I agree with Mike that you  probably would get a broader range of
people interested by offering several topics.  However, if only a
limited time is spent on something as complex as data
marts/warehouse, what you get is a general summary.

I have attended mart/warehousing sessions at AIR for the past few
years.  What I have seen has whetted my apetite, but its a long
leap from where we are to gaining the benefit from finished projects
like those seen at AIR.  How can my school bootstrap itself into an
effective way to provide information not easily produced from its
transactional database?

AIR is recognizing the need for fighting the increasing cost  of
attending national Forums.  The number of attendees is pushing
the location into the top tier (read that as expen$ive) convention
cities.  They mentioned the potential of regional drive-in meetings.
Could we host such a meeting on warehousing?

Cathy

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> Hi,
>
> I would suggest that at least two or three topics should be covered
> during a meeting.    The idea of concentrating on one topic
> exclusively, while allowing for good coverage of that topic, also
> means that you will only get those people interested in just that
> topic.  I would suggest that a broader range of topics means that you
> will be able to appeal to a broader range of IR folks (public and
> private, large and small)!
>
> Mike O'Connor
>


Catherine S. Clark
Institutional Research
University of Rio Grande
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