Re: conference attendance

[Brent Chapman <GreatCircle.COM">brent]

# LISA is such a wonderful conference that my entire UNIX administration
# staff wants to attend.  My boss can't leave us in such a vulnerable
# position, and wants to severly limit who can attend.  How do other
# sites handle this problem?  At least USENIX comes twice a year, but
# with LISA only once, it's a long time to wait for alternate conferences.
# 
# Todd Williams    UNIX Systems Supervisor      toddmacsch.com    (213) 259-4973
# MacNeal-Schwendler Corp. ("MSC"),  815 Colorado Blvd.,  Los Angeles, CA   90041
#    "Solaris 2.0 -- It's enough to make you leave the company." -Rob Kolstad

When the issue is coverage, not cost, I've seen some sites have good
luck by staggering folks, and sending each to one or two days of the
conference, then back to work while somebody else goes.  Since you
guys are in Los Angeles, you should be able to catch an evening flight
up to Monterey via San Jose after work, go to the conference the next
day, and catch another evening or redeye flight back home to be at
work the next day.  That way, the whole staff gets at least part of
the conference.


-Brent
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