I encourage everyone to attend. Doug is one of the smartest people in the FoxPro world and a tremendous speaker. He is also a terrific person. He's Canadian, after all. One of my best memories of FoxPro is picking Doug up at O'Hare and driving him to an early WhilFest, just shooting the breeze. A really nice memory. Go to the group meeting and find a nice memory of your own.

No one encouraged me to say this; it is all on my own. A sincere compliment is always a pleasure.

Just don't let him rattle on about the Canadian Football League too long.