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The Singapore Conference: Are you more likely to go if Andy is going?

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priya:
I also agree with all of you. It will be really great if Mr. Andy can represent our beautiful family to the Singapore conference.

With Lots of Love & Regards

Dimple

Danielle:

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I'm still laughing at the fourth option! :biggrin

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Me too!  :rotfl

I'd love to go to the conference, but it's way too expensive.   :sadyup

Andy Battaglia:
I just got an email from the Singapore conference administrator, telling me to register soon because


--- Quote ---Please note that there are limited rooms available during this period.
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Excuse me? If they can't guarantee hotel rooms, why is TIF holding the conference there? They already had to change the dates once because of lack of hotel space and now we are told to book very early or risk not getting a hotel. I am sure there are many people like myself, who cannot yet commit to going for one reason or another, but if we don't commit, we will be living in the street.

TIF loves to choose the expensive locales for their conferences, but it really does price the average person out of going. Hey TIF, how about choosing a reasonably priced location for a change? What about India, where there are 40 million carriers? Why limit these conferences to those who can afford them? Why not strive for a more inclusive conference in a place with sufficient, reasonably priced hotel space?

More and more I see why Ashish had so little respect for TIF. It's a shame TIF can't have more respect for the patients.

Canadian_Family:
Very well said Andy.

It looks like TIF officials are looking for exotic places for their vacations more than patient welfare, may be next time they want to meet in the Caribbean.

Andy Battaglia:
Heheheh. Last time it was the vacation hot spot, Dubai. I agree 100% that the vacation and shopping potential of a location has much to do with the choices TIF makes. I was told by several patients that their local doctors went to TIF in Dubai, but were far more interested in the shopping than the conference. One patient told me that their group toured the Al Wasl thalassemia center and the doctors showed little interest in techniques that would improve the speed of transfusions, but were much more interested in quickly completing their tour so that they could go shopping!

I don't mean to detract from the Singapore thals, as they have as much right to ask for a conference as anyone, but TIF should have the responsibility of making sure that once they pick a locale, that it is supported and subsidized enough to make it reasonable for patients to go.

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