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From: scs@m2-net.UUCP (Steve C. Simmons)
Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix
Subject: Re: Suggestion on USENIX scheduling, Plague
Message-ID: <1598@m2-net.UUCP>
Date: 2 Mar 88 14:55:11 GMT
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In article <2305@pdn.UUCP> reggie@pdn.UUCP (George W. Leach) writes:
>
>    This brings us to an interesting point.  The reason for the recent
>conference being held in Dallas was to make it easy for USENIX attendees
>to attend the UniForum Trade Show.  . . . how important a factor is it
>to people that they be able to attend a UniForum while attending USENIX?  

Important?  Not critically.  Useful and interesting?  Very.  About 70% of
USENIX is interesting, with overlaps that means about 50% of my time is
free.  I spend that time collecting buttons, looking at new toys, meeting
friends who are working the show, etc, etc.  If I can attend only one
USENIX per year, it's the one with UniForum.

>As long as the winter conference is held 
>concurrently with UniForum, we will be restricted to Washington, D.C., Dallas,
>and what ever west coast site UniForum chooses.

Someone (probably at UniForum) is taking the easy way out.  There are
more cities that could handle this; Detroit, Los Vegas and Chicago leap
to mind.  I speak as a former convention organizer.

>     There are good arguments for and against holding the two concurrenlty.
>[which he details very well].

As I see it, your objection is not to the joint conference but that it's
always the winter one.  So let's suggest we do a joint Summer instead.  Not
that summer in Miami is all that attractive, tho...but you're aiming for
a USENIX-only summer conf, right?

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On the "USENIX Plague" -- this whole discussion is a waste of bandwidth.
"It happened to four of us -- it must be a conspiracy!"  Yeesh.
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