Opionions on OpenWorld

I have been reading feedback about OpenWorld and IOUW for the past few days in the news groups. It is important that attendees get their feedback to Oracle about what they liked, and what they did not like. Recurring themes are:

1. Frustration with not having paper copies of proceedings
2. Disappointment in some of the room sizes
3. Unhappiness with the general sessions and the lack of "alternative" activities while they are going on

We have also heard differing opinions on whether people think it wise to have IOUW 1997 separate from Oracle. Please keep the feedback coming in. The IOUG-A and Oracle are working together on IOUW 1997 in Dallas, with the event being run 100% by the IOUG-A similar to the Philadelphia event in 1995.

Remember, IOUW 1996 was under the OOW umbrella, and some of the frustration with the event was totally out of the user group's control, whereas some of the administrative decisions we took (that is the IOUG-A) may have contributed to frustration.

Michael Abbey
Assistant Director of Conferences
IOUG-Americas Received on Wed Nov 13 1996 - 00:00:00 CST