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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Someone asked me a very interesting question tonight about unconferences, and I thought I’d best bring it to this forum. The question was are the staging of unconferences ever motivated by the desire to make money. I’m not sure I’ve ever attended one that was—at least not a lot of money as in a profit-making model. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>What is the general experience of folks on this list?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>--- Jean<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=103 valign=top style='width:77.4pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:2.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";letter-spacing:.4pt'><img width=80 height=162 id="Picture_x0020_0" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CED424.5742A660" alt=gate.site.jpg><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p></td><td width=535 valign=top style='width:401.4pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><br clear=all></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Jean Richardson</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";font-variant:small-caps'>Azure Gate Consulting<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.0pt'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";letter-spacing:.25pt'>~ </span></i><i><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";letter-spacing:.25pt'>Repatterning the Human Experience of Work</span></i><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:1.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:1.0pt;margin-left:0in'><b><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";letter-spacing:.8pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:1.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:1.0pt;margin-left:0in'><b><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";letter-spacing:.8pt'>AzureGate.net</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:1.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:1.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>(503) <span style='letter-spacing:1.05pt'>788-899</span><span style='letter-spacing:.4pt'>8<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:1.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:1.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="../../../../../../Documents%20and%20Settings/lisa/My%20Documents/CLIENT%20FILES/Jean%20Richardson/Jean@AzureGate.net"><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";letter-spacing:.5pt'>Jean@AzureGate.net</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";letter-spacing:.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:2.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black;letter-spacing:.4pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>