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From: jeh@dcs.simpact.com
Newsgroups: comp.org.decus
Subject: Re: Location and dates of May decus
Message-ID: <1642.27009373@dcs.simpact.com>
Date: 26 Sep 90 18:39:30 GMT
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In article <Yazw1hS00aMeMRfDBJ@andrew.cmu.edu>, bm17+@andrew.cmu.edu 
(Bruce R. Miller) writes:
> 
>> [Jamie Hanrahan writes:]
>> >It *will* go back to Atlanta.  Whether or not it *should* go back there is
>> >something which a lot of attendees of the last Atlanta DECUS would very
>> >much like to question.   :-(
> 
>> Why?

Because Atlanta was the most obviously dangerous city that many of us had ever
seen.  There were many reports of drug pushers within half a block of the hq
hotels, for example.  

> I can't speak for everyone, of course, but the general reaction
> in my circles seems to be: "Atlanta?  Beatiful city, but boring as
> hell...".   I'd like to see DECUS back in New Orleans next year.

Let me point out that all of this discussion is moot.  Site selection
for US DECUS Symposia is like steering an oil tanker (no Exxon Valdez jokes
please, that's not the point.) ... you plan maneuvers a LONG time in advance,
and there is no such thing as a last-minute change.  Early this year I saw a
schedule with tentative dates and locations all the way out to 2004.  We're
going back to Atlanta not only in '91 but also in '92 and '93. Spring '94 is 
in New Orleans.  

> I mean, we don't all go there just for the sessions.  I usually only
> find half a dozen sessions that interest me.  I go to talk to people
> and when I'm not doing that, it's nice to have something fun to do.

I agree completely and I'll bet the folks on the Symposium Committees do too.
But finding a meeting place for a Symposium is a non-trivial problem even 
without requiring that there be fun things to do nearby.  

> Anyways, sorry if this isn't the right place to bring this up.  I think
> is would be a good idea for people to bring up the interesting things
> they've found in Atlanta so that we'll know next time we're there.
> How about comp.org.decus.blow-off...? 

traffic in comp.org.decus is low enough that there shouldn't be a problem
holding the discussion here.  

	--- Jamie Hanrahan, Simpact Associates, San Diego CA
Chair, VMSnet [DECUS uucp] and Internals Working Groups, DECUS VAX Systems SIG 
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