Gavin Scott says

"........ <big snip>
I propose that the name of the "Management Roundtable" be changed to
"The HP Management Annual Review".

Not a bad idea.
IMHO, the general feeling of the HP mgmt team that attends
views the MR as a "bitch session" by a bunch of nerdy users, and something
that they must suffer through each year.
(does the name Rich Sevick come to mind here?!?!?)

I don't think they really view the attendees at HPWorld as the "real customers",
the real customers are the folks that sign the checks, not the nerds who go to
computer conferences.
There are a couple of notable exceptions to this generalization (aren't there
always), but............

Until that underlying perception is changed, I don't think we'll see much change
the MR, unless INTEREX is able to "mandate" a format change.

Terry Simpkins