Still confused by what this means. I am *guessing* that it means SAS will no longer provide financial support to the regional users groups. Having been to a number of regional meetings as well as local ones, the latter clearly draw a much smaller group. There are other differences, though. Given the shorter time frame - a day or half-day - the presentations are limited in scope. I'd go if I was interested in the topic. With local groups, the odds of serendipitously discovering something new are limited, I'm not going to just wander into a session on, say, new graphics features, just because it came between the two statistics sections I planned to attend. Also, because I'm always in a rush to get back to my office, there is a lot less opportunity for networking.