I used to think Franken was funny, back in the days of Franken & Davis and
the old
Saturday night live show. Having seen him lately a few times on tv, I now
just find him pathetic.

This is a big waste of funds. I know it is not my money (I can't afford the
time
off to go to the show, even if someone paid my way  :-(   )
but if I did go, I probably would skip his bit.

It is most likely too late to cancel, but we can always hope
he will miss the plane and be unable to attend.


-----Original Message-----
From: Sletten Kenneth W KPWA [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 4:34 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] HP WORLD 2000: $20K to $25K for a
speaker?!?!?!?!


Stan notes:

> The opening keynote speaker at HP World 2000 is Al Franken.
>
> Hmmm... http://www.speaking.com/speakers/alfranken.html
> indicates that the cost of getting Al Franken as a speaker is in
> the $20 K to $25 K range.
>
> Why in the hell is Interex spending our money this way?

Ditto...  and consider:  $25K would buy about one-third of a
half-page ad for the HP 3000 in the WSJ...   Now *there*
would be a good use of Interex funds (no:  I'm NOT holding
my breath)....

Gotta get back to real work for a couple more hours;  then
email backlog....

Ken Sletten