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From: david@ms.uky.edu (David Herron -- Resident E-mail Hack)
Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix
Subject: Re: Suggestion on USENIX scheduling
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Date: 8 Feb 88 20:35:59 GMT
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well, speaking as someone who has never been to a usenix, I'll say
the two reasons why I've never been.  

1) time; it's during the week and I seem to always be tied up in 
   a semester when usenix comes around.  That is, well the winter
   meet is in February (in a week or two).  I'd have to miss a
   week of classes.  Usually I also take summer classes ... and
   missing a week of summer classes is much worse than missing
   a week of classes during a normal semester.
2) money; I'm not your normal poor-starving-college-student, but
   I'm close enough that I spend money like I am one.

Of the two the timing is the more important.  I manage to go to
lots of things during the years ... SCA events mainly, and also
SF Conventions.  I would *really*love* to come to a Usenix and
could easily manage it if it were mostly over a weekend.
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