Presenter at Orange County Director User Group

[Gunnar Swan]

Dear Sirs ...

I volunteered to present Valentina database to the Orange County User Group meeting (Southern  California). 
I'm not an employee of Valentina ... in fact ... I'm a happy customer who was willing to drive 240 miles (400 KM ?). 
The round  trip drive took over 3 1/2 hours.

I was to be the second presenter, starting at 9 pm and going to 10 pm.
I was told at a break in the meeting that the first presenters ( a panel ) were going over their alloted  time by some amount, and that the
meeting was going to end 'this' at 9:30, reducing my alloted time from one hour ... to possibly 15 - 20  minutes.
Two of the presenters had brand new babies (God Bless them) ... and were wanting to leave.

When 9:27 came, this left me three minutes to talk about Valentina.
There is nothing to say in 3 minutes about anything except the weather.  I decided to get an early start  on my 90 minute drive home.

Needless to say ... you'll have to find someone else to talk about the Valentina database to that  unprofessional ... and rude ... group.
Furthermore  the group is small and full of Flash developers. ... a group that are NOT likely to deal  with Valentina.

That was 5 hours of time I could of spent doing actual work ... productive stuff.
I'll settle .... To whom should I submit my $50 car expense bill to ??  !!!@#$#$$#*

Best Regards,
Gunnar Swan