CLA Summit wants YOU!

[Norm Kirchner]

Calling all CLA!

Head on over to the CLA Summit 2011 Page and give your comments please.

{EDITORS NOTE}:: It's in a private group so you must join first here

CLA Summit 2010 was a huge success and this years will be better yet.

Comments like "It was worth the airfare" which came from a CLA from Italy should convince you to not only attend but also shape the content and format.

So once again

http://decibel.ni.com/content/projects/cla-summit-march-2011/blog/2010/11/17/time-to-plan-for-cla-summit#comments

See you all soon

Norm Kirchner

Sr RF Systems Engineer

National Instruments

~,~

CLA, CTA, CPI, Defrock'd LV Champion

General RF Nuisance

[mje]

Things like this make me wish I had maintained my cert.

[Daklu]

Things like this make me wish I had maintained my cert.

Last year's summit is what inspired me to move forward with my own certification.

[asbo]

See you all soon

I was so hoping this linked somewhere secret and cool.

[nhollenback]

Agenda is now posted!! Am eager to see who is eager to present.

http://digital.ni.com/express.nsf/bycode/exbwv9

And I can pretty much guarantee there will be NO snow on the ground in Austin! (posting from the Boston blizzard)

Looking forward to seeing you all there.

[crelf]

In case it's lost in the fine print:

Cost: The CLA Summit is delivered to you as a part of your CLA certification

That's right people - it's free to all CLAs! Now you don't have any excuses not to be there!

[Grampa_of_Oliva_n_Eden]

In case it's lost in the fine print:

That's right people - it's free to all CLAs! Now you don't have any excuses not to be there!

What dollar value would you put on the experience?

Or in other words, if you had to pay for the event out of your own pocket, how much would you pay?

Curious,

Ben

[crelf]

Things like this make me wish I had maintained my cert.

You can recert for free at the summit.

What dollar value would you put on the experience?

Hmmm - good question. I guess I see the CLA summit + NI-Week = rounded NI experience. NI-Week is when we get to learn about all the cool stuff across the complete NI range, the CLA summit is a deep-dive that's actually about architectural concepts (go figure). So, if I had to put a dollar value on it, I'd make it the same as the cost to attend NI-Week.

[Grampa_of_Oliva_n_Eden]

... So, if I had to put a dollar value on it, I'd make it the same as the cost to attend NI-Week.

Thank you.

Ben

[JustinThomas]

If NI can get the CLA summit scheduled close to NI Week, maybe the week before or after it would be just great. For guys like me its not possible to convince my boss a trip to the US two times a year.

[Aristos Queue]

If NI can get the CLA summit scheduled close to NI Week, maybe the week before or after it would be just great. For guys like me its not possible to convince my boss a trip to the US two times a year.

Depending on your role in your company, you might consider prioritizing the CLA Summit over NI Week. If you're the sole rep for your company, then by all means, NI Week is the greater source of information and exposure, but if others from your company will be at NI Week and can attend sessions and report back to you, it might be worth letting them take it. The CLA Summit was highly educational last year, and I'm expecting similar this year.