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From: jkw@alpha.lanl.gov (Jay Wooten)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms,comp.org.decus
Subject: Re: How Do I Justify Attending the DECUS Symposium?
Keywords: DECUS SYMPOSIUM ANAHEIM JUSTIFY
Message-ID: <970@alpha.lanl.gov>
Date: 5 Oct 89 15:44:06 GMT
References: <470@crash.cts.com> <6738@ingr.com>
Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory
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> In article <470@crash.cts.com>, stevef@crash.cts.com (Steve Feinstein) writes:
> > 
> >  I've just requested that my boss send me to the SYMPOSIUM in Anaheim
> > and he needs me to Justify it.
> > 
> > 	In a nutshell WHY DOES MY BOSS >>>NEED<<< TO SEND ME?

The justification I have used in the past has been twofold:

  1. Some specific sessions which related directly to work I was doing
     or was going to do in the near future.  By having specific sessions
     already in mind, I was able to plan a little better and get to sessions
     I wanted to attend VERY early.  This is important because popular
     sessions fill up very quickly.  In fact, you may have to sit thru
     one or more talks you have no interest in just to get a seat for a
     later talk.  Bring a good book in case you run out of sales brochures.

  2. The most useful information picked up at a DECUS is often found just
     by wandering around the demo booths and talking to people.  I have
     always found useful info at these meetings which there was no way of
     knowing about ahead of time - call it planned serendipidity.

     I also always promise a trip report, make sure I do it, try to make
     it interesting, and make sure that as many DEC-interested prople
     in my organization see it as possible.


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