalis, Inc. Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 12:11:51 -0600 From: Kelly Lipp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: TSM Oxford Symposium We've tried to expand the symposium to the US for years. Great idea. The problem is cost: too much competition for the dollars in other conferences. And Oxford is unique: they have a very reasonable place for attendees to stay. What we need on this side of the pond is a similar University setting. We've thought Cornell would be the logical spot, but even that doesn't work well due to the cost. Paul Zarnowksi is an avid attendee of Oxford and we discuss their hosting the US event each time. How many US based folks would attend a TSM Symposium somewhere on our continent if it cost $1500 for three days, plus travel? The answer is surprisingly few: not enough to make it economically viable for a private company to host. =20 STORServer would love to host such an event if we didn't have to lose our a**es to do it! On another note: there isn't any place in the US that's as much fun as Oxford in September. If you haven't gone, make an effort to go. Though, alas, this may well be the last one. We've heard that before, but Sheelagh is threatening retirement (well deserved I might add) and without a sponsor of her talent, these sorts of things never happen. The amount of effort required in unspeakable. Most of us would blanch. Kelly J. Lipp VP Manufacturing & CTO STORServer, Inc. 485-B Elkton Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80907 719-266-8777 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please see the following link for the BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee E-mail disclaimer: http://www.bcbst.com/email_disclaimer.shtm
