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From: day@grand.UUCP (Dave Yost)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Next USENIX C++ Event
Message-ID: <395@grand.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 19-Nov-87 16:25:19 EST
Article-I.D.: grand.395
Posted: Thu Nov 19 16:25:19 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 22-Nov-87 08:36:21 EST
Organization: Grand Software, Inc., 213-650-1089, Los Angeles, CA
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Keywords: C++,conferences

I am trying to put together plans for another USENIX C++ event next fall.
I would like to find a way to combine a workshop and a conference
with tutorials.  The workshop portion would be small, say 50 people,
restricted to past and present speakers on C++ and those who have
published something on C++, and would be primarily a forum for
discussion.  Possible scenarios:

     Plan A:      Plan B:                Plan C:      Plan D:
     ---------    ---------              ---------    ---------
mon  tutorials    tutorials
tue  tutorials    tutorials / workshop   tutorials    tutorials
wed  conference   conference             tutorials    tutorials / workshop
thu  conference   conference             conference   conference
fri  workshop                            conference   conference
sat                                      workshop

Workshop following the conference:
    advantage:
	since the conference will be over, all of those papers
	will have already been presented, so we can have one or
	more discussion periods. with everything on the table.
    disadvantage:
	conference attendees, once there, will want to hang around
	for the workshop even though they weren't invited.
    Workshop on Saturday
	advantage:
	    Less of a problem for non-invitees.
	disadvantage:
	    Some won't want to work on Saturday.

Workshop preceding the conference:
    advantage:
	many of the non-invitees will be in tutorials
    disadvantage:
	some invitees will be giving tutorials.

We're thinking of Denver, New Orleans, San Antonio, Orlando,
Nashville, or Cincinatti.  Dates would be in September or November.
For a conference of the size that I expect (300-700), we have to
move very soon, and still, we may have to take whatever is available.

If the workshop/conference combo seems unworkable, then we'll
talk about a separate workshop at another date.

If you would like to tell me what you think about these plans,
please reply, preferably using an address ending in "usenix!grand!day".

Thanks.

 --dave yost