There was a conference in Birmingham but not at the NEC (National
Exposition Centre), it was at the other convention centre, a few years
back, in 1993 if memory serves.  The following year the conference was in
Maastrich, The Netherlands, Stuttgart 1995 and then Midnight Lights on the
ferry in 1996.  The latter was the last one for Europe.  Interex did the
European conferences until 1986 Madrid, after which the European
conferences were put on by European users groups.

We have been told time and again that European users do not want to attend
conferences.  Since this is told to us by European users, we are forced to
believe the statement.  CeBIT is, of course, an aberration.

Kind regards,

Denys. . .

Denys Beauchemin
HICOMP America, Inc.
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-----Original Message-----
From:   Dave Gale [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   Friday, August 29, 1997 12:24 PM
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Subject:        Re: Lonely *over* Here..

From:   Mark Wilkinson [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]

What about us poor souls in far-flung lands (ie not in the USA) who would
love to go to these things?

There's only one thing stopping us - about 3000 miles of Ocean
(oh and the cost of a $1500 plane ticket!)

What about, say, having one of these things over here in Europe
somewhere..preferrably in London. We have some great exhibition centers
that would be ideal (Earl's Court springs to mind or even the Birmingham
NEC).

Then the people *this* side of the pond would be able to get our pictures
taken for posterity <gg>

Mark Wilkinson

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[Dave Gale]  There was a show last year called Midnight Lights. This was
held on a cruise ship and was quite a deal (wish I could have gone).

Seems there is a little problem in Europe with attendance to these shows. I
don't pretend to understand, but the result is the HPIUG was having trouble
with the conference.