Re: Informix User Forum 2005 - December 8-9 in Atlanta, GA

Dave, Cool, it will be great to have you at the Forum. Good questions, I will give a shot at answering some of these since I am on the planning committee. david@smooth1.co.uk wrote: > Well I'm planning to go, I've booked the time off work and registered! > > a) cheaper flights? Don't know. > b) how much a taxi ride to the hotel SHOULD be? According to the web site of one of the recommended hotels the estimated taxi fare is 35 USD. See below, http://marriott.com/property/mapandnearbyairports/default.mi?marshaCode=atlvn > c) Good cheap food places nearby? Do people normally meet up at a bar Both hotels have free Complimentary Continental Breakfast, we will have lunch at the Forum and then the rest of us from out of town will have to find a bar somewhere... We are also working on a few extras, like vendor sponsored evening events... > in the evening during these events? > Can you meet the speakers in the evening? This is the best part of the Forums we have had in DC is meeting everyone the night before. We will make some kind of announcement about this. > > d) What is the $50 registration in UK money? Can I send a cheque from > my bank in UK money? I am in charge of registration and the costs of doing this are a problem. For now, anyone from outside of the US, with prior notification, can just bring cash and pay at the door. David, consider this your prior notification. > e) How much in travellers cheques would I need for Wed-Sun with Sat > spent looking around? How much do you like to drink? > f) Places to see in the local area (must see things)? > Downtown Atlanta has a few interesting places but again someone for Atlanta should answer this. > Well that's my first proper holiday in 5 years planned then! Cool, it should be fun. Regards - Lester > > David. > > -- ______________________________________________________________________ Lester Knutsen lester@advancedatatools.com Advanced DataTools Corporation Voice: 703-256-0267 x102 Visit our Web page: http://www.advancedatatools.com Hyperion/Brio Mid Atlantic User Group: http://www.advancedatatools.com/HyperionUserGroup/index.html Washington Area IBM-Informix User Group: http://www.iiug.org/~waiug/ ______________________________________________________________________ sending to informix-list