>Okay, let's say I get approval to attend a conference this year (yeah right!), would I better served to attend the Advisor DevCon, or Whilfest GLGDW? Thanks for any comments!

I vote for Whilfest. You can't beat the cost of the conference, hotel is cheaper, and you get a lot of the same speakers/presentations as DevCon. And who wouldn't like Milwaukee in winter :-)?