Dean, -- Donald Neal Special Operations Network Delivery Telecom New Zealand Ltd

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"Dean Pemberton" <dean(a)flatnet.gen.nz> 01/08/02 04:08 >>>

I'd be interested in hearing what people think about the Vendor vs Non-Vendor approach.

On the one hand making it Non-Vendor keeps it like the list. A place for people to swap ideas and now have Vendors jump in with an axe to grind.

On the other hand. Vendors with axe's to grind == money. And they can spring for beer/giveaways/etc.

Hard to know what people want to do here.

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One option would be a stand-alone event either in Auckland or Wellington (i.e. Auckland?) though our non-existant financial structure might cause problems with that. Another would be to clip ourselves onto the side of some moderately relevant conference such as that now being planned by UniForum NZ for mid-year, in the hope of avoiding all that tedious mucking about with venues and things. (No, I have not discussed

I don't see this as either/or. Apart from the issues you raise, there is definitely an audience for presentations by vendor staff who know what they're talking about, subject to simple rules about not being too rude about other companies except Microsoft. this

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with UniForum NZ, though at least one of their board is sympathetic. :{)* )

Uni-Who? Are they still having conferences?

So far as I'm aware, they're the only (other?) organisation seeking to run a national conference for geeks. If anyone knows of another ... - Donald Neal ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "This communication, including any attachments, is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not read it - please contact me immediately, destroy it, and do not copy or use any part of this communication or disclose anything about it. Thank you." ============================================================================== - To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog