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From: nobody@blia.BLI.COM (Nobody at all)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms,comp.org.decus
Subject: Re: How Do I Justify Attending the DECUS Symposium?
Keywords: DECUS SYMPOSIUM ANAHEIM JUSTIFY
Message-ID: <9598@blia.BLI.COM>
Date: 5 Oct 89 17:22:22 GMT
Reply-To: ray@blipyramid.UUCP (Ray Gebbie)
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In article <470@crash.cts.com> stevef@crash.cts.com (Steve Feinstein) writes:
>
>	In a nutshell WHY DOES MY BOSS >>>NEED<<< TO SEND ME?
>
>(I know the reasons, but maybe someone a bit more articulate than myself 
> could give me some assistance.)

I attended symposia over the last 12 years, many times both Spring and Fall.
My reason for attending is that I got more information about how to keep
our systems running better at DECUS symposia than from any other source.
Just sitting around talking to experts with many years of experience solved
many problems for me.  In any group, it is highly likely that a problem
I had was solved previously by someone else.  So I avoided "reinventing
the wheel".  The sessions, handouts, exhibits, etc. are often just as
informative.  

So it all boils down to many hours of work saved and better running systems.