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From: brian@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU (Brian Kantor)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Siggraph - where were the film showings
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Date: Thu, 6-Aug-87 22:37:57 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug  6 22:37:57 1987
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A fantastic conference [as usual!], and highly educational, but:

This year there didn't seem to be any screening rooms showing
computer-generated films, slides, and videotapes - none in the program,
nor did anyone seem to know about any.  In past years, the screening
room has been one of the more relaxing parts of the conference, and a
really nice way to spend time during breaks, before/after lunch, and
during papers and panel sessions which aren't relevant to your
particular interests, and, most importantly, provide those of us on the
outskirts of the industry a chance to see what other people are doing
and have already done.

I missed the viewing/screening room.  Looking at the advance programs,
I don't see one for 1988 either, but one is promised for 1989.

I wish they had been there in 1987.  I hope they'll be back in 1988.
They can't be very expensive to run.

Perhaps we should write to the future Siggraph chairmen and encourage 
the return of the screening room(s).  Perhaps they read this newsgroup.

	Brian Kantor	UCSD Computer Graphics Lab
			c/o B-028, La Jolla, CA 92093