ORLANDO - Earlier today Share held a conference session updating attendees on the status of the event here in Orlando and of the group overall.

First off, Share President Martin Timmerman reported a good turnout of 1,145 attendees at the winter show, adding that most of the anecdotal feedback was positive.

But are there too many sessions? The group reported there were 901 technical sessions at the meeting, with about 50 canceled sessions. What that has led to is about one-third of the sessions have fewer than 20 people in them. So for its next meeting in San Jose, the group plans to run about 100 fewer sessions to see how that works.

The mainframe and other large systems user group is also working on revamping its website. The first phase of the change, which will improve the customer-facing side of the site, is slated for completion in the beginning of June. Other portions, such as member and volunteer areas of the site, are scheduled to be completed by the end of September. Some possible new features of the site could include social networking, an online magazine or newsletter, online chatting, and product reviews.