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@ThereseLogeais Have you asked for information from the vendor members: Company description, link to website, speaker bio? Have they also been providing you with a graphic for their company logo? Reason I ask is that we want to create a sign with all the vendor member logos and perhaps include some VM info on the agenda handout. I'm about to email asking for that info -- most importantly the graphics -- however I don't want to ask them again if you have already gathered their logos and info.

I am at a customer site today but I have asked them for brief presenter bios only. Some have provided a bit of a company description but I can't get that to you today. I have not asked for logos or website links.

Thanks I don't need the info today - just didn't want to duplicate the request.

Well, we now have both Acumatica and xTuple asking for a Friday slot. @JimWoodhead also raised a good question about the necessity of having his ""Diversifying with Another ERP Solution"" session since we MAY have Acumatica and xTuple in attendance. Also had a request from John Hoyt for a JobOps session of some sort. Joe Bisaha is bringing Stacy from JobOps and Moira could do a separate SIA session so we could change the Mfg Deep Dive focus. In addition, I have been at customer sites for most of this week and will be again tomorrow. (Sorry, probably won't be able to make tomorrow's meeting.) IOW, still working on the agenda.... Don't worry, it will get done.

I'm looking at the agenda from: https://90minds-com.socialcast.com/messages/23041931?ref=group 1. We are 30 days out from this event - probably 15 of those are going to be spent chasing people for materials. At this stage in the game I think Acumatica and xTuple should go on Saturday as scheduled otherwise you really have almost completely revamp the agenda and again look at the number of sessions that are content v sponsor, etc. 2. The session after Acumatica and xTuple seems relevant for discussion on experiences ""Diversifying with another ERP solution panel"". The problem you may have is nobody will be candid about bad experiences -- at least about Acumatica, xTuple or Sage with those vendors sitting in the room (and lets presume they will be). So you could still have the session be about how quickly people ""ramped up"" , what their experiences were, etc. I'm not entirely sold Phil is going to be a great resource other than to talk about how custom programming is easier with xTuple and I'm unsure that's relevant to most people. Mark Chinsky and Gary Feldman seem to have the most real world experience with diversifying -- if Phil and Brian are going to talk about xTuple (do we know what products they are going to talk about?) I think it's going to be a thin panel content wise. If possible I'd think about whether Mark Chinsky and Gary Feldman could be added. Maybe even Jeff Roth. 3. re: Job Ops / SIA session I find the MFG goes a little deep into the weeds and at this stage if people are doing Job Ops they're referring it or they are already JO certified. Couldn't Moira and John split this up and fit it within their session? I'm sure there's a desire to give the Job Ops person more time to present but they're not a sponsor and we cannot keep re-arranging the schedule. I would hope that this schedule becomes ""locked down"" ASAP and that we: a. Have confirmed each and every session with ""?"" next to a person's name b. Are in the process of receiving detailed titles and session descriptions from everyone including vendor members c. Can have a final draft no later than Friday January 23, 2015 at noon ET d. If you need any help or have any issues whatsoever it is imperative that you ask for assistance well in advance of next week - this is t-minus 30 days -- it's time to lock this down and get it done. Thanks!