Frame Workshop dead? and where to spend money?

[KMcLauchlan -at- chrysalis-its -dot- com]

G'day all.

I'm looking for some suggestions.

I had registered for the annual FrameUsers 
/C/o/n/f/e/r/e/n/c/e/ er... Workshop (October), 
and was in the middle of making the travel arrangements 
when I learned that the Conf had been cancelled.
(There still hasn't been an official announcement, 
but the presenters are saying that they received 
word on Friday.)

That leaves me with a chunk of company budget 
that I need to spend on training/professional dev., 
real-soon-now... or lose it.

I work with FrameMaker, and I was planning to take 
the XML pre-workshop  -- on spec, since we don't use 
XML for anything, yet... But, if that session had 
been full, I'd likely have gone for the Indexing 
workshop or one of the PDF workshops, as a close 
second choice. 

Prior to our recent layoffs I was looking at 
"management skills" training, but that's out 
the window for at least a year or two (it'll be 
that long before we hire anybody I could supervise/manage).

So, I'd appreciate it if folks could let me know 
of training/workshop opportunities in the next couple 
of months. Someone already suggested Seybold, but 
even though there's an XML session, I'm finding 
it a tough sell to the boss. This year, I can't 
justify "industry trends" and "meet and greet" 
get-togethers.  The IPCC offering looks kinda thin,
(even fluffier than STC) though I'd LOVE to visit Santa Fe   :-)
(and I'm not a member anyway...). 
I'm already taking a C++ brush-up course at the 
local college, on my own dime. 

If nothing else pops up, I'll look for the nearest 
stop on Shlomo Perets' travelling Acrobat road show 
and sign up for that.

Please consider replying privately, to avoid 
contravening any advertising strictures for the list.
I'll summarize if I get any interesting suggestions.

Thanks,

Kevin (spend it or lose it) McLauchlan 
Onliest Tech Writer
Chrysalis-ITS, Inc.
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada



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