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1. Russell Maher

   I am CERTAIN Lotusphere 2010 will be better because...

   11/17/2009 23:12:32

   As a "better luck next time" Lotusphere 2010 abstract submitter (submitted an abstract again this year after laying off for a few years but this makes around 20 "better luck next times" now over the years) I cannot describe my excitement at the prospect of Lotusphere 2010 being better than ever.

   Over the last few years we have been treated to blogs on why Lotusphere abstracts are chosen strictly on merit, how abstracts are not chosen based on being "in the club" (as some apparently suggested <gasp!>), how to write a good Lotusphere abstract and then this year the "press" has been all about how tough it was to choose from over 1,000 submissions.

   I am looking forward to seeing what this year's selections deliver. Based on the information that it was so tough to choose abstracts this year because there were so many "top notch" ones, this year should be the year when paying attendees will finally get to avoid hearing the same speakers deliver sessions on the same topics...like they did last year...and the year before that...and before that...

   This year, because of the high quality of abstracts submitted none of us will have to do the following...

   - We won't have to see the JavaScript Libraries guy's demos not work during the session. Again. Like the previous year.

   - We won't have to listen to the Amphibian Named Guy chortle for 10 minutes of a session with 35% of the attendees laughing about inside jokes that only they are privy to.

   - We won't have to see any RockStar sessions that follow this pattern: "let me tell you about me, let me tell who I am, let tell you how smart I am, 15 minutes of slideware followed by demos that broke today but "always ran before" and "I don't know why its not working today".

   - We won't have to choose from an ever more limited set of sessions that provide actual learning value because the same guys that have been delivering the same content on the same topics for the last five years have certainly been told that their abstracts were not selected in order to give paying attendees a better value for the $4K (ticket plus T&E plus time off) it costs to attend Lotusphere.

   - We won't have to open the guide and see the same guy listed for four different sessions because they had over 1,000 submissions of "top notch" abstracts to choose from so why would one guy be chosen to do four sessions if we have “over 1,000” abstracts?

   - We won't have to listen to World of Warcraft stories or pleas for business or see two speakers carry on oblivious to the fact that they are supposed to be delivering valuable information and are not actually on their own talk show sets.

   - We won't have to sit through a session that does not tell us anything but has a great give away at the end.

   - We won't have to see that the Guy Who Wrote Lotuscript is back again delivering a session he wrote the week before Lotusphere which is why it is not available for download.

   I could go on about how much better Lotusphere 2010 is going to be but, alas, I think the point is being made.

   Before the parade of people arrives to say things like "abstracts are only chosen on merit" or "every year we have new speakers" or "some people are expected to speak every year" or some other explanation for why we continue to see the same speakers year after year and every year the content has gotten less technical and less useful, let me say... I have attended Lotusphere every year since 1996 except for twice, I have delivered highly rated View seminars and sessions all over the world, I have received Lotus Instructor awards from IBM and have been an active developer and instructor since 1993. I am not unqualified to say these things. I have been there, seen the speakers, watched the publicity gymnastics about the Lotusphere abstract selection process over the years and seen the same people show up, deliver poor content and sometimes even poorer speaking who already have announced they are speaking at Lotusphere 2010.

   On the up side, once or twice each Lotushpere I attend a session that is truly awesome and what every attendee expects to get. Some excellent sessions are out there but they are tough to find. Ask people at your meal table which session they really liked.

   To all who were selected to speak at Lotusphere 2010, I offer sincere and honest congratulations. Speaking at 'Sphere! Awesome!

   To those who will be choosing abstracts for Lotusphere 2011, I have a challenge: make it a goal to see if you can still deliver the same or preferably better quality content in 2011 by NOT using any speaker from 2010 (IBMers excluded, of course, we always want to hear what they have to say). If you get to the end and still need some speakers to fill out the schedule, throw a few of the Lotusphere Senior Citizens back into the mix.

   All of us will be better served if at Lotusphere 2011 there is more diversity of content, more speaker variation and a broader set of perspectives represented on the products we all love and respect.

2. Tim Clark

   How to build an XPages Application from start to finish

   11/18/2009 8:16:07

   Matt White and myself have been accepted into the "Show and Tell" track. So we will be presenting 2 hours (yes and we have too much to fit in already) of ground up XPages goodness.

   We will start with a Notes database with some data in it and then build an XPages interface for it to be used on the web and in the Notes 8.5.1 client.

   The slide deck is almost going to be an idiots guide to XPages.

3. Paul Mooney

   Well, THAT was mature

   11/18/2009 8:33:11

   It’s hard to know where to start with a response. Its rare that anyone’s post makes my blood boil but hats off to you sir. Bravo.

   Speaker comment.

   As someone who has been lucky enough to speak the past few years I have never given the same session. The same session title, yes. Same content.. no. The occasions when people do that it is due to demand or even a request from the session selectors.

   Why do they choose the "same" speakers? I have a good answer to that. The speakers chosen have proven themselves on stage, at events (like user groups) or in articles. But lets look at who you mentioned without mentioning....

   Lotusrockstar. So, Rob Novak has travelled the world presenting at User groups, and even though I am an administrator I know that his sessions typically involve giving away hundreds of hours of coding. Is that not worth it to developers?

   WOW stories? John Head? Possibly the best MS Office/Symphony Notes integration guy in the business? Someone who actually puts this stuff out in the wild?

   Turtle? The TURT101 session last year was not technical.. not meant to be.

   Showcase sessions? There are a few. Bill Buchans sessions with me are usually top of this list. According to the hundreds of evals we get for it, it is considered a "welcome relief" to the hardcore tech sessions at sphere, and is highly regarded by the paying customers.

   There are also many new speakers chosen every year. I know of quite a few that have mentioned it already for 2010.

   As a track assistant..

   I am lucky enough to help pick sessions for lotusphere in the SNT track. Let me tell you that we had to go through each and every abstract and description, spend hours judging and scoring them, compare our scores to other people judging (and yes, look at their previous history at sphere or other events) and drill down to a top 20%, and then drill down again. It is damn hard work. Maybe your session abstract wasn’t written well. 40% of the abstracts we vetted were immediately chucked as they were useless, to put it mildly. The rest are investigated thoroughly and we even contact proposed speakers and ask them if they would change it slightly to make it fit.

   If you have not spoken at sphere before and find it hard to get selected – that’s what Lotusphere IDOL is for.. only new speakers get chosen and the best ones are given a session. That minimises the risk of putting a crap speaker up on stage and upsetting the people that spent the 4KUSD that you mention.

   Its crap you were not chosen, it really is. But 1 - throwing your toys out of the pram cause you were not chosen is dumb.

   And 2 - Belittling other highly regarded (and very highly eval'd) speakers is very dumb. Just because you don't like their sessions does not mean they don't have a 90% approval rate.

4. Ben Poole

   Ouch

   11/18/2009 8:43:11

   That was really disappointing coming from someone like you Russell.

5. Karsten Lehmann

   Add-ons for Client/Designer leveraging new Java APIs of Lotus Notes 8.5.1

   11/18/2009 9:42:21

   At Lotusphere 2009, Michael Zink (IBM) and I concentrated on the integration of legacy applications into the Lotus Notes client as Composite Application components.

   Now for Lotusphere 2010, Tammo Riedinger (Mindoo) and I will do a session about new Java APIs for Client/Designer 8.5.1 with a set of small giveaway tools that make your daily life much easier.

   The abstract:

   The session demonstrates how business partners can extend the Lotus Notes client and Domino Designer on Eclipse (DDE) by using the new Java programming interfaces of Lotus Notes 8.5.1.

   Leverage the new Java UI classes to build solutions that interact with and enrich existing Domino applications without actually changing the application's design. We will show the development of such extensions in Java, as well as ways how to reuse legacy Lotusscript code.

   DDE will be enhanced with Eclipse plugins, that add custom design modification functionality and evaluate the user's selection.

   We demonstrate available APIs with a collection of sample applications and give best practice advice for developers new to the Java programming language.

6. Gabriella Davis

   For what it’s worth

   11/18/2009 9:49:29

   Clearly you're not happy and I'm sorry about that. I'm also sorry I'm one of the people you're probably not happy with. Lastly I'm sorry i'm in this fight since I'd just as soon not be but there are so many unfair and plain vicious jabs in your post I have to respond.

   As a speaker each year I submit new ideas and even if I submit titles that are the same I rewrite sessions from scratch EVERY year. Getting up on stage at LS is terrifying enough and I absolutely 100% couldn't do it if I didn't know I was giving the best session I could, I can't imagine anyone would choose to put themselves out there and risk public humiliation by delivering a sub standard session. Each year I also buy a Lotusphere ticket the day registration opens because I simply don't know if I'll get a session and I hope like everyone else to do so.

   I assist Christian Holsing and Paul choosing sessions for the SNT track. So this isn't supposition it's fact that I know sessions were chosen entirely on topic, content and abstract quality (if someone can't write a clear and self explanatory abstract can they really write a good session). Christian sends us all the abstracts and entirely separately the three of us as a first pass choose our 'top' sessions and exchange with each other. I don't know about Paul and Christian but I actually don't even read or verify the speaker name or if they are IBM / BP until after we start whittling those sessions down.

   The people you have chosen to attack personally work hard to deliver sessions of value and know they are judged by their evaluations from those sessions. If they are asked back it's because people, other than you, thought they were great. If you didn't then maybe that particular session or even speaker wasn't for you. Incidentally I'm an obsessive preparer and rehearser because I'm very nervous presenting and I've been on stage when the gremlins hit and a demo goes wrong, thank goodness the majority of people in the room write it off as 'tech happens'.

   Gabriella

7. Thomas "Duffbert" Duff

   I’m presenting two sessions...

   11/18/2009 12:47:32

   I'll be doing two sessions this year, and I'm looking forward to both of them.

   The first one is with Kathy Brown and is a Jumpstart session:

   The Top Things All New Notes Domino Developers Need To Know

   Are you a newbie developer?  Are you just getting started in the world of Notes and Domino?  Do you wish you had someone to tell you the top mistakes to avoid?  What about the top tips you need to know to create successful applications?  Join Kathy and Tom as they show you the important things all beginning developers need to know.  They’ll explain what they are and why you need to know them.  They’ll also share some stories of their past pain and mistakes and how they learned these tips the hard way, so you don’t have to!

   The second one is with Marie Scott, and is part of the Show And Tell track:

   Tivoli Directory Integrator (TDI) - the best free Domino tool you need to know about!

   Did you ever want a tool that would allow you to connect Domino to external directories – LDAP or AD? What about synchronizing a Domino application with data from a relational data source? If so then have we got the tool for you – and it’s free! Join Marie and Tom as they introduce you to Tivoli Directory Integrator (TDI). Watch as they step through the installation and setup of TDI. They’ll cover both simple and complex data transformation, event triggers, and change logging. Not only will you leave with the knowledge about how to set up TDI, you’ll have the skills to start using it immediately in your own environment – as an administrator or a developer. So why not leverage the best free tool for Domino you’ve never heard about?

8. Andrew Pollack

   Hey, thanks! Feel free to skip mine if it makes you sad.

   11/18/2009 12:55:21

   Russel,

   I guess I'm one of those people you're disappointed to see clogging up your Lotusphere experience. I fully understand your frustration and even agree with one or two of your examples, but even in those cases the sessions are well attended and receive top marks year after year. Please let me fill you in on what goes into the presentations I (and most others -- at least in the BP and Jumpstart tracks) give.

   When someone choses a session at a time slot at Lotusphere, it's not like other conferences or user groups where you're picking from only two or three at any given time. At Lotusphere there are a dozen or more choices at any given time, and often they're a long walk from one to another. That means if you walk into a session that isn't what you thought it was or doesn't get well delivered, the disappointment is significant and the "lost time" very painful. Lotusphere is NOT the place to learn to present. Good speakers make it look easy, but it isn't.

   Here are mine:

   The A-Z of Domino Security (With Gabriella Davis)

   This is a two hour session. In each of the last several years, we've delivered it twice on Jumpstart day because we overflow the room. Though we haven't completed this year's updates yet, I can tell you that last year's updates took us the better part of three full workdays just to organize -- and that just covered the planning and slide order, leaving us each responsible for our half of the delivery. It consistently gets extremely high scores and attendance because we attempt to cover literally every aspect of Domino and Notes security in as much detail as possible. It is exhausting to deliver.

   IBM Lotus Domino Server & Application Performance in the Real World

   I've delivered parts of this one in Germany at a conference there, but again it is significantly updated and includes actual take-home steps that anyone can print right off the slides and immediately see significant improvement. I've had actual customers tell me they've seen a 4 fold increase in the number of users they can put on their applications after taking just the "quick fix" recommendations -- before even starting on the larger ones.

   Running your IBM Lotus Domino server on Linux

   This one is largely a repeat -- that's true. The updates won't take long -- however, there are a very large number of poeple who want to run Domino on Linux but don't know Linux enough to do it. People walk out of this session with everything they need to know about linux at the level necessary to install and run their server. People like it, and it's been very well graded by past attendees.

   Performing your own IBM Lotus Domino Security Review

   This one is entirely new -- from scratch -- but is based on my work at real corporate clients where I frequently do security reviews, penetration tests, and remediation work. Most people approach this with a product or scanning tool. I don't. I approach this from a process, policy, and configuration perspective that will result in a safer environment.

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9. Ed Brill

   Since this thread has totally gone the other way...

   11/18/2009 14:00:53

   Russell, I'd genuinely be interested in your private feedback on specific speakers. However, what I'd like to do is correlate that with the session feedback which we collect on every speaker every single year. We wouldn't invite certain speakers back if they weren't getting high marks for CONTENT (which is a separate rating than style). And yes, we invite speakers back year after year because they are subject matter experts and draw people to Lotusphere. If they aren't, they are dropped (and I have pushed to drop some specific ones over the years).

   You know where to find me. I won't publish your (or anyone else's) feedback. edbrill@gmail.com

10. Stuart McIntyre

    Our session

    11/18/2009 14:05:09

    Rob Wunderlich and I delighted to have been selected to present:

    "Twelve Things Your Mother Never Told You About Installing Lotus Connections"

    It’s a case of the “bark is worse than the bite.” Installing Lotus Connections – admittedly - is a complex process, with many pre-requisites to be met, environment-specific decisions to be taken and almost endless opportunities for customization and integration. It might appear daunting at first. But, this session will make it a whole lot easier!

    Rob and I will use our in-depth real-world experience of installing Connections at many organizations in the USA and Europe to explore a dozen lesser-known details of the installation process that are key to successful deployment. They’ll show tips and tricks, “cheat sheets,” install checklists and share the stuff that isn’t in the manual. Priceless resources! Stuff even mom never told you!

11. Bob Balaban

    Couple of comments

    11/18/2009 15:00:47

    LotusRockStar certainly doesn't need me (or anyone else) to jump in and defend him, but I found Russell's comment about him particularly offensive, so I feel compelled to point out one fact: Great Code Giveaway session was ranked #1 for ALL of Lotusphere. Twice. Think you can do better?

12. Russell Maher

    An Apology and Hopefully a Reset

    11/18/2009 17:53:05

    This will be my last post on the matter because, frankly, I really do want to hear what people will be speaking about in January.

    Yesterday I made thinly veiled comments about specific people that were 100% out of line. I apologize without reservation and can offer no excuse because there is none.

    In fact, I highly value each of those people's skills and, more importantly, their contributions to our community over the years. Each and every one of them, whether they knew it or not, has helped me in some way over the years be it from a blog post, an article, a forum post, a speaking session or a direct email or conversation.

    I stand by my challenge although I certainly could have been more gracious about it. My post had almost nothing to do with sour grapes and virtually everything to do with my frustration that getting personal value out of attending Lotusphere is more challenging for me every year. I know some other attendees feel the same way because I ask them but, to be fair, you can't blame the Lotusphere content team. If they keep seeing very good session evaluations and a very high level of satisfaction from most attendees then you can't ask for anything more than that.

    I have been to Maui four times. I don't go anymore because I have seen everything I wanted to see several times but you'll never hear me say anything bad about Maui. I have been to Lotusphere way more than that but, if I don't like what I see, I should just not go or perhaps direct constructive feedback through the appropriate channels and leave it at that.

    I doubt I will be submitting more abstracts in the future and I am totally 100% OK with that. I only submit when I think I have something pretty awesome to share with others. I have actually been inspired by some of the others who were not accepted and may still find a channel to share what I wanted to this year.

    If I do attend Lotusphere 2010 and you were one of the thinly veiled, don't be surprised if I apologize to you in person. You may not accept it and that is OK but for me it is the right thing to do.

    I hope this will change the tone of this thread and Let the Sessions Begin!

13. Andrew Pollack

    Well done.

    11/18/2009 18:04:21

    Well and graciously done, Russell.

14. Bob Balaban

    A suggestion

    11/18/2009 18:07:13

    Russell, if you think you have a great session topic, I strongly encourage you to submit it for Lotusphere Idol. Aside from being fun, the winner gets a full session on Thursday.

15. Rock

    Just to let you know...

    11/18/2009 18:20:27

    Hi Russell,

    Since your post, and the subsequent comment thread, is about something in which I am intiamately involved - the Best Practices track (even though it wasn't mentioned by name, that's what we're talking about) - I feel compelled to respond. However, I have many thoughts and observations to share on this particular topic, and I don't think a response here would give your concerns the proper attention; therefore I am going to write a response on my blog, and I'll link to it here.

    But before I close out, let me say a couple of things. First, I have not read the comment thread as of yet, so I don't know the content nor tenor of the responses, so I can't comment right now on what is contained in them. Second, I wanted to give you a quick insight into why I feel so compelled to respond.

    As you may or may not know, I created the Best Practices track in 2001. At that time I wasn't working for IBM/Lotus directly, I was a Business Partner (BP). Since Lotusphere Track Managers (TMs) have to be IBMers, I was brought onto the Content Team as a "Track Consultant and Advisor". From that first year until now I have been intimately involved in the selection, review, and presentation of the Best Practices track. Incidentally, for the few years I was at IBM, I was the Track Manager (among other things). Now that I have left IBM again, I have moved back to "Track Consultant and Advisor".

    A few more things to consider while I am composing my own response:

    ** The Best Practices track has been ranked the BEST track at Lotusphere, every year, since its inception; and it has been in this position by quite a large margin.

    ** It has ranked first, every year, in both content and speaker effectiveness.

    ** It has consistently produced at least 1/3 of the "Top 10" and "Top 20" lists for both content and speaker effectiveness. This is pretty amazing considering that, on average, the BP track has around 30-35 sessions, and the other "main" tracks (e.g. Infrastructure, App Dev, etc.) average 50++ sessions each.

    I mention these things for your consideration, not to brag, but to show you that - despite your misgivings - we must be doing something **RIGHT**.

    I do thank you for your impassioned concerns, and I will give your thoughts and concerns the proper attention and consideration on my own blog (www.lotusgeek.com).

    Thanks, and stay tuned...

    --Rock

16. Ed Brill

    Offer is still open

    11/18/2009 18:21:21

    I'd still be happy to hear offline if there are any issues with speaker quality that some are feeling are not getting reflected in session evaluations. Someone (not Russell) pinged me this morning and said "when the audience is filled with friends and customers, of course the evals are going to be good". I don't think that's generally true -- we see some pretty harsh evals -- but I'm always open to hearing if there are ways to improve.

    As for my session, I am still not posting it here. I'm one of those ego guys who wants to save it for my own blog (and you'll see why, soon!)

17. Paul Hudson

    Another perspective

    11/18/2009 19:41:39

    I thought I'd add another (hopefully) different 'non club' perspective on Lotusphere abstract selection, from somebody who is more used to attending 'academic' conferences.

    Too some extent the frustration is understandable. We feel our idea is important. My bug bear is accessibility. But I accept what is a priority to me working in education, is a much lower priority to many. Despite better intentions to do something about this, I haven't done anything in the last year to raise this issue or offer solutions. So this year I decided not to submit another session. But having worked at a Uni for 15 years, it feels like I'm 'freeloading' if I'm not presenting, so I have submitted a BOF. I assumed they would be selected by the community so if no one is interested, then I avoid having to sit in an empty room at 7am!

    (My major problem is that it tends to be frowned upon in the Uni if you are going to a conference and you are not presenting)

    However, what I didn't realise until recently, unlike academic conferences where speakers, at best, get a discount, speakers at Lotusphere get their registration fee paid. That's incredibly generous of IBM and for somebody with my background, rather unique. I've never attended another conference where this happens. I suspect in the current climate, many were pinning their attendance on having their abstract accepted, so rejection is harder to take. I wonder if there would be as many abstract submissions, if presenters only received discounts?

    I initially found the Lotusphere abstract selection process 'interesting', but not necessarily, inappropriate. Most academic conferences I've submitted papers to or helped organise, base selection on the quality of the abstract, not the track record of the presenter. Usually the abstracts are blind reviewed, by two people selected from a dozen or so reviewers assigned to each theme. If you are successful, you are expected to write a paper which is then reviewed again. Arguably this is the best approach to showcase new work. But I know from experience, it is very frustrating when you've spent time writing your paper only for it to them be rejected, or even worse, moved to the 'poster' strand. I've seen academics fall-out, when their blind peer reviewed papers are rejected by colleagues! So there isn't an ideal selection process

    But I'm not sure Lotusphere should be completely based around 'new content'. Many people I've met in the last two years, like me, seem to be new to Lotusphere. Having speakers covering the 'old ground' is necessary. Many of us work in isolation within our companies, so it helps to have things confirmed by experienced speakers, and sometimes what may seem basic, may have been completely overlooked. If Lotus keeps attracting new customers then you have to continue to run these repeat sessions. I'd be more concerned if these sessions disappeared, it would be an indication that the community has stopped growing. So if a session has consistently received good feedback, why not go down the proven route?

    However, I do agree with some comments about their being a 'Lotusphere club'. All conferences that have run for several years have a 'in crowd' and with some conferences you wonder who the conference is being run for. But I've not felt that way at Lotusphere.

    I can understand people questioning sessions such as 'TURT101'. I have to admit, myself and my colleague were left bemused by the 'in jokes', but I'm not sure how much of bemusement was the presenters fault or due to the 'in crowd' joining in and forgetting who the session was meant to be aimed at. But this session was outside of the main track, so it didn't do any harm. The only thing it caused me to miss, was the opportunity to drink a few more free beers. (Ok maybe I should be annoyed)

    But there are some excellent members of this community. People who consistently provide answers to my search queries and they include many of the regular repeat speakers. Some of the people mentioned in the post, are also people I gave the highest feedback to and I personally feel have earned the right to speak, and I suspect I will attend some of their sessions again in January.

18. Bill Dorge

    Maybe Russell isn’t entirely wrong

    11/18/2009 19:50:02

    Ok, I'd be the first to say I wasn't to thrilled by the way Russell voiced his opinion, but some of it rang true with me. I'm going to agree with him that it might be time for some big changes in the how the process works for all this.

    I didn't submit an abstract, and I won't be attending Lotusphere this year, I've been to 12 or 13, can't remember anymore. I get the chance to attend one conference during the year, and I want to make sure that I get the most bang for my buck, and even though the content will be changing, I feel like I've seen this all before.

    I'm not a developer, so x pages and all the cool coding stuff is lost on me. Frankly, the administrator stuff the last few years has felt kind of stale. Don't get me wrong, I did learn things, but not enough to justify the expense.

    Picking tried and true resouces is a very safe bet, one we all like, but it's time to be BOLD, time for some new ways, time ti inject some youth into this group. So here are my thoughts, you can take them or leave them, but it sure would make Lotusphere an interesting experiment in 2011.

    Speaking at Lotusphere is an honor, one session per speaker should be enough, and the content should be great with only one sessiong to worry about.

    Make a conscious effort to set aside some slots for the 25 and under crowd, I know they won't be as polished, but I want to know what they are thinking and how they would do things with Lotus software.

    Set aside a couple of rooms during the BOF sessions for folks to sign up and give 30 minute pitches on whatever they like. First come first serve type of thing, kind of a Grab Bag of presentations.

    So, when you start thinking about changes, don't think about me, the 51 year old consultant working for a IBM partner, think about my son who will be 20 soon and is studying computer science, make Lotusphere an event he would think it would be cool to be at.

    Thanks, and have a great time.

    Bill

19. Paul Hudson

    Not a bad idea

    11/18/2009 20:08:30

    "Set aside a couple of rooms during the BOF sessions for folks to sign up and give 30 minute pitches on whatever they like. First come first serve type of thing, kind of a Grab Bag of presentations."

    I had thought about suggesting something similar myself. There are so many rooms sitting there empty while the BOFs are running. Maybe there could be a 'side conference' that uses the rooms and is organised by the community, maybe by selecting sessions submitted to IdeaJam?

    When I'm spending several thousand pounds of the Uni's money, I try to get as much out of my time there as possible and would be happy to attend 'unofficial' sessions until 8 in the evening (assuming buses still run to the outlying hotels)

20. Lisa Duke

    We’d take a look at presentations

    11/18/2009 21:30:23

    IBM, STS, and local IBM clients are starting and reviving LUGs in the Southeast. If anyone had a rockin' proposal that didn't make the cut, we are looking for speakers, both famous and infamous. Submit to info@simplified-tech.com

21. Max

    Running your IBM Lotus Domino server on Linux?

    11/23/2009 9:25:37

    This one´s for Andrew.

    Will you be covering "how to run Domino on Linux under VM on zOs" during your session?

    Thanks in advance.

22. Chris Hamoen

    Lotusphere speakers

    11/23/2009 16:02:50

    It certainly can be quite frustrating to feel that you had a session that should be considered exciting and new....but then lose out and see that many of the lotus vets have multiple sessions.

    However, they are the best. They've been doing this for years. "Lotus Knows" they can present. Last year there were a couple of newer speakers, and even though the content was pretty good, most people were staring at their blackberry's or iPhones...or hoping there was an exciting case of paint drying going on..;) Certainly Lotus would like to avoid this.

    The top presenters year after year can and should be back - guys like mooney, buchan, duffbert, etc --> they are the SME face of Lotus out there.