<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><img height="117" width="320" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:F780FD7A-6BFD-4787-9B30-FF885718735F@gateway.2wire.net"></div><div>Greetings:</div><div><br></div><div>[With Permission]</div><div><br></div><div>Both Mark Proctor and Edson Tirelli will be speaking at October Rules Fest again this year. And those are just two of the really outstanding speakers this year. Check out the web site for all of the speakers, topics, and other information.</div><div><br></div><div>Hopefully all is well wherever you are located these days. I just noticed that our Web Mistress (Chelanie) put a quote along with the rotating photos on the front page of our web site. In effect it says that October Rules Fest is "... the main tech-centric event in the industry." Perhaps that sums it all up in a nutshell. All of the others BRMS or Rulebase conferences are strictly business-related or they are totally academic-centric. </div><div><br></div><div>ORF is, to my knowledge, the only "industry-related" conference on rulebased systems that is technical in nature and is done in the spirit of an academic conference. As such, we tend to draw highly technical attendees and, to some degree, technical CxOs and technical managers who are looking for high-end skill level rulebase personnel to help them with their problems. We are NOT a job mart, but, at times, it seems to be working out that way.</div><div><br></div><div>We have received the first flurry of White Papers and they are really quite good - OK, they're outstanding! Remember, these will be available <b>only</b> at the conference or to attendees and speakers (upon request) for six months after the conference. Also, we will be video taping the conference for the attendees and speakers only.</div><div><br></div><div>We are way ahead of last year in terms of attendees so be sure to sign up soon to ensure that you have a seat at the table. Also, The Adolphus is filling our ORF room allotment up as well so you need to sign up there quickly. If you have any problems with either of these signup places, please contact either myself or Chelanie.</div><div><br></div><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; 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-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>SDG</div><div>James Owen</div><div>Founder October Rules Fest</div><div>Senior Consultant / Architect KBSC</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Bodoni SvtyTwo SC ITC TT'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#976635"><a href="http://www.kbsc.com">http://www.kbsc.com</a></font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Bodoni SvtyTwo SC ITC TT'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#976635"><a href="http://www.OctoberRulesFest.org">http://www.OctoberRulesFest.org</a></font></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Bodoni SvtyTwo SC ITC TT'"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#976635">Twitter: OctRulesFest</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Garamond"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF">Blogs:</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Garamond"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><a href="http://JavaRules.blogspot.com">http://JavaRules.blogspot.com</a> [Rulebased Systems Blog]</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Garamond"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><a href="http://ORF2009.blogspot.com">http://ORF2009.blogspot.com</a> [October Rules Fest Blog]</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Garamond"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><a href="http://exscg.blogspot.com/">http://exscg.blogspot.com/</a> [Expert Systems Consulting Group Blog]</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" face="Garamond"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Lucida Handwriting'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><i>"If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."</i></span></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><b>Sir Isaac Newton in a letter to Robert Hooke, 5 Feb 1676</b></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF0000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><b><br></b></span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><b>Come to October Rules Fest and stand on the shoulders of the Giants of the industry; if only for a week.</b></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 6px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 6px; "><br></span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></span></div></div></div></span></div></span></div><br></body></html>