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From: geer@crl.dec.com (Dan Geer)
Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix
Subject: Re: Why not pick *nice* places for the Usenix conventions?
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Date: 28 Jun 91 12:31:20 GMT
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> I'm horrified that USENIX will be meeting in New Orleans, in a 
> state that has the most repressive view of women's right to 
> choice of all the fifty states.

i'd agree that we cannot simply do nothing, for,
as always, silence kills.

short of the enormous dislocation of moving
the conference, what might be some suggestions?

--dan