Saturday, June 27  #SHRM09-BoB

7:30AM
Cafe Du Monde. Hot coffee w chicory and Beignets. It's a ritual. Unfortunately,  by 8:00AM it appears to be the place every one wants to be this mornig and it is hot enough that I may be the only person drinking coffe hot.

Joined by LV and afterward we amble over to the Marriott for 8 hours of panel discussions surrounding the Society's assessment/re-assessment of its strategy, technology issues, legislative challenges, etc., etc. Finished up with 5 of us prioritizing technology trends impacting the profession. Most, but not all, were to be expected but some interesting twists. We'll see whether other groups concur.

The find of the day however was at 5PM after registering at the convention center and walking back along Tchopitoulas. A self-serve wine bar with over 190 wines...and cheese. We left for dinner 2 hours later. This will definitely not be part of speaker expenses.

Ended the evening with Elaine Orler at a very loose holdem table. We rocked. Nuff said. Looking forward to tomorrow's opening session and the vendor show. Expecting paid attendance around 7,000 and 10k total. At least those are the numbers floating.