Folks,
STORServer, Inc. is considering hosting the US version of the TSM Symposium
in late September/early October here in Colorado Springs, CO. As you know,
this symposium has been offered in odd numbered years at the University of
Oxford.
To boost the appeal of this we will offer our Level 1 course before Symposia
and the Level 2 course after it. The days of the event will be Wednesday
afternoon through Friday early afternoon. This will be a highly technical
symposium with a number of tracks to follow. We will invite the best TSM
expertise we can find to educate and inform. Finally, there will be a
number of exhibitors showing their wares.
The projected cost to each attendee is around $1000 USD. This does not
include lodging or travel but does include meals. We will offer discounts
for multiple attendees from the same corporation as well for folks attending
the optional TSM training classes that we offer. This event is NOT to be a
money making event for STORServer, nor do we want to lose money either! We
will enlist the help of a professional event planner to put the on the
event. After all, we're TSM experts not Symposia experts. (only Sheelagh
is both!).
What I need from all of you is the following:
Are you interested in attending such an event and will your company pay for
you to attend? YES NO
Will you take advantage of the Level 1 or Level 2 training before and after
the event? YES NO
(The Level 1 course will be held Monday-Wednesday morning before the
Wednesday afternoon event starts, and the Level 2 course will be taught the
following week Monday-Thursday. Details of these classes can be found on
our website. These courses will be heavily discounted for symposium
attendees as our goal is to provide additional value to the travel costs you
will incur and in keeping with the non-profit nature of the event).
I know that everyone will want to be here for this, but I really need to
know who will actually be able to attend!
We need between 250 and 300 attendees to make a go of this. We really want
to do this but can't do it if the economics don't work. The overall economy
in the US may make this unfeasible but we'll do the best we can. Once we
determine this is going to work we'll solicit all of you for input on
speakers and topics. During the Oxford Symposium last year and the one in
1999 some of us US folks hoped to host one here. This is our chance.
Please respond privately to me if you will attend. The results of this
survey are very important to our decision making process. I will ask
Sheelagh Treweek to post the url to last fall's symposium for you to get an
idea of what was presented there.
Thanks for your input.
Kelly J. Lipp
Storage Solutions Specialists, Inc.
PO Box 51313
Colorado Springs, CO 80949
lipp AT storsol DOT com or kelly.lipp AT storserver DOT com
www.storsol.com or www.storserver.com
(719)531-5926
Fax: (240)539-7175
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