Jerry,

I totally agree with you and can confirm the high level of satisfaction I
got from these 3 days of exchanges.

Eagerly waiting for the next symposium 2000 ... (and also very curious about
first experiences with 3.7!)

Many sincere thanks to Sheelagh

Rene Lambelet
Nestec SA - 55, Av. Nestle - CH-1800 Vevey
Tel: ++41'21'924'35'43 / Fax: ++41'21'924'45'89
E-Mail: rene.lambelet AT nestle DOT com



> -----Original Message-----
> From: JerryLawson [SMTP:jlawson AT THEHARTFORD DOT COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 1999 4:03 PM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      ADSM Sympossium Thanks
>
> Date:     October 5, 1999               Time: 7:54 AM
> From:     Jerry Lawson
>           The Hartford Insurance Group
> (860)  547-2960          jlawson AT thehartford DOT com
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> I have just returned from the ADSM Symposium at Oxford University, and I
> would be remiss if I did not take this opportunity to praise the excellent
> job that Sheelagh Treweek did in hosting this meeting.   I hope the 150
> other
> attendees from Europe, Africa, and North America will agree that this was
> an
> excellent experience well worth our time and expenses.  I have been
> attending
> conferences for twenty years, most of them run professionally, and this
> conference was every bit the equal of conferences such as GUIDE and SHARE.
> The facilities were excellent, the program was superb, and the interaction
> between the attendees was very strong. All of these were made by possible
> only because Sheelagh, with the assistance of her husband Roger, and a few
> others from the Oxford University Computing Services (all volunteers) put
> in
> many hours and paid attention to all of the details to insure that the
> program came off without a hitch, and did it ever.  Whoever volunteers to
> manage the conference for the year 2000 will indeed have big shoes to
> fill.
>
> Congratulations, Sheelagh, on a job well done, and many thanks from me
> personally for taking the time from your own life to do it.
>
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>                                                      Jerry