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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>So was I. Darn it!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Ipg-smz <ipg-smz-bounces@netpress.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Todd R. Weiss via Ipg-smz<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 2, 2020 7:07 PM<br><b>To:</b> Ken Hess via Ipg-smz <ipg-smz@netpress.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Todd R. Weiss <toddrweiss@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Ipg-smz] Adobe cancels Adobe Summit<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Yes, I just received this, too.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I was going to be ther.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Bummed.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Todd :(<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Todd R. Weiss</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Technology Journalist</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Contributor:</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'><a href="http://www.channelfutures.com/" target="_blank">www.ChannelFutures.com</a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><a href="http://www.ChannelPartnersOnline.com" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>www.ChannelPartnersOnline.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><a href="http://www.eWEEK.com" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>www.eWEEK.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><em><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Formerly with eWEEK.com and Computerworld.com</span></em><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>TechManTalking</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>717-806-5932 office<br>717-413-9630 cell</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'><a href="mailto:toddrweiss@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style='color:#20627F'>toddrweiss@gmail.com</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'><br>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/TechManTalking" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/TechManTalking</a></span><br><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddrweiss/" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddrweiss/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Google+ <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/+ToddRWeiss" target="_blank">https://plus.google.com/u/0/+ToddRWeiss</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TechManTalking/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/TechManTalking/</a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Member, Internet Press Guild</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, Mar 2, 2020 at 7:00 PM David Needle via Ipg-smz <<a href="mailto:ipg-smz@netpress.org">ipg-smz@netpress.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal>And another one bites the dust. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I heard a Bloomberg reporter on their channel posit the main reason for the conference closures is no one wants to risk being be the place where an outbreak occurred and be associated with that. Imagine a headline, for example: <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b>14 People Catch Coronavirus at Adobe Summit</b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>It's not a good time to be in the conference biz. Here's Adobe's statement: <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Adobe Clean",serif;color:black'>From Adobe: Each year, we look forward to hosting our customers, partners and employees from around the world at Adobe Summit to talk about the future of customer experience, unveil the latest product and platform innovations, and get inspired together as a community.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Adobe Clean",serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Adobe Clean",serif;color:black'>Over the past few weeks, we have been closely monitoring and evaluating the situation around COVID-19 to ensure we are taking the necessary measures to protect the health and wellbeing of Adobe Summit attendees. As a result, we have made the difficult but important decision to make <b>Adobe Summit 2020 an online</b> event this year and to cancel the live event in Las Vegas.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Adobe Clean",serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Adobe Clean",serif;color:black'>While we are disappointed that we will not be together in-person with our community this year, we are excited to host Adobe Summit as an online experience. We will share additional updates on the online event soon.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br>Ipg-smz mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Ipg-smz@netpress.org" target="_blank">Ipg-smz@netpress.org</a><br><a href="http://netpress.org/mailman/listinfo/ipg-smz_netpress.org" target="_blank">http://netpress.org/mailman/listinfo/ipg-smz_netpress.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></body></html>