It was impossible for us to spend that kind of money for the conference. Our options were let her sell it to someone else, or in the best interest of Cody, to figure out a way to keep a conference here.

It's possible that we could work something out regarding 2007. But our assumption was that she would sell the conference and it would move.

We do not have federated IM. We firmly believe you need a separate channel from any public IM system that enables IT departments to ensure they not only record but audit IM as mandated [by new regulations]. Federated systems open up a gigantic security hole.

The mystique of the American West is what runs this place. That image of the West still strikes people, people from all over the world.