That's a stinker.  They used to do small intro seminars in Salt Lake, which
isn't too bad of a drive from here; they've since been more selective as to
where/when they do these events so I haven't seen one for a while.  

For Masters, me & a workmate drove 14 hrs each way to get there.  It was
still worth while for us --although the conference was paid for by work so
it so I've probably got a skewed view.  It was a cool thing to go to, and I
plan to go next year as well.  Microchip went all out this year at the
Westin resort.

I think you could have made a case that you should have been able to at
least get the discounted development hardware as it wasn't your fault that
they decided to cancel at the last minute.

-Dal 

-----Original Message-----
From: Howard Winter

> What events do people go to ?

I went to a half-day "Awareness" seminar last year, which was interesting.
They concentrated a lot on the 
development boards like the PICkit1 and PICdem2, both of which I
subsequently bought.  

I enrolled in (and paid for) a 2-day "Introduction to 18-series PICs"
workshop, but a few days before it was 
due they contacted me to say it had been cancelled due to low numbers.  I
got the money back, but didn't get 
the discount voucher for development tools that would have been issued at
the event  :-(  I ended up paying 
full price for an ICD2 ).

I checked just now, and if you go to the Microchip "Seminars and Workshops"
part of their web site, and select 
Europe, it says "There are currently no European seminars at this time."
Which is not only bad grammar 
(tautology) but is a right pain!

I'd love to go to Masters, but the $1000 for the event plus about the same
in transport (Phoenix isn't on 
anyone's major routes from London - if it had been in New York or Los
Angeles the flight cost would have been 
about a third of this) makes it too expensive for something that isn't my
profession.  And I'm currently 
self-unemployed anyway!  Not to mention the amount of time flying - I think
I'd combine it with a visit to see 
friends in New York and/or California, to make the 30-odd hours in airports
and aircraft worth while.

Cheers,

Howard Winter

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