Re: WAIUG Forum 2006 - Special offer for International attendees-FREE Registration

You wouldn't want to fly from Toronto to the conference. I live in Toronto. My wife and I went to DC in the summer. For us to fly from Toronto to BWI was about $1800 (Canadian, or a bit over $1600 US). We drove 90 minutes to Buffalo and flew to BWI from there - total cost, just over $300 US. So, if you want to spend an extra $650 US per person to save $120 on registration, go for it. The bigger question (if I as able to attend the conference in the first place) would be how I could still get free registration if flew from Buffalo, since that's what I would do to save money on the flight. Kevin Doiron Toronto, ON Jean Georges Perrin wrote: > >From portland, you could fly to Toronto, and... :-) > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: informix-list-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:informix-list- > > bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Guy Bowerman > > Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 00:06 > > To: informix-list@iiug.org > > Subject: Re: WAIUG Forum 2006 - Special offer for International attendees- > > FREE Registration > > > > > send us a photocopy or proof > > > of your round ticket from outside the US and attend Forum 2005 for > > > FREE! > > > > Time machine not included. > > > > Lester Knutsen wrote: > > > A two-day Informix User Group Technical Conference - Friday and > > > Saturday, December 8-9, 2006 > > > > > > ***************************************** > > > Special offer for International attendees - FREE Registration > > > ***************************************** > > > Special offer for International attendees, send us a photocopy or proof > > > of your round ticket from outside the US and attend Forum 2005 for FREE! > > > We are a simple non-profit, volunteer group with no administrative staff > > > to handle international payments, so we decided to make it simple. If > > > you can get a ticket, hotel and any visa requirements then you can > > > attend Forum 2005 for free. To qualify you must: > > > 1) register online for Forum 2005 2) make your own travel, hotel and > > > visa requirements (sorry, we cannot help with this) 3) mail your > > > registration and instead of a check, send a photocopy or proof of round > > > trip ticket from outside the US. > > > > > > We are very please to announce our Keynote Speakers > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > * Friday, December 8, 2006 - Ambuj Goyal, General Manager of IBM > > > Information Management > > > * Saturday, December 9,2006 - Arvid Krishna, Vice President of Database > > > Servers, IBM Information Management > > > > > > These are the top two executives for IBM Information Management and > > > Database Servers. We are very please with IBM's support for our Forum > > > 2006. > > > The Washington Area Informix User Group (WAIUG) based in Washington, DC, > > > and the Southeast Informix Users Group (SEIUG), based in Atlanta, GA, > > > are teaming up once again to present Informix User Forum 2006. This will > > > be the premiere Informix regional user group technical conference in the > > > world. This is a user conference planned and run by Informix users for > > > Informix users. > > > Forum 2006 will include: > > > * Technical presentations by the top Informix Speakers * Three tracks > > > covering: > > > - Database Tools and Applications > > > - Informix Administration and Performance > > > - DB2 Administration and Performance > > > * Exhibitors showing products for Informix users > > > * CD with public domain software, and > > > * A chance to meet and network with database developers, programmers, > > > DBAs, and users. > > > > > > Sessions: > > > > > > Database Tools and Applications > > > ------------------------------- > > > * Auditing with IDS by Jonathan Leffler, IBM > > > * Building Informix Data-Driven Applications with .Net by Sean Durity, > > > CornerCap Investment Counsel > > > * Calling Informix 4gl from Java 2 EE by Sergio Ferreira, IIUG > > > * Develop Informix Applications in Python by Carsten Haese, Unique > > > Systems, Inc. > > > * Introduction to Java Development with IDS by Jean Georges Perrin, IIUG > > > * PHP Programming with the New PDO Informix Module by Thomas Beebe, > > > Advanced DataTools Corporation > > > * Using Perl with Your Databases by Darryl Priest, DLA Piper US LLP > > > * WebSphere Information Integrator Federation with DB2 and Informix by > > > Sathish Sadagopan, IBM > > > > > > Informix Performance Tuning and Administration > > > ---------------------------------------------- > > > * IDS Features Update by Jacques Roy, IBM > > > * IDS Performance Tuning by Carlton Doe, IBM > > > * IDS Replication Tool Kit by Madison Pruet, IBM > > > * Informix, DB2 and Oracle, Side by Side on Linux by Jack Parker, > > > DBAgnostics > > > * Informix Data Storage and Data In's and Out's by James Edmiston, Quest > > > Information Systems, Inc. > > > * Introduction to Replication in IDS by Nancy Balsbaugh, Cisco Systems > > > * SQL Performance Tuning by Kevin Fennimore, UCI Consulting > > > * The Art of Reorganization by Jerry Hamilton, Fleishman-Hillard > > > * UNIX Tools and Scripts to Monitor Informix IDS by Lester Knutsen, > > > Advanced DataTools Corporation > > > > > > DB2 Performance Tuning and Administration > > > ----------------------------------------- > > > * DB2 Active-Active Clustering by Dwaine Snow, IBM > > > * DB2 Performance Tuning - A Practical Approach by Jim Cleveland, > > > Bluepoint Consulting, Inc. > > > * DB2 Version 9 New Features by Keith Gardenhire, IBM > > > * DBA Cross Training - Informix & Unix DB2 by Kate Tomchik, The Home > > Depot > > > * How To Expand DB2 from a Single Partition to a Multiple Partition > > > Database, a Step by Step Guide by Warren Donovan, SAIC > > > * Index Design for the Busy Database System by Larry Kintisch, ABLE > > > Information Services > > > * Performance for SOA Java DB2 Applications by David Beulke, Pragmatic > > > Solutions, Inc. > > > * SQL on Fire - Part 1 by Serge Rielau, IBM Canada > > > * SQL on Fire - Part 2 by Serge Rielau, IBM Canada > > > > > > Premiere Sponsor Presentations > > > ------------------------------ > > > * Converting Character 4GL Apps to Windows GUI Using Genero by Tom > > > Smith, Fourth Generation Software > > > * Informix Application Performance Tuning with DBSonar by Young Tan, > > > Cobrasonic Software, Inc. > > > * Querix by Querix > > > > > > The list of planned sessions maybe subject to change. > > > > > > Key Sponsors: > > > ------------- > > > * International Informix Users Group > > > * IBM Information Management Software > > > > > > Sponsors: > > > --------- > > > * Advanced DataTools Corporation > > > * CobraSonic Software Inc. (Premier Sponsor) > > > * Four J's Development Tools Inc. > > > * Fourth Generation Software (Premier Sponsor) > > > * Kazer > > > * One Point Solutions > > > * Querix Ltd. (Premier Sponsor) > > > > > > > > > Registration: $120 - all registrations after November 1, 2006 > > > > > > > > ************************************************************************** > > **************************** > > > > > > For more information visit our web site a

One thing to avoid is BWI! Don't pick BWI if you want to go to the Forum, pick Dulles or Reagan. BWI is Baltimore's airport, which is fine if you want to go to Baltimore visit Darryl. Some low-co like Airtran, go to BWI by default if you pick DC (thus Airtran now flies to Reagan & Dulles...)... (I do not endorse Airtran nor any other airline). jgp > -----Original Message----- > From: informix-list-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:informix-list- > bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Kevin > Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 03:12 > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: Re: WAIUG Forum 2006 - Special offer for International attendees- > FREERegistration > > You wouldn't want to fly from Toronto to the conference. I live in > Toronto. My wife and I went to DC in the summer. For us to fly from > Toronto to BWI was about $1800 (Canadian, or a bit over $1600 US). We > drove 90 minutes to Buffalo and flew to BWI from there - total cost, > just over $300 US. So, if you want to spend an extra $650 US per > person to save $120 on registration, go for it. The bigger question > (if I as able to attend the conference in the first place) would be how > I could still get free registration if flew from Buffalo, since that's > what I would do to save money on the flight. > > Kevin Doiron > Toronto, ON > > > Jean Georges Perrin wrote: > > >From portland, you could fly to Toronto, and... :-) > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: informix-list-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:informix-list- > > > bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Guy Bowerman > > > Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 00:06 > > > To: informix-list@iiug.org > > > Subject: Re: WAIUG Forum 2006 - Special offer for International > attendees- > > > FREE Registration > > > > > > > send us a photocopy or proof > > > > of your round ticket from outside the US and attend Forum 2005 for > > > > FREE! > > > > > > Time machine not included. > > > > > > Lester Knutsen wrote: > > > > A two-day Informix User Group Technical Conference - Friday and > > > > Saturday, December 8-9, 2006 > > > > > > > > ***************************************** > > > > Special offer for International attendees - FREE Registration > > > > ***************************************** > > > > Special offer for International attendees, send us a photocopy or > proof > > > > of your round ticket from outside the US and attend Forum 2005 for > FREE! > > > > We are a simple non-profit, volunteer group with no administrative > staff > > > > to handle international payments, so we decided to make it simple. > If > > > > you can get a ticket, hotel and any visa requirements then you can > > > > attend Forum 2005 for free. To qualify you must: > > > > 1) register online for Forum 2005 2) make your own travel, hotel and > > > > visa requirements (sorry, we cannot help with this) 3) mail your > > > > registration and instead of a check, send a photocopy or proof of > round > > > > trip ticket from outside the US. > > > > > > > > We are very please to announce our Keynote Speakers > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > > * Friday, December 8, 2006 - Ambuj Goyal, General Manager of IBM > > > > Information Management > > > > * Saturday, December 9,2006 - Arvid Krishna, Vice President of > Database > > > > Servers, IBM Information Management > > > > > > > > These are the top two executives for IBM Information Management and > > > > Database Servers. We are very please with IBM's support for our > Forum > > > > 2006. > > > > The Washington Area Informix User Group (WAIUG) based in Washington, > DC, > > > > and the Southeast Informix Users Group (SEIUG), based in Atlanta, > GA, > > > > are teaming up once again to present Informix User Forum 2006. This > will > > > > be the premiere Informix regional user group technical conference in > the > > > > world. This is a user conference planned and run by Informix users > for > > > > Informix users. > > > > Forum 2006 will include: > > > > * Technical presentations by the top Informix Speakers * Three > tracks > > > > covering: > > > > - Database Tools and Applications > > > > - Informix Administration and Performance > > > > - DB2 Administration and Performance > > > > * Exhibitors showing products for Informix users > > > > * CD with public domain software, and > > > > * A chance to meet and network with database developers, > programmers, > > > > DBAs, and users. > > > > > > > > Sessions: > > > > > > > > Database Tools and Applications > > > > ------------------------------- > > > > * Auditing with IDS by Jonathan Leffler, IBM > > > > * Building Informix Data-Driven Applications with .Net by Sean > Durity, > > > > CornerCap Investment Counsel > > > > * Calling Informix 4gl from Java 2 EE by Sergio Ferreira, IIUG > > > > * Develop Informix Applications in Python by Carsten Haese, Unique > > > > Systems, Inc. > > > > * Introduction to Java Development with IDS by Jean Georges Perrin, > IIUG > > > > * PHP Programming with the New PDO Informix Module by Thomas Beebe, > > > > Advanced DataTools Corporation > > > > * Using Perl with Your Databases by Darryl Priest, DLA Piper US LLP > > > > * WebSphere Information Integrator Federation with DB2 and Informix > by > > > > Sathish Sadagopan, IBM > > > > > > > > Informix Performance Tuning and Administration > > > > ---------------------------------------------- > > > > * IDS Features Update by Jacques Roy, IBM > > > > * IDS Performance Tuning by Carlton Doe, IBM > > > > * IDS Replication Tool Kit by Madison Pruet, IBM > > > > * Informix, DB2 and Oracle, Side by Side on Linux by Jack Parker, > > > > DBAgnostics > > > > * Informix Data Storage and Data In's and Out's by James Edmiston, > Quest > > > > Information Systems, Inc. > > > > * Introduction to Replication in IDS by Nancy Balsbaugh, Cisco > Systems > > > > * SQL Performance Tuning by Kevin Fennimore, UCI Consulting > > > > * The Art of Reorganization by Jerry Hamilton, Fleishman-Hillard > > > > * UNIX Tools and Scripts to Monitor Informix IDS by Lester Knutsen, > > > > Advanced DataTools Corporation > > > > > > > > DB2 Performance Tuning and Administration > > > > ----------------------------------------- > > > > * DB2 Active-Active Clustering by Dwaine Snow, IBM > > > > * DB2 Performance Tuning - A Practical Approach by Jim Cleveland, > > > > Bluepoint Consulting, Inc. > > > > * DB2 Version 9 New Features by Keith Gardenhire, IBM > > > > * DBA Cross Training - Informix & Unix DB2 by Kate Tomchik, The Home > > > Depot > > > > * How To Expand DB2 from a Single Partition to a Multiple Partition > > > > Database, a Step by Step Guide by Warren Donovan, SAIC > > > > * Index Design for the Busy Database System by Larry Kintisch, ABLE > > > > Information Services > > > > * Performance for SOA Java DB2 Applications by David Beulke, > Pragmatic > > > > Solutions, Inc. > > > > * SQL on Fire - Part 1 by Serge Rielau, IBM Canada > > > > * SQL on Fire - Part 2 by Serge Rielau, IBM Canada > > > > > > > > Premiere Sponsor Presentations > > > > ------------------------------ > > >

Yeah, but nobody visits me.... :( Seriously, you could still fly to BWI. There is a DC metro bus that travels between BWI and the DC Metro. Sometimes BWI is much cheaper than either of the DC airports. http://www.bwiairport.com/ground_transportation/washington_dc__wmata_/ -D Jean Georges Perrin wrote: > One thing to avoid is BWI! Don't pick BWI if you want to go to the Forum, > pick Dulles or Reagan. BWI is Baltimore's airport, which is fine if you want > to go to Baltimore visit Darryl. > > Some low-co like Airtran, go to BWI by default if you pick DC (thus Airtran > now flies to Reagan & Dulles...)... > > (I do not endorse Airtran nor any other airline). > > jgp > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: informix-list-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:informix-list- > > bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Kevin > > Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 03:12 > > To: informix-list@iiug.org > > Subject: Re: WAIUG Forum 2006 - Special offer for International attendees- > > FREERegistration > > > > You wouldn't want to fly from Toronto to the conference. I live in > > Toronto. My wife and I went to DC in the summer. For us to fly from > > Toronto to BWI was about $1800 (Canadian, or a bit over $1600 US). We > > drove 90 minutes to Buffalo and flew to BWI from there - total cost, > > just over $300 US. So, if you want to spend an extra $650 US per > > person to save $120 on registration, go for it. The bigger question > > (if I as able to attend the conference in the first place) would be how > > I could still get free registration if flew from Buffalo, since that's > > what I would do to save money on the flight. > > > > Kevin Doiron > > Toronto, ON > > > > > > Jean Georges Perrin wrote: > > > >From portland, you could fly to Toronto, and... :-) > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: informix-list-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:informix-list- > > > > bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Guy Bowerman > > > > Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 00:06 > > > > To: informix-list@iiug.org > > > > Subject: Re: WAIUG Forum 2006 - Special offer for International > > attendees- > > > > FREE Registration > > > > > > > > > send us a photocopy or proof > > > > > of your round ticket from outside the US and attend Forum 2005 for > > > > > FREE! > > > > > > > > Time machine not included. > > > > > > > > Lester Knutsen wrote: > > > > > A two-day Informix User Group Technical Conference - Friday and > > > > > Saturday, December 8-9, 2006 > > > > > > > > > > ***************************************** > > > > > Special offer for International attendees - FREE Registration > > > > > ***************************************** > > > > > Special offer for International attendees, send us a photocopy or > > proof > > > > > of your round ticket from outside the US and attend Forum 2005 for > > FREE! > > > > > We are a simple non-profit, volunteer group with no administrative > > staff > > > > > to handle international payments, so we decided to make it simple. > > If > > > > > you can get a ticket, hotel and any visa requirements then you can > > > > > attend Forum 2005 for free. To qualify you must: > > > > > 1) register online for Forum 2005 2) make your own travel, hotel and > > > > > visa requirements (sorry, we cannot help with this) 3) mail your > > > > > registration and instead of a check, send a photocopy or proof of > > round > > > > > trip ticket from outside the US. > > > > > > > > > > We are very please to announce our Keynote Speakers > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > > > * Friday, December 8, 2006 - Ambuj Goyal, General Manager of IBM > > > > > Information Management > > > > > * Saturday, December 9,2006 - Arvid Krishna, Vice President of > > Database > > > > > Servers, IBM Information Management > > > > > > > > > > These are the top two executives for IBM Information Management and > > > > > Database Servers. We are very please with IBM's support for our > > Forum > > > > > 2006. > > > > > The Washington Area Informix User Group (WAIUG) based in Washington, > > DC, > > > > > and the Southeast Informix Users Group (SEIUG), based in Atlanta, > > GA, > > > > > are teaming up once again to present Informix User Forum 2006. This > > will > > > > > be the premiere Informix regional user group technical conference in > > the > > > > > world. This is a user conference planned and run by Informix users > > for > > > > > Informix users. > > > > > Forum 2006 will include: > > > > > * Technical presentations by the top Informix Speakers * Three > > tracks > > > > > covering: > > > > > - Database Tools and Applications > > > > > - Informix Administration and Performance > > > > > - DB2 Administration and Performance > > > > > * Exhibitors showing products for Informix users > > > > > * CD with public domain software, and > > > > > * A chance to meet and network with database developers, > > programmers, > > > > > DBAs, and users. > > > > > > > > > > Sessions: > > > > > > > > > > Database Tools and Applications > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > > > * Auditing with IDS by Jonathan Leffler, IBM > > > > > * Building Informix Data-Driven Applications with .Net by Sean > > Durity, > > > > > CornerCap Investment Counsel > > > > > * Calling Informix 4gl from Java 2 EE by Sergio Ferreira, IIUG > > > > > * Develop Informix Applications in Python by Carsten Haese, Unique > > > > > Systems, Inc. > > > > > * Introduction to Java Development with IDS by Jean Georges Perrin, > > IIUG > > > > > * PHP Programming with the New PDO Informix Module by Thomas Beebe, > > > > > Advanced DataTools Corporation > > > > > * Using Perl with Your Databases by Darryl Priest, DLA Piper US LLP > > > > > * WebSphere Information Integrator Federation with DB2 and Informix > > by > > > > > Sathish Sadagopan, IBM > > > > > > > > > > Informix Performance Tuning and Administration > > > > > ---------------------------------------------- > > > > > * IDS Features Update by Jacques Roy, IBM > > > > > * IDS Performance Tuning by Carlton Doe, IBM > > > > > * IDS Replication Tool Kit by Madison Pruet, IBM > > > > > * Informix, DB2 and Oracle, Side by Side on Linux by Jack Parker, > > > > > DBAgnostics > > > > > * Informix Data Storage and Data In's and Out's by James Edmiston, > > Quest > > > > > Information Systems, Inc. > > > > > * Introduction to Replication in IDS by Nancy Balsbaugh, Cisco > > Systems > > > > > * SQL Performance Tuning by Kevin Fennimore, UCI Consulting > > > > > * The Art of Reorganization by Jerry Hamilton, Fleishman-Hillard > > > > > * UNIX Tools and Scripts to Monitor Informix IDS by Lester Knutsen, > > > > > Advanced DataTools Corporation > > > > > > > > > > DB2 Performance Tuning and Administration > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > > > > > * DB2 Active-Active Clustering by Dwaine Snow, IBM > > > > > * DB2 Performance Tuning - A Practical Approach by Jim Cleveland, > > > > > Bluepoint Consulting, Inc. > > > > > * DB2 Version 9 New Features by Keith Gardenhire, IBM > > > > > * DBA Cross Training - Informix & Unix DB2 by Kate