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Texas gets into your blood and good people at a great conference get into your heart. At least that’s what happened to me this week when I went to the Hilton Austin Airport Hotel in Austin Texas* for the South Central SAS Users Group (SCSUG) annual SAS Educational Conference. This conference offered two days packed full of learning & teaching, laughing & networking, talking & listening. I have been to many SAS Global Forum conferences (even SUGIs). I have also attended several regional conferences hosted by the North East SAS Users Group (NESUG) and enjoyed everyone. But, this was my first SCSUG.
With a lingering smile from the taping of Austin City Limits with Lyle Lovett, I put on my Texas cowboy boots, turned on WQDR – the local country station, and sat down to tell you all about my love affair with regional SAS user group conferences.
I love the regional users group conferences. Each conference shows off the personality of the volunteers who run the group and the conference. Their smaller size makes it feel like a large (OK, really large) family gathering. At SCSUG:
- I met new friends (Larry, Lisa, Preeti, Charles, Toby, Gary, Mark, Fred and more).
- I reconnected with long-time SAS friends (Charlie, Kirk, Becky, Maggie, Michael and more).
- I came away with new knowledge, new Twitter followers, new LinkedIn connections, and new Facebook friends.
- And, I hope I created new blog readers, forum users, and RSS subscribers.
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