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From: snoopy@doghouse.gwd.tek.com (Snoopy)
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Subject: Re: Women's BOF in Phoenix?
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Date: Mon, 4-May-87 16:43:27 EDT
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Posted: Mon May  4 16:43:27 1987
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When I first read about the women's BOF I thought it didn't make a lot
of sense.  ("Don't they have feminist conventions?")  Then I thought
about some other BOFs at the two usenixes (usenixen?) I've attended.
The singles party.  The Go tournament.  The "Let's go to my favourite
restaurant in DC" dinner.  The "Let's watch a funny movie that
happens to have a couple of scenes filmed in this hotel" video festival.
What do these have to do with Unix?  Nothing.  They have to do with
a group of friends being in the same town at the same time and taking
advantage of the chance to get together.

Assuming that these non-Unix BOFs don't interfer with the main
purpose of the convention, what do they hurt?  If anything, they
help, by getting people out of their hotel rooms and meeting other
people.

Snoopy
tektronix!doghouse.gwd!snoopy
snoopy@doghouse.gwd.tek.com

Anyone for a puppy-dog BOF?  (Beagles-of-a-fur)