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Mike Ritchie - www.linkedin.com/pub/mike-ritchie/4/a11/96 - is the guy who is responsible for Sage 100, 300 and Sage 100 Contractor. He is Deborah Nelson's boss and the person who I think would be most appropriate to address the group at MOTM. @ThereseLogeais Have we started to pencil in who from Sage we are going to invite? Let's have one person from 90 Minds be a point of contact so we're not all sending requests to speak, etc? I would like to see someone from Sage in a position of authority over technical matters: (In order of perceived relevance - being able to influence product) Mike Ritchie Deborah Nelson Diane Coffman Talk about: A. The road ahead for Sage 100 -- what is coming in 2015, when , process for enrolling customers to beta B. 90 Minds Feedback session -- this would be a good session to let members ask Sage why these releases seem later and later each year, when we can expect whitepapers, why we aren't getting releases before the customers, etc Can you let me know what our status is with the Sage speaker(s)? Thanks!

I can be the one to invite them but I know @PeterWolf probably has a better in than I do with the upper echelon and @JeffSchwenk is close with Diane Coffman. Then there are your ties @WayneSchulz ...

I thought I was the huckleberry reaching out to them - didn't we discuss that yesterday?? Color me confused. I am scheduled to call Donald this afternoon. LMK if someone else wants to run with it.

Huck - - I just want to make sure we go to them with one face and we get it confirmed. It would be a nice extra to post in a last minute sign-up to our members. Can you ask about Mike Ritchie coming to do part of the session with Deborah Nelson. We can work our way down from there. If they come as our invited speakers I don't care about selling them tickets. If they come and want to stay for the conference - including social - sell them a ticket.

You're the man @PeterWolf - let me know, however!

If Sage comes we should have @JimWoodhead buy fire retardant suits for them to wear

I emailed DD and cc'ed TL.

@WayneSchulz or @PeterWolf - Can one of you expand on Wayne's MOTM post about Sage showing up and doing sessions. This is the first I heard about the confirmation(?).

Donald Deshaies has yet to reply back to my email. This was news to me this morning. Jim mentioned he was talking to some Sage-ites at the Inspire tour this week so it seems like he locked those two in for the session.

We've talked about Sage doing technical sessions and at some point arranged to talk with Mike Ritchie/Deborah Nelson to go through a road ahead type session. From what I understand Jim was at the Inspire Tour and mentioned it to them and they were going to both come. We should try to have one point of contact for Sage so that we're not crossing streams as we discuss various issues. I know Peter has been talking with DD about sponsorship and @ThereseLogeais needs to speak with them about technical sessions. I think @JimWoodhead just happened to be at Inspire and mentioned the conference so now it would be a good idea for Jim and Therese to coordinate what they both have for confirmations from Sage so that nothing gets duplicated.

I totally agree. I ran into Deborah while at the inspire tour and she told me that they are looking forward to MOTM? Someone else must had spoken with them first. She mentioned that she and Mike were planning to come down and that they were excited to do a proper ""Partner based"" Road ahead session for more than just 2015. They are looking for feedback. She also she mentioned that one of the VP might join them for Q&A.. I pass the ball to whom ever should ""take it to the basket

I will email them for confirmation, probably cc'g Jim and Peter.

@ThereseLogeais as soon as you know I'd like to be able to tell people what they can expect for Sage session(s). I'm interested if Mike Ritchie says that he is going to come since he is the boss of the Sage 100 line and someone that has not been to Summit before (he is relatively new). We probably can get by with just a Road Ahead for Sage 100 ERP - with both Deborah and Mike

Does anyone have official email addresses? Is it Mike.Ritchie@sage.com or Michael.Ritchie@sage.com?

deborah.nelson@sage.com

mike.ritchie@sage.com