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Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Who do you want to meet at SharePoint Conference 2009?

The Twitter Stream Spontaneously Combusts for #SPC09As the twitter stream for #SPC09 heats up to the point where it will spontaneously combust with news, events and meetups for SharePoint Conference 2009, I thought it would be interesting to see who you will be most looking forward to meeting at the conference. I’ve got my old stand-bys from SharePoint Saturday, SPTechCon and Best Practices Conference, but there are some people I still haven’t met.

Here’s the list of people I’m looking to say hi to. If I missed anyone, it’s because I’m going off the top of my head, not because I don’t want to meet you!

  • Chris_Hougardy
  • Isaac Stith
  • Nicola Young
  • Agnes Molnar
  • Mark Rackley
  • Michael Gannotti
  • Jan Tielens
  • Kevin Hughes
  • Rob Foster
  • Sharon Richardson
  • Jeremy Thake
  • Andrew Connell
  • Ted Pattison
  • Ayman El-Hattab
  • Waldek Mastykarz
  • All the people who have ever written a guest article on EndUserSharePoint.com!

So what’s on your agenda? If you could meet five people at SPC09, who would it be?

 

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33 Responses to “Who do you want to meet at SharePoint Conference 2009?”
  1. Matt says:

    Michael Gannotti
    Rob Foster
    Jeremy Thake
    Andrew Connell
    Ted Pattison
    Todd Klindt
    Dux
    Nick Swan
    Paul Culmsee
    Members of the Product Team

  2. I have to add, I’d like to meet anyone who has ever posted a comment or THOUGHT about posting a comment at EndUserSharePoint.com. That would be awesome.

    I’m thinking about handing out stickers that say “I am a proud reader of EndUserSharePoint.com”, kind of like the bumper stickers they give out when your kid does good at school.

    Mark

  3. MOSSLover says:

    Chris Hougardy
    Isaac Stith
    Agnes Molnar
    Natalya V.
    Richard Harbridge
    Spencer Harbar
    Paul Culmsee
    Alpesh Nakar
    Nick Swan
    Brett Lonsdale
    Paul Stork
    Bill English
    Matt Gowin
    Woody Windischman
    Mirjam & Marianne
    Karuana Gatimu
    David Pae
    Ruven Gotz
    Randy Drisgill
    Jeremy Thake
    Amanda Perrin
    Shane Perrin
    This is part of the list…I’m pretty sure there is more…

  4. Mark Rackley says:

    Here’s my top 10

    Mark Miller
    Andrew Connell
    Bob Fox
    Phil Wheat
    Janis Hall
    Isaac Stith
    Jeremy Thake
    The Klindt
    Joel Oleson
    Dux

  5. Mark Rackley says:

    Oh crap, Becky listed some good ones too…
    There’s just TOO many people I want to meet. :)

  6. Hugheser says:

    There are a ton of people I’d like to meet but my main goal is to find more people in higher ed. We have a bit of a unique situation and I would like to hear how others universities handle SharePoint.

  7. It would be even cooler if instead of stickers/bumper stickers you did Temporary Tattoos. Those would be killer.

    Are we allowed to carry/attach giant flags to ourselves? I am a little worried about how hard it will be to find many of you awesome people at such a large conference.

  8. Lori says:

    Okay fine… here are a few on the top of my list. There are SO many, so please don’t take any offense if you arent mentioned, there are more that I wouldn’t have room to list. So top 5 are:

    Todd Klindt
    Shane Young
    Rob Foster
    Bob Fox
    Spence Harbar

    Yes, I know this is a limited list, and there are many more, but these are some of the ones I have on my “MUST MEET” list.

  9. Richard – I LOVE IT! Let me see what I can do. I live in NYC, so someone in the East Village has to have the capability of producing them. — Mark

  10. Sounds good Mark! I will bring a pair of sunglasses and a sleeveless shirt in case you need a floor model. :P

    Also does anyone have a big list of people going to SPC09? I am trying to figure out who all is going who I haven’t heard of/met that are active in the community. Even if I can’t meet them all there it would be great to follow up with them, follow them, or read their blogs. :)

  11. Ruven Gotz says:

    Too many people to list, so I’ll list the twitter people I’m most looking forward to meeting (finally) in person:

    - Mosslover (Becky Isserman)
    - JoyKnows (Joy Earles)
    - gannoti (Michael Gannotti)
    - Karuana (Karuana Gatimu)

  12. Ben Martinson says:

    @Richard

    Regarding flags – would this be too much? (Backpack flag) http://bit.ly/1qH64f

    :-)

  13. Laura says:

    Todd Klindt
    (oh yeah, I already met him)

    Can’t wait to meet:
    Rob Foster
    Nick Swan
    Andrew Connell
    Chris Hougardy
    Isaac Stith
    Agnes Molnar

  14. Isaac says:

    Wow,

    At the conference:
    Mike Gannotti
    Becky Isserman
    Joy Earlies
    Lori Gowin
    Mark Rackley
    Laura *wonderlaura
    Mark Miller
    The Dux
    The Oleson
    The Watson (again)
    Marianne VanWarooji
    Christian Hougardy
    Jeremy Thake
    Jan Tielens
    Toni Frankola
    All the Danish SharePointers! (And Sweeden too)
    Not at the conference :-(
    Dan Usher

    probably forgot a ton

    Isaac

  15. AbdulRahman Sallam says:

    Spencer Harbar
    Paul Culmsee
    Woody Windischman
    Amanda Perrin
    Michael Gannotti
    Rob Foster
    Jeremy Thake
    Andrew Connell
    Ted Pattison
    Todd Klindt
    Ayman El-Hattab
    Dux
    Mark Miller
    Bob Fox
    Joel Oleson
    Joy Earles

  16. Haha brilliant Ben. I totally want one of those and think it is just perfect. Totally not too much for a personal brand.

    It also could be used in many other situations besides the obvious conference/trade show ones such as at a sporting event, as an alternative source of revenue (no one said it had to be your ads), war/battle reenactments, marriage proposals (not as good as a banner on a plane, but maybe the low cost green alternative?), and more!

  17. Jeremy Thake says:

    I’m just honoured to be on the list with my SharePoint heroes. Thanks guys and look forward to meeting you all! My list is too long to post ;-) It’s going to be a mission!

  18. Brett Favre
    Bode Miller
    Billy Corgan
    Jerry Cantrell

  19. Jenny says:

    I can’t wait to meet Rob Foster – he’s such a hunky guy! I’ve seen him at conferences before but have been too nervous to approach him!

  20. I’m really proud to be on the list with the SharePoint gurus. Unfortunately, I will not be able to make it but I’ll be following the conference through EUSP.

    Thanks again guys :)

  21. Spence says:

    Miles Davis
    John Coltrane
    Charles Parker
    Duke Ellington
    Dizzy Gillespie
    Gill Evans

  22. Spence,

    Don’t mean to burst your bubble, but I’ve met and worked with two people on your list: Dizzy and Miles. I didn’t meet Gill, but worked with Brubeck a couple times, along with Ray Brown who used to play bass for a some of these players.

    We’ll catch up in LV… maybe have a #ShareJazz night.

    Mark

  23. Spence says:

    dude, there aint no bubble

  24. Joan says:

    Everybody whose ever helped me by writing good articles, blogging, forum posts & replies. Which includes 90% of people listed here (and now I am going to check out the other 10% for helpful stuff). But mostly, EUSP’s regular contributors and Mike G and Joel O (oh, that’s right, they’re now EUSP contributors). And I have to add Dale Howard and Gary Chefetz and Ben Howard for answering my what-must-seem-like-the-most-idiotic-questions on Project Server in the MS newsgroups over the last several months.

  25. Agnes Molnar says:

    My top 5:
    - Toni Frankola
    - Claudio Brotto
    - Mark Miller
    - Laura Rogers
    - Becky Bertram

  26. Roth Sharp says:

    My top 6 :
    Ted Pattison
    Todd Klindt
    Ayman El-Hattab
    Mark Miller
    Laura Rogers
    Isaac Stith

  27. Nicola Young says:

    I am so excited to be on the list. No one ever wants to meet me, they always want to meet Shane!

    Thanks!

  28. Todd Klindt says:

    Can’t believe I missed this thread. The list of people I need to meet is too long for me to remember. If I don’t find you first, please don’t be shy about flagging me down after a session, or at an event. Don’t let my movie-star good looks fool you, I’m really an average guy and very approachable. :) I’m way nicer than that Shane guy.

    tk

  29. Greg Shymko says:

    @Hugheser: My company is focused on higher ed solutions, and we have lots of experience with SharePoint deployments at the University of Washington. My business partner and I worked there for several years together before starting our business.

    I’d love to hear more about higher ed environments as well. Let’s talk!

    (I guess Hugheser makes my list!)

  30. Bob says:

    Joe Cahill
    Bobby Sands
    Michael Collins
    The Pogues
    Gerry Adams
    Martin McGinnis
    Francis Hughes
    Raymond McCresh
    Patsy O’Hara
    Joe McDonnell
    Martin Hunson
    Kevin Lynch
    Kieran Doherty
    Thomas McElwee
    Michael Devine

  31. Wow, well there’s a set of folks that I have met before but really want to spend more time with including:
    Becky Isserman
    Cathy Dew
    Eric Shupps
    Andrew Connell
    Paul Shaeflein
    Rob Foster
    Rick Kierner
    Marcy Kellar
    John Ferringer
    Ted Pattison

    But then, there’s a whole group of folks that I’ve never met but really would like to, the top 10 being:
    Laura Rogers
    Bob Fox
    Dux Sy
    Jennifer Mason
    Joy Earles
    Jeremy Thake
    Yvonne Harryman
    Andrew Woodward
    Wes Preston
    Mark Rackley

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