{"id":14,"date":"2009-09-09T16:45:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-09T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swfox.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/09\/recession-buster-deals-offered\/"},"modified":"2010-04-24T15:22:48","modified_gmt":"2010-04-24T22:22:48","slug":"recession-buster-deals-offered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swfox.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/recession-buster-deals-offered\/","title":{"rendered":"Recession Buster Deals Offered"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is hard to believe we are into the second week of September already. What this means is the speakers<\/a> are scrambling to finish their white papers and polish up their sessions for the conference.<\/p>\n

Here at Geek Gathering Headquarters it means we are busy making decisions on what we can do within budget, starting to order things we need for the conference, and firming up details with the conference center.<\/p>\n

We’re definitely seeing a drop off with registrations this year. Based on what people have told us, it mostly has to do with the condition of the global economy. So we have a couple of special “recession buster” deals we hope will encourage a few more people to sign up for the best Visual FoxPro conference in North America.<\/p>\n

Deal #1: “Organizers: please share my deal!”<\/span>
\nIf you already registered and paid for the conference and you know someone who wants to register, you can give them the same deal you got when you registered. If you want to come to the conference and you know someone who got in at the Super Saver ($620) or the Early-bird ($695) registration, you can sign up for the same price they did. Sharing is caring!<\/p>\n

Deal #2: Southwest Fox “Pair Programmer” deal <\/span>
\nHave one or more FoxPro friends who are considering coming to Southwest Fox? Sign up together and take $50 off each of the registrations.<\/p>\n

No matter what deal you take, we will give you your first pre-conference session for free!<\/p>\n

There’s only one catch. You have to take advantage of this deal by 11:59 PM September 30, 2009 Eastern time. We have to make some serious commitments on October 1 for various expenses we have for the conference.<\/p>\n

Need some more convincing? How about some new news about the conference:<\/p>\n

1) Sara Ford, Program Manager for CodePlex (home of VFPX) is going to present: “Towards a Stronger Open Source Ecosystem on CodePlex.com” at the Thursday night keynote.
\nhttps:\/\/swfox.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/southwest-fox-2009-keynote-announcement
\n<\/a>
\n2) Schedule of the conference sessions is posted
\n(http:\/\/swfox.net\/schedule.aspx<\/a>)<\/p>\n

3) We have added a couple of bonus sessions on Friday, including “Show Us Your App,” “Getting involved in VFPX” and an open space discussion “The Future of the VFP Developer.”<\/p>\n

Got suggestions? info@swfox.net
\nGot questions? info@swfox.net
\nGot registrations? register@swfox.net<\/p>\n

Or you can call the Geek Gatherings’ World Headquarters at 586.254.2530.<\/p>\n

Read about the registration process and get the registration application here:
\nhttp:\/\/www.swfox.net\/register.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n

Check out our list of amazing speakers:
\nhttp:\/\/www.swfox.net\/speakers.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n

Dig into our six session tracks:
\nhttp:\/\/www.swfox.net\/sessionstrack.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n

Follow the news about the conference on our blog:
\nhttps:\/\/swfox.net\/blog\/index.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Use our brochure to convince your boss (or spouse or SO) to let you go:
\nhttp:\/\/www.swfox.net\/brochure.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

Only 36 days until we meet in Mesa. We hope to see you there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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