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November 22, 2013
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[ptcuser-announcements] - Product Development Professionals: New Deadline for PTC Live Global Call f

  • November 22, 2013
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Dan,

I am not sure how other Arbortext users feel on the topic. But as a
multi-time speaker at the now defunct Arbortext Users Groups. I for one am
upset at the SPECIFIC and POINTED omission of Arbortext as a PTC product.



If PTC is going to be so focused on ignoring Arbortext. Please do me a
favor. REMOVE ME FROM Y OUR LISTS other than Adepters.



If you are going to ignore me , don't slap me in the face when you do. As
you can see I have no qualms about airing my issues PUBLICALLY.



Lynn


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    naglists1-Visitor
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    November 23, 2013
    Hi Lynn,
    I do not want to talk you out of your frustration, it is widely shared.

    I would like to let you know, however, that Dan Glenn is a volunteer member
    of PTC/User (he's recently, well, in conference-time anyhow, changed jobs
    so I don't remember where he is, but it is NOT and has never been PTC) and
    along with several other key volunteers throughout the PTC/User
    organization made a concerted and meaningful effort to improve the presence
    and placement of Arbortext topics, PTC/Arbortext staff, and vendors between
    2008 and 2011 or so.

    All of the work that Dan and others in PTC/User put into responding to an
    ad-hoc team of Arbortexters from this list was lost, however, when PTC/User
    decided it was unfeasible to continue to manage the annual conference.
    There is way too much that went into that decision and I am certain I am
    not aware of even a significant portion of it, but suffice to say that
    between changes to the finances of conferences and age-old volunteer
    organization dynamics ... it collapsed partially under the weight of its
    own success. Once in the hands of the PTC marketing/business development
    team, it became what it is now ... Arbortext-free.

    Dan,
    I do think it would be wise for PTC/User to carefully consider the changes
    PTC has made to the conference while crafting communications that include
    members who are primarily (or exclusively) Arbortext-only. There is no more
    Arbortext content at the main show. Although the parallel Services
    conference does reference Arbortext products and capabilities it is
    decisively NOT from a developer, administrator, user point-of-view. (I am
    certain that every Arbortext member of PTC/User is from one of those
    now-exlcuded classes.) And, finally, this year, they have eliminated
    support for even the Arbortext TCs.

    All of us,
    Whether adepters (the list) and Adepters (the members) can/should continue
    under the umbrella of PTC/User seems like a sad but necessary question to
    address.



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