>>Why?
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>>Vlad
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>>>b) Limit some people from logging on even if they have time.
>>>
>>>Barbara
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>For example: a user new to VFP will not log onto a conference on client/server if he thinks it will be over his head and he won't learn anything at his level.
>
>Barbara

I don't feel that would necessarily be true. I know that when I was new to VFP (not very long ago), I would have welcomed conferences with a specific topic. I actually would have been more intimidated by getting involved in a general discussion with people I didn't know. I still think the current conference formats are good, possibly just adding conference times for scheduled topics.
For any 'newbie' in VFP, any topic sessions may be more like a classroom than a round table. They may actually feel more comfortable participating in 'class' than a general discussion with a bunch of pros and gurus like yourselves. :-)