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From: sommers@caip.RUTGERS.EDU (Mamaliz @ The Soup Kitchen)
Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix
Subject: Women's BOF (from the person "responsible")
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Date: Tue, 28-Apr-87 01:39:03 EDT
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Posted: Tue Apr 28 01:39:03 1987
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The first thing I want to say is that I don't understand this talk about
"blame".  I (and a few other people who shall remain nameless) tried to have
a small BOF at Washington.  We did not give anybody enough advance notice
for such a BOF to be a success.  We did feel such a BOF is important and so
I took steps so that people could know that there was going to be a BOF at
all.  Call it advertising.

If you really think somebody should be "Blamed" for allowing such a topic
into a Usenix, I wish you would write me and explain how this is going to
ruin the technical conference.  I will do my best to reply without stooping
to rhetoric.

Unless someone else steps up, I guess I am chairing the BOF by default.  If
people have things they would like me to bring up, please send me mail.

I think a men's BOF is a great idea.  I seem to remember Ron and Barry
sitting at the next table singing "Look for the Union Label".  You should
feel free to have one, just not in the middle of the room while I am holding
a BOF.

The BOF is scheduled for 8pm Tuesday.  Everybody is welcome to attend,
everybody is welcome to send me ideas.  

liz
sommers@caip.rutgers.edu	rutgers!unirot!liz