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To all:
I would like to thank all the people that showed interest on the idea of
registering as a group for Futures South '98. I was contacted by Blake
Conover, Manager of Conferences for Futures Magazine, and he informed me
that such an idea is no longer a possibility. I included below both his
original e-mail and my response to it. I'm a curious man and I will
certainly be interested on knowing what's your opinion about all this,
please feel free to forward your comments to me.
Juan Carlos Rodriguez
haephaestos@xxxxxxx
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> From: Navigator <haephaestos@xxxxxxx>
> To: bconover@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Futures South '98 Registrations
> Date: Thursday, January 08, 1998 12:51 AM
>
> Dear Blake,
>
> I appreciate your intention to set the record straight by contacting me
> directly. However, there are a couple of points that I feel I must
address:
>
> 1.- I'm happy to say that I was an attendee to your conference in Orlando
> last year, and I happened to believe that you guys did an excellent job
at
> that time (therefore my renewed interest this year). I attended it along
> with two gentlemen from this same list using exactly the same idea, your
> staff was very helpful with all the necessary arrangements. At the risk
of
> being naive, what caused this change on the registration policy?
>
> 2.- If you take a look at the registration form that is in the middle of
> the promotional pamphlet for the conference that I received (and I can't
> but assume that all the earlier attendees and many others received it
> also), you will notice there are entries for associates just like in last
> year's form. Since obviously you guys had no intention to make special
> arrangements for associates this year, what is that section still doing
in
> the form?. As a cost-reducing opportunity it is an excellent incentive,
as
> a marketing ploy is insulting
>
> 3.- Unfortunately, I didn't ask for the name of the lady that provided
this
> information to me so I can't give it to you for damage control purposes.
> Excuse me for overstating the obvious: any one of the people that had
even
> a remote chance of answering my (or anybody's) call should be trained to
> provide correct information
>
> 4.- Many people have communicated to me their interest to attend based
on
> what all (including myself) considered a great price break. I'm now in
the
> awkward situation of having to explain to them that the information that
> came from me wasn't true. Since I'm against biased accounts of the facts
> and the interested people certainly deserve to know about this little
> development, I will forward both our missives to the list. I don't know
of
> a better way to tell the truth.
>
>
> Juan Carlos Rodriguez
> haephaestos@xxxxxxx
>
>
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> > From: Blake Conover <bconover@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: haephaestos@xxxxxxx
> > Cc: Ron Michaelsen <rmichaelsen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Futures South '98 Registrations
> > Date: Wednesday, January 07, 1998 4:02 PM
> >
> > Dear Juan,
> >
> > First off let me thank you for your interest in attending Futures South
> > 98. As the Manager of Conferences for Futures Magazine I am always
> > excited to hear the program we put together will be attractive and
> > informative enough so people will come.
> >
> > Secondly, I'd like to ask which conference staff person you talked
> > with. You see they have misinterpreted that and, I'm afraid, passed
> > along some bad data to you. We do allow a spouse to register for $195
> > for the Conference and Pre-Conference when they sign up with a full
> > paying ($595) registrant. It's a great deal for a husband and wife
> > because we think that an informed partnership is the best.
> >
> > The people who handle registrations for the conference have assured me
> > that they would not let anyone register who is part of a 'group sales
> > effort'. You may want to pass that along to anyone who contacts you.
> >
> > I'm curious who you talked with so we can get them corrected.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Blake Conover
> > Manager, Events and Conferences
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