Hi Bob,

I felt like you after my first DevCon. A big part of the conferences is the networking..and that usually happens after hours. Don't be afraid to sit down at the bar with a group of people. Ask around what people are doing for dinner. You're bound to get invited. As for your suggestion, there is usually a group that gets together on the night before DevCon. There is often a list of people here on the UT. At the very least hang out in the hotel lobby. A group will begin to form. Don't be shy about inviting yourself...someone always does...and most people don't mind.


>You know Evan, this group on your board, (UT )is quite active, and we all get to know each other through our posts - replys, and general banter.
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>Last year in Miami, while at Miami, while there were many people very very few of them I knew, or could remember from the people I communicated with directly. sure I did have few private conversations with Rick Stahl, and Tamar, and a few people I scheduled to meet up with, but in general, I felt alone in a mass of lots of alone other people.
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>The prior diehard Devcon attendees were out in in force, meeting up with people from the years past, and so on, but for me, last year was my first.
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>Unless you have scheduled meetings, or times to meet specific people, we all just get jumbled up with everyone else.
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>What I am suggesting here, is that during a lunch, or some other time, maybe Sunday night, before San Diego start, maybe the UT group attending could have a meet, a dinner / drink so we can get to know everyone before we get on to the learing and sessions.
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>Just my thoughts for the morning.
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>Bob Lee
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>>>I'll be there. Hope to have some VFP / Office XP automation samples to share.
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>>Are you presenting?