P3D Re: NSA workshops

[WHMoll@xxxxxxx]

Wow!  Finally something that I really know about.

Prior to the 1997 convention in Bellevue, the workshops were primarily vendor 
 demonstrations.  The ones at the 1996 Atlanta Convention were especially 
well done.  I was the workshops coordinator for 1997 and was fortunate to not 
only have a very large slate of workshops, but to have another volunteer do a 
parallel workshop on the Digital Theater.  The workshops were continued in 
1998, but the digital sessions weren't.  This year I am in charge of the 
workshops again and, unfortunately, the digital sessions are again missing 
(due to my lack of diligent efforts).

Workshops overlap with projection and the trade show because people have 
different interests and there is a lot to fit into a few days.  My regret is 
not that there is some overlap, but that this only about a 2-ring circus and 
not a 4-ring convention.  This is not a widely held opinion within the NSA 
hierarchy.

If the NSA is going to be successful in the future, every attendee should 
come away, regretting that some events were missed and vowing to return again 
next year.  If you can see everything that you want, someone else is going to 
be bored.

If you would like to contribute to the scheduling conflicts, we have a few 
more open workshop slots.  Send me a note - you won't be in the convention 
catalog, but you can be in the  workshop schedule!

Bill Moll
WHMoll@xxxxxxx


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