I would go John Buwa Michiana Wireless
----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Wu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Motorola Canopy User Group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Cc: "Jeff Ehman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 10:20 AM Subject: [WISPA] Thoughts on WiNOG in Chicago (Big Show this Fall) > As some of you may (or may not) know, we used to organize large trade > shows several years ago...at its height, WiNOG had over 500+ attendees > with 50+ exhibiting sponsors (I still have pictures of Rick Harnish and > Mac Dearman @ the inaugural WISPA meeting in Chicago almost 3+ years ago > =) > In 2006, I decided to put an end to the large shows and change the format > into a 1-day traveling road-show due to the fact for the there hasn't > really been anything all that exciting out there in the market that would > drive traffic to get me to put forth the effort to organize a large > show...That said, I believe that with recent market developments, > including the release of the 3.65 GHz band, the commercialization of WiMAX > equipment in the US and the maturation of the market, I have enough stuff > to work with to build an interesting content program. > That said, before I go out and spend a lot of time and effort throwing > something together, I'd like to get a feel for what people feel: > Here are my thoughts > > 1. WiMAX World 2008 is scheduled for Sept 30-Oct 2, 2008 > (Tuesday-Thursday) in Chicago...with 100+ exhibitors, it makes for a > pretty large gathering of the wireless operator industry > > 2. While WiMAX World has a lot of people coming together, it's > focusing more on large mobile broadband operators (ClearWire / Sprint) and > the 802.16e WiMAX standard instead of small-to-medium operators who would > utilize 802.16d (fixed) WiMAX > > 3. A three-day conference pass for WiMAX World costs almost > $2,000...additionally, in looking at the programming, it seems more suited > for Wall-Street / Gartner-type Analysts than for operators deploying > systems in the field > > 4. WiMAX World (Yankee Group) is aware that they're content program > doesn't really cater to the small-to-medium fixed-wireless operators, so > they've come to me with a proposal to put together a more focused / > targeted program on the side (that's also cheaper) > Here's my idea > > 1. Do WiNOG as a smaller sub-get-together (100 or so people) focused > on the specific issues of fixed-operators on September 29-30 > (Monday-Tuesday) right before WiMAX World > > 2. Make WiNOG affordable to the network operators (have 2 tiers of > admissions - 1 tier for service providers at say $95 to pay for food and > another tier for vendors / consultants / random people at $500+) > > 3. Give attendees of WiNOG (through some cross-promotional > agreement) the ability to go to the WiMAX World Exhibit hall for free on > Oct 1-2 (Wednesday / Thursday), so they would get the focused content and > operator peer-to-peer discussion along with the chance to experience a > massive exhibit hall > Thoughts? Comments? > -Charles > ------------------------------------------- > WiNOG Wireless Roadshows > Coming to a City Near You > http://www.winog.com > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
