Re: what's a good conference this fall?

[Joel Rees <rees@server.mediafusion.co.jp>]

Hello Marion,

I guess I need to watch my sarcasm a bit more closely. And thanks.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Elledge, Marion" <melledge@printing.org>
To: "'Joel Rees'" <rees@mediafusion.co.jp>; <xml-dev@lists.xml.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 11:27 PM
Subject: RE: what's a good conference this fall?


> Joel,
>
> I'm sorry that you feel the  GCA XML 2001 Conference will smell of big
money
> and graphic artists. I assure you that will not be the case. With Lauren
> Wood serving as conference chair, Jon Bosak, and Michael Sperberg-McQueen
on
> the planning committee, the program will be of the highest quality
> content.The conference is being re-formatted to include a number of "town
> hall" meetings, providing opportunity for attendee participation in
extended
> sessions. Late-breaking technology sessions will highlight the latest
> developments from the vendor community. And a number of other changes are
> being instituted to enhance the event for both the developer and the user
> community.
>
> GCA is a non-profit organization, unlike most of the other organizations
> running XML events. GCA is not an association of big money or graphic
> artists, but rather the membership is made up of corporate publishers,
> academic institutions, vendors, etc. The income from events does not go
into
> deep pockets, but rather back into the industry for development of
standards
> and specifications and support of a variety of industry initiatives.
>
> I would suggest you take a look at the program in early September when it
is
> posted to the event web site: www.xmlconference.org
>
> If you have any further questions, please contact me.
>
> Marion Elledge
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Joel Rees [SMTP:rees@server.mediafusion.co.jp]
> > Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 12:06 AM
> > To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
> > Subject: what's a good conference this fall?
> >
> > Hi!
> >
> > I hope no one would mind if I asked for a recommendation about
conferences
> > this fall. The two I'm thinking about in particular are the DevCon in
San
> > Jose and the GCA Conference over in Orlando?
> >
> > DevCon looks like it's on the cutting edge of the xml database hype. GCA
> > looks like it'll smell of big money and graphic artists.
> >
> > I'm leaning towards San Jose because of the flavor of db, but I'm a
newbie
> > to XML, so I'd like to hear a little of the word of experience.
> >
> > Joel Rees
> >
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