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Southwest Fox on The Fox Show! Discount code
Doug and Tamar were interviewed for Andrew Ross MacNeill’s podcast The Fox Show, which was released today. There’s a discount code for conference registration in the interview.
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Early-bird deadline is July 31!
Simple quick reminder: save $50 by registering before the Early-bird registration deadline this Sunday, July 31st. If you still need to register, please head over to the registration Web site today: http://geekgatherings.com/Registration Every registered attendee gets admission and white papers to all regular conference sessions. Don’t miss this chance to learn from the best and mix with your peers. It’s still only July and we already have nearly $15,000 in raffle prizes, with more yet Read more…
Conference 2016
Southwest Fox/Southwest Xbase++ 2016 are a go!
We have some good news to share today. Thanks to the support of both the Visual FoxPro and Xbase++ communities, Southwest Fox and Southwest Xbase++ 2016 will proceed as planned September 22-25, 2016 in Gilbert, AZ. We really appreciate all the support people have shown for the conference with early registrations! That said, the decision comes with a calculated risk because we are still many registrations short of the breakeven point. Please continue to spread Read more…
Conference 2016
Super-saver deadline is this Thursday, June 30
Hear that sound? Tick, tick, tick, tick… That’s the countdown clock here at Geek Gatherings getting closer to the Super-saver deadline for Southwest Fox and Southwest Xbase++! June 30th is this Thursday and we thought we would pass along a reminder just in case you forgot to type it into your task list, or put a yellow sticky note on your monitor. We still need people to register to make the conferences happen. The conferences Read more…
Conference 2016
2016 Registration is open!
Registration for Southwest Fox and Southwest Xbase++ is now available. You find lists of speakers, Southwest Fox sessions and Southwest Xbase++ sessions on the conference website. Super-Saver Registration, which saves you $125, is available only through June 30th, so don’t wait. Putting on a conference is a risky endeavor. Conference centers require a guaranteed minimum income to block the dates of a conference; for a conference like Southwest Fox, that minimum is in the tens of Read more…
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2016 Speakers and sessions announced
Speakers and sessions for both conferences have been announced. Registration opens soon; send an email to info@geekgatherings.com if you want us to email you when it’s ready.
Conference 2016
Session Proposal deadline is this Friday, March 4
This is just a reminder that session proposals for Southwest Fox 2016 and Southwest Xbase++ 2016 are due by 8 AM EST this Friday, March 4. If you are interested in presenting at either conference, please read the Call for Speakers and submit your proposals via the Geek Gatherings Submission Web site. The conferences take place September 22-25, 2016.
Conference 2016
Call for speakers
We’ve issued the Call for Speakers for Southwest Fox 2016 and Southwest Xbase++ 2016. If you are interested in presenting at either conference, please read the document and consider submitting sessions via the Geek Gatherings Submission Web site. The conferences take place September 22-25, 2016. Session proposals are due by Friday, March 4 at 8 AM EST.
Conference 2015
What do you want to learn in 2016?
As we’ve mentioned in earlier posts, we read all the comments on the evaluations attendees submit, both those on the conference evaluation and those on evaluations for individual sessions. As you’d expect, we look especially hard for themes, multiple people mentioning the same issue. Usually, when that happens, they’re on the same side of the issue. For example, a few years ago, tons of people commented about poor WiFi service in the hotel and conference Read more…
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Save $50: Register before September 1!
Simple, quick reminder: the Early-bird registration deadline is this Monday, August 31st. We would hate to see you lose out on the $50 discount. If you still need to register, please head over to the registration Web site today: http://geekgatherings.com/Registration Every registered attendee gets admission and white papers to all regular conference sessions. Don’t miss this chance to learn from the best and mix with your peers.