[Businessmtg] Fw: Business Meeting Agenda Item - Pittsburgh Convention

[joanne.callahan at novartis.com]

Dear Fellow Business Members:

This seems to be a double-edged sword.  If we send a rep to the convention 
in Pittsburgh, that would most likely exclude our members in countries 
other than the U.S. from attending.  If we do not send a rep, then our 
online voice will not be heard. 

Honestly, I think that sending a rep is a good idea simply because 
anything online is so impersonal and can be easily ignored. A f2f 
interaction can show others that there are real people with faces and 
names attending online meetings, rather than just a logon id. 

While it may appear that we are excluding our members from across the pond 
from participating, I believe that all in the online fellowship will 
benefit from having sent a rep to let people know that we exist.

Joanne