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January 28, 2014
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View PTC Live Global 2014 Session Info & Register

  • January 28, 2014
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Please see the highlighted note at the bottom of Margi’s email blast. This note does not appear on the event web site.

John Sillari

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    naglists1-Visitor
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    January 29, 2014
    We've finally given up on the conference. I will not attending. I must
    admit, I was kind of looking forward to Boston ... 😕


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    ptc-19080751-Visitor
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    January 29, 2014
    Thanks for sharing, John.

    The note IS included as a footnote in today's email about Save $100 on PTC Live Global 2014, which says:"PTC Creo or PTC Windchill users* (or the managers of those teams) are encouraged to attend to gain new time-saving tips and best practices from your peers, hear about upcoming product enhancements, and make new connections in the PTC customer community." [*Please note that PTC is not offering any Arbortext or other service topics at PTC Live Global 2014. PTC continues to investigate new avenues to support that growing user community and encourages Arbortext customers to participate in the onlineArbortext Communityin the short term.]

    Frankly, it is difficult not to think that the line about"continuing to investigate new avenues" is just another way of sayingwe still aren't important enough to have a user conference.

    One positive is they say the Arbortext user community is growing. Maybe that will help.

    Suzanne Napoleon
    www.FOSIexpert.com
    "WYSIWYG is last-century technology!"


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    BobSpangenburg1-Visitor
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    January 29, 2014

    Ah... I fondly remember AUGI 2004. Those were the days, were they not? I went to my first PTC conference in 2006 in Long Beach. Even though I was an employee, it was nothing like the AUGI.


    Oh well... I will continue to watch ADEPTers and use the software I love. Hang in there fellow-ADEPTers. It's still a terriffic software suite.


    Bob

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    ebenton1-Visitor
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    January 29, 2014
    I agree, Suzanne. That little “continuing to investigate” paragraph is just PR pabulum for those who also think that Arbortext is a peripheral concern.

    The last AUGI that I attended at Disney World in Florida (2004 I think?) had over 2000 attendees. How much bigger does the Arbortext community have to be in order for PTC to pay attention to us?
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    LynnHales1-Visitor
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    January 29, 2014
    Suzanne,



    I agree with you. This is at least the second year that PTC has opted NOT to include any Arbortext related topics and they are continuing to ‘investigate’. Yeah really. Oh well, I sent an email to the address in the message asking to be removed from their conference notification until they put Arbortext BACK on the agenda.



    Liz Fraley posted on her Single-Sourcing Solutions Face book page that she is looking into starting up an independent AUGI. I support her effort and if size results are not too big, I’d be willing to check with some of the ‘resorts’ in Williamsburg to see what they’d charge.

    To paraphrase a title from an old Johnny Paycheck song, PTC you can “Take Your Conference and ***** It”. Darn I’m getting to be feisty in my old(er) age. 😄



    Lynn


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    berard1-Visitor
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    January 29, 2014
    That was 2005, and come to think of it, it did get a bit rowdy with the
    sales guys up in the Arbortext executive suite... the following year was
    the first with PTC in Texas, and was the last one I attended.

    - keith


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    mramshaw1-Visitor
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    January 29, 2014



    In Reply to Ed Benton:


    The last AUGI that I attended at Disney World in Florida (2004 I think?) had over 2000 attendees. How much bigger does the Arbortext community have to be in order for PTC to pay attention to us?
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    lfraley1-Visitor
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    January 29, 2014
    I created a Meetup Group. If we want this to happen, we will have to hit
    critical mass for attendees otherwise the costs are prohibitive. If you
    think you'd come to an Arbortext event, join the Meetup Group and find
    other like-minded individuals who are in your network.

    Either way we'll find out the truth about community numbers and real
    interest.

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    lfraley1-Visitor
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    February 6, 2014
    Looks like PTC is correct in removing Arbortext content: I can report only
    15 people showing interested in going to an Arbortext event. That's not
    enough to run a conference or even a track.


    On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 1:30 PM, Liz Fraley
    <liz.fraley@single-sourcing.com>wrote:

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    > I created a Meetup Group. If we want this to happen, we will have to hit
    > critical mass for attendees otherwise the costs are prohibitive. If you
    > think you'd come to an Arbortext event, join the Meetup Group and find
    > other like-minded individuals who are in your network.
    >
    > Either way we'll find out the truth about community numbers and real
    > interest.
    >
    >
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    lisa.f.gillispi1-Visitor
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    February 6, 2014
    Liz,

    It's possible I am the only one who feels this way, but:


    1) I'm reluctant to join another group (meetup group)

    2) I'd like more details on what the Arbortext event would be (how long, how much, where, would there be PTC Arbortext people there a la previous AUGIs) before I signaled interest.
    It *could* mean more people are interested, they are just less apt to join a group to signal interest. Also, is your whole intended audience on adepters? There could be potential participants who needed to be contacted in another way.

    Don't give up hope!

    Lisa Gillispie
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