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I am also a first-timer, and I'll be going to the first-timers session.
I recently called STC in Virginia, and they said that that hour is a MUST
for conference newbies.
Laurie
lmr -at- syl -dot- nj -dot- nec -dot- com
> I have been lurking on the TECHWR-L list for a few months. I will be
> coming to the STC conference from Israel and have a feeling that Israel
> belongs to Region 2 (though the Mid-Atlantic states seem very far away
> from here. Maybe the term Mid-Atlantic refers to some point in the middle
> of the Atlantic, halfway between Israel and Washington, DC. )
> Anyway I look forward to meeting some of the people from this list which
> I have found both interesting and useful. Any tips for a first-timer?
