Anyone who wishes to make a presentation please say so, so that I can make a schedule. Individual presentations should be 45 minutes to 1 hour. If you have a topic that will take longer, no problem, simply break it down into 1 hour segments. If you have something really cool that will only take a few minutes, again no problem. The agenda will be sessions from 9am to noon, 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm on Saturday.

I can and will provide enough class / framework material to fill up that time should there be no takers on presentations, but in the interests of YOUR sanity, consider doing a session on your own subject of expertise. If there is enough content, we can spill over into Sunday, 1/2 day or a full day, your choice. If there is HUGE attendance and resulting HUGE content then we can spill over to either weekday on either side of the weekend.

As for the most important issue... I have a largish propane BBQ and will provide a BBQ dinner on Saturday the 22nd. Donations accepted but never required. The menu will be Boneless, Skinless chicken breasts a la Sam's club, a rack of ribs (more if a large turnout), Corn on the cob, sweet potatoes, potato salad and green salad, and whatever I can rustle up for desert. If anyone wants to bring or fix something special of their own, feel free.

Presentaions; this is the opportunity for developers working within various projects to have the opportunity to presentt new direction and application programming concepts. Many applications are moving towards Object-Orientated type structures, integration into .Net and moving away from the desktop towards Web presentations, there will be a lot of new material to discuss.

A detailed list of presentations and presenters will be posted here as more information becomes available.

John says "My house is 1723 Twin Pines Dr, Hudson, 28638. You should get right there. Of course things are never as they seem. There are really only two left turns coming south on Horseshoe bend road, the second is my drive. Just remember that.

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The plan is to meet at my home on Saturday, and Sunday if there is anyone still here. Anyone coming in early (Friday evening / night) is welcome to call me. 828-572-0120 is my business phone.

I will be doing a BBQ Saturday evening after the conference. The usual suspects - chicken / ribs / etc. I am pretty good on the BBQ.

I am looking forward to seeing you guys, whoever shows up, so let's meet and have a good time - no RSVP required, come on down.

We will start at 9:00 am and run through 12:00 pm (lunch), break till 1:30 or so, then pick up and continue till around 5:00 pm. Same schedule for Sunday if there is anyone left around.

Again, anyone in the neighborhood Friday night is welcome to call. I do need to work till 5:00 pm Friday, and if you come by before the kids are in bed (8:00 PM) you will have to deal with Robbie and Allie. I have a nice screened porch on the back of the house where we can sit around and shoot bull. I am normally up till 11:00 pm or later so it will not be an inconvenience.

BTW, I also have wireless for those who need to check email etc. It is encrypted (WPA?) but you just put in a key and go.

Weather

Hudson Weather: It's looking like high 80s over the weekend. I do have AC so we will be comfortable inside.

Hotels

Anyone needing hotels:
... and Alternately, down in Hickory ...and here, down in Lenoir

Food

Food in Lenoir or in Hudson

Night Clubs

Strangely enough (or perhaps not?), a search for "night clubs" in Lenoir, nc turned up nothing, but did show stuff down in Hickory, just south of us. I must admit I have not been to a night club since we moved here so I will not be much help there.

Churches

Churches (lots of Baptists down here). You will always be welcome at my church, #B - Hudson United Methodist. I do have enough credit at this point that I can skip if the conference is still going on.