Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!ccu.umanitoba.ca!herald.usask.ca!alberta!brazeau.ucs.ualberta.ca!unixg.ubc.ca!ubc-cs!uw-beaver!zephyr.ens.tek.com!uunet!bu.edu!buita!tower From: tower@buita.bu.edu (Leonard (Len) H. Tower Jr.) Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix Subject: Re: Why not pick *nice* places for the Usenix conventions? Message-ID: <84865@bu.edu> Date: 28 Jun 91 21:18:45 GMT References: <1991Jun23.115443.484@ircam.fr> <876@taniwha.UUCP> <1991Jun26.135657.21093@world.std.com> Sender: news@bu.edu Reply-To: tower@bu-it.bu.edu (Leonard H. Tower Jr.) Organization: Information Technology, Boston University, 111 Cummington Street, Boston, MA 02215, USA +1 (617) 353-2780 Lines: 19 X-Home: 36 Porter Street, Somerville, MA 02143, USA +1 (617) 623-7739 X-UUCP-Path: ..!harvard!bu.edu!tower In article <1991Jun26.135657.21093@world.std.com> peter@sug.std.com (Peter Salus) writes: |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'm as uncomfortable as everyone else in the heat, but I find |socio-political attitudes excessively chilling. I concur with Peter. Inserting millions of dollars into the economy of a state whose government (and people) has one of the most repressive view of women's, non-white race's, homosexual's, et al rights is insensitive and irresponsible. Such choices should not be rewarded. I urge the Board to reconsider this decision and select a site elsewhere. And let other organizations know why. Hopefully, it's not too late to break the contract. thanx -len