Why should I go to a conference?

Subject: Why should I go to a conference?
From: Anne Chenette <anne -at- WAVEFRONT -dot- COM>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 22:41:08 -0500

Please, if you have a minute to help...

I just started a new job (today), and I noticed an upcoming
technical conference in the area I will be documenting.

I would like to go because the technical presentations (plus
a day-long tutorial) would help me get up to speed quickly. (I'm
moderately technical, but I've been out of the field for a while.)
My boss is a good guy, and he thinks this sounds reasonable, but
the cost is an issue. So he needs a little help justifying why
a technical conference makes sense for a technical writer.

Me, I've got mental writers' block, and the best I can do is this:
"I'll learn a lot, and absorb a lot of good vocabulary. And maybe
I'll meet some of my future readers. All of this will help me write
faster." But I think this sounds too simplistic.

Got any suggestions for fancier words to help push this idea?

Many thanks in advance for email to
Anne (anne -at- wavefront -dot- com)

P.S. Of course, my desire to go to this conference has nothing
to do with the fact that I'm in Minnesota (WHERE IS IS ACTUALLY
SNOWING RIGHT NOW) and that the conference is in California,
in November... Really! Nothing at all!

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