By Shawn Collins; Jan 8, 2006, 03:17

The Affiliate Summit 2006 show started up today at Bally’s Las Vegas. The events began at noon with a workshop on Google AdSense by Joel "Dr. AdSense" Comm. This was followed by another workshop on blogging from famed blogger, Dave Taylor.

In the evening, hundreds of folks assembled for the speed networking session. This was one of the highly anticipated events of the conference, and the attendees seemed to really enjoyed the spirited, short meetings with eight people each in the span of two hours.

R.O.Wise and MediaWhiz sponsored this session and generously provided an open bar to lubricate the conversations.

Sadly, some folks, who had signed on to participate in the speed networking sessions, failed to show up for their "dates."

In a hauntingly prophetic post to the Revenue blog, Lisa Picarille wrote, "My nightmare is that I’ll be sitting there in my designated space alone and looking sad because no one opted to meet with me."

According to sources, the nightmare was realized when one of Lisa’s assigned meetings was with Jeff Molander, who was a no show. The sources speculate that Mr. Molander was entranced by the fountains at the Bellagio.

More drama to come.

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