"malcolm weallans" <malcolm.iiug@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
news:mailman.22.1159900823.29455.informix-list@iiug.org...

>> Currently I am sold out to clients at a rate in excess of $1000 per day.

Bloody Hell! P T Barnum was right after all!

>> I can see my wife's reaction if I tell her I'm taking a week off to
>> attend an IBM
conference ...

.... and have you seen the price of bunting these days?

>> After all I wanted to talk about the realities of how to
survive disaster recovery and outline some of the reasons why we have failed
to recover from disasters with the promptness that a customer should expect.

I think that *would* make an interesting subject for a presentation.

>> We had a choice between setting an economic membership fee for all
>> members - including those
from the third world where salaries are less than $50 per month

Basingtoke?