Re: Kansas Highlights
This Kansas City video shows people drinking, smoking, listening to music, eating massive amounts of food, gambling and riding fake bulls. http://www.visitkc.com/visitor_info/video/index.cfm?page=entertainment_nightlife.html This Kansas City video opens with a water show that looks to rival the Bellagio, more animals than a couple of white tigers, roller coasters and a water park. http://www.visitkc.com/visitor_info/video/index.cfm?page=unique_discoveries.html See, Kansas City is just like Vegas but without that funky smell and high murder rate. Seriously, if a city has a NFL team, a MLB team, a MLS club, art museums, a zoo, 2 million people in the area, a visit from Wheel of Fortune (http://www.visitkc.com/meeting_planner/book_your_meeting/index.cfm?page=kansas_city_video_wof.htm) and most importantly 5 casinos, there is more going on in that city than growing grass and browning apples. This will be a great conference with more Informix developer involvement than ever before and I don't think Kansas City will disappoint anyone (you know you're just going to go to the hotel bar after a long day of conferencing anyway.) Andrew ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy Lichtenauer - IIUG Board" <cindy@iiug.org> To: <indeep@indeep.com>; <informix-list@iiug.org> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 2:21 PM Subject: Re: Kansas Highlights > > > Come on folks. We are not talking about "Great Bend" Kansas, out in the > middle of the prairies! > > Lenexa and Overland Park are suburbs of Kansas City, Missouri - which is a > metropolitan area of about 2 million people. > > There ARE things to do in KC including museums, Art Galleries, Shopping > and > great restaurants. > > http://www.visitkc.com/ > > > Don't be so narrow minded. I personally, have been to WAY too many tech > conferences in Las Vegas and don't care if I ever go back. > > > > On Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:14:23 -0800, InDeep wrote >> Obnoxio The Clown wrote: >> > InDeep said: >> > >> >> Las Vegas would be fun, and a lot more memorable than Kansas, and in > many >> >> ways probably cheaper than Kansas simply because of a lot of >> >> promotional >> >> opportunities there. In the future, if you time it right, Vegas would > be >> >> good for techies simply because other tech venues can happen at the >> >> same >> >> time >> >> and allow you to slip over to other events. Kansas is great for > watching >> >> the >> >> grass grow, apples turning brown, that kind of thing. Of course >> >> there's >> >> no >> >> reason why you can't have it somewhere else outside the US, maybe >> >> Mexico >> >> would >> >> be good too, lots of nice resorts with cheap accommodations and it's > WARM >> >> there too. >> > >> > There's only one problem with Las Vegas: it's a shithole. >> > >> >> Just about every major tech venue has been put on at Vegas. Not >> that it's the only place to put on a conference. But I just can't >> imagine booking a flight to Kansas City for a conference of any kind, >> it's just not something I would make time for, especially since >> getting time off is already a challenge. I have to look at >> something optional like a tech conference as also a mini-vacation, >> so Vegas would still be more desirable than Kansas City. ( geez, who >> picked that one? ) >> >> BTW If you think Vegas is a shithole, you should drive through El >> Paso Texas, now THERE is a shithole. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Informix-list mailing list >> Informix-list@iiug.org >> http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list > > > Cindy Lichtenauer > International Informix User Group - Board of Directors > http://www.iiug.org > E-mail: cindy@iiug.org > > _______________________________________________ > Informix-list mailing list > Informix-list@iiug.org > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list