MADA's 1991 MacApp Conference in Phoenix was a success, with over 200 in attendance for a full program of outstanding tutorials and presentations. Based on feedback gathered from Phoenix, we have a few improvements in mind for next year's conference.
At the 1992 MacApp Conference, Apple-primarily the MacApp team-will have an entire day for their presentations, with no competing sessions. The overall format for the conference will be two days of tutorials and workshops, the one day of Apple-only presentations, plus one and a half days of other presentations-tools, interesting ways to use MacApp, etc.
The conference will end on Friday around noon so that everyone has time to get to the airport. The entire conference area will be non-smoking since the majority of our members don't smoke.
As much as we'd like conference presenters to turn in their materials so they can be duplicated for the conference, it's not going to happen. Many presenters work on their materials right up to the last minute. Literally! This is the same problem Apple has with the Worldwide Developers Conference. Our solution in Phoenix was the Conference CD- ROM, made possible due to many hours of Arvid Jedlicka's "spare time." Please send us feedback on the CD-ROM so we'll know what to do in future conferences-link MADA with your comments and suggestions.
We are investigating the possibility of an additional MacApp Conference in Europe. To minimize the financial risk to MADA, it would be only 2 or 3 days long and would be held just before or after the 1992 German Apple Developers Conference. If it's successful, we could try to alternate between France and Germany each year.
We'd like to encourage people to run for office. The board does not meet in person very often; in fact, the meeting in May was the first time that every board member was present at a single meeting. Most of the board's business is handled electronically over AppleLink.
