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From: shore@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU (Melinda Shore)
Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix
Subject: Re: Why not pick *nice* places for the Usenix conventions?
Message-ID: <1991Jun29.032355.28483@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Date: 29 Jun 91 03:23:55 GMT
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In article <1991Jun28.214536.21138@visix.com> amanda@visix.com (Amanda Walker) writes:
>I think that selection of USENIX sites should be a matter of cost,
>services, and convenience for the members, and that's about it.  It
>should not be a political soapbox for anyone.

Maybe, maybe not.  I do find it deeply problematic that we will be
spending a lot of money in a state that is choosing to deprive women
of some fundamental rights.  Unless things in Louisiana start to
turn around, I will not participate in any Usenix-sponsored event
down there.
-- 
                  Software longa, hardware brevis
Melinda Shore - Cornell Information Technologies - shore@tc.cornell.edu