A handful of us got together last night for dinner, general bs'ing, and some last minute planning. We made some predictions for the attendance. Mr. I'm Always Right guessed that we'd have 78 attendees. I went with the Bob Barker strategy and guessed 77 attendees. Don Ramer guessed 60 attendees. John Sumser guessed 50 attendees. The wager was $5 each.

The conference was today. Of the 100 sign-ups, 87 showed up and brought one to dozen friends. About half a dozen from Best Buy (the host) showed up. Add that to the eight speakers and the count was about 110-120. The final numbers are still being tallied but he was right. I was wrong. There. I said it. Three times in fact. And I am ever glad.

Initial feedback from the attendees was universally positive. Thrilled would be a better word. I was one of the presenters but did little else other than offer a few pieces of advice here and there so I'm taking no credit. The biggest complaint we had was that it wasn't long enough (always a good sign) and that the attendees wanted more time for networking so they could get to better know each other (also always a good sign).

Now if only the Gopher football team could perform so well...