Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!mailrus!purdue!spaf From: spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford) Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix Subject: Re: Who didn't make it? Message-ID: <8883@medusa.cs.purdue.edu> Date: 8 Dec 89 03:42:19 GMT References: <2204@prune.bbn.com> Sender: news@cs.purdue.EDU Reply-To: spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford) Organization: Department of Computer Science, Purdue University Lines: 60 Hmmm, looking over the list of candidates nominated by the nominating committee, I can't help but notice that there is no academic faculty listed (although I know nothing about Evi Nemeth's position at U of CO). I have no gripe with the candidates selected. Those I know are fine people, and I assume those I don't know are also highly qualified. However, considering the number of academic members of Usenix, including organizational members, it would seem to me that at least 1/4 of the candidates should be from academic environments. Yes, I know that Marshall McKusick and Dan Klein are in quasi-academic positions, but I believe there is a need for tenure-track-type faculty to be involved. With Usenix sponsoring more and more research-oriented workshops, with scholarships and discounts being offered to students, with the research-oriented journal "Computing Systems", et. al., I strongly believe there is a legitimate need for more academic participation on the board. Not dominant, but at least represented! Heck, if Prisma can have 2 nominees, why not academia? :-) I made this same complaint after the nominees were announced prior to the last election. I'll ask the question again: what is it about teaching at the university level that makes people unqualified for the Usenix board? If the nominating committee contacted some of our academically-oriented members about serving and were turned down, my apologies. If not, then why the hell not? FYI, according to ";login:", the nominees are: Steven C. Johnson, Stardent (nominee for President) Marshall McKusick, UCB (nominee for President) Mike O'Dell, Prisma (nominee for VP) Rob Kolstad, Prisma (nominee for Secretary) Sharon Murrel, AT&T Bell Labs (nominee for Treasurer) Peter Collinson, Hillside Systems (nominee for board) Ed Gould, mt xinu (ditto) Daniel Klein, SEI (diito) Evi Nemeth, Univ of CO (ditto) Sonya Neufer, Canstar (ditto) Barry Shein, Software Tool & Die (ditto) Dave Taylor, Intuitive Systems (ditto) Alix Vasilatos, OSF (ditto) According to the bylaws, any member can be nominated by a petition signed by at least 5 members in good standing, or by five separate nominations by separate members. Nominations remain open until Feb. 2. Nominations should be submitted to: Ms. Ellie Young, Executive Director Usenix Assocation Office 2560 Ninth St. Suite 215 Berkeley, CA 94710 -- Gene Spafford NSF/Purdue/U of Florida Software Engineering Research Center, Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004 Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spaf