rjb@cucard.UUCP (10/13/83)
The 1984 UniForum Conference USENIX Association Pre-announcement UNIFORUM is the conference and exhibition of the UNIX* community presented by /usr/group and co-sponsored by the USENIX Association. There will be two concurrent programs - one programmed by /usr/group, the other by the USENIX Association. DATES: Tuesday through Friday, January 17-20, 1984. VENDOR EXHIBITION: Tuesday through through Thursday To date, 107 vendors, reserving 260 booth spaces have already been contracted to exhibit. LOCATION: The Washington Hilton 1919 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington D.C. Hotel Reservations Telephone (202) 483-3700 Since attendance is expected to EXCEED 2000 persons, you are advised to contact the hotel early for reservations. Please identify that you are attending the UNIFORUM Conference. TENTATIVE AGENDA: Tuesday - UNIX Tutorials 1. Software Contracts and Licenses 2. C Style and Portability 3. UNIX Systems Administration 4. Advanced Shell Programming 5. Vi Editor 6. UNIX Systems on Local Area Networks Vendor Exhibition Wednesday - Joint and Concurrent Sessions Vendor Exhibition Thursday - Concurrent Sessions Vendor Exhibition Friday - Joint and Concurrent Sessions If you wish to receive the pre-registration packet (and did not get a copy of this pre-announcement by mail) or want exhibitors information, send your name and address to : UNIFORUM Suite 205 2400 East Devon Avenue Des Plaines, Illinois 60018 * UNIX is a trademark of Bell Telephone Laboratories The 1984 UniForum Conference THE USENIX ASSOCIATION C A L L F O R P A P E R S UNIFORUM is the conference and exhibition of the UNIX* community presented by /usr/group and co-sponsored by the USENIX Association. There will be two concurrent programs - one programmed by /usr/group, the other by USENIX. This is a call for papers for the USENIX program. This is a call for papers for the USENIX program. Papers should be technical in nature and of interest to the USENIX community. Talks presented at previous meetings will not be accepted. Suggested topic areas include but are by no means limited to: Systems - kernel enhancements, ports to new machines, networks, optimizations, performance issues, real time mods, dis- tributed processing, ... Programming tools and environments - editors, utilities, new languages and reports on developments in established languages, etc. Applications - database systems, graphics, mail systems, real time projects, etc. UNIX issues - trends and/or directions in the UNIX world, stan- dards, security, etc. Authors must submit an abstract of at least 250 words and not more than 1000 words. Abstracts will be included in the program of the conference and papers in the Proceedings. Papers will be chosen from these abstracts. Abstracts must include the following: Title Name of Author Institution or Company Mailing address (U.S. Mail and network) Telephone number Audio-visual requirements. Abstracts should be submitted to the USENIX program chairman: Reidar Bornholdt Room 9-451 P&S 630 W. 168 St. New York, NY 10032 Electronic mail is preferred. * UNIX is a trademark of Bell Telephone Laboratories -- Reidar Bornholdt ..!harpo!cucard!reidar
@pesnta.UUCP (10/15/83)
The 1984 Winter UniForum Conference Announcement and Call For Papers The 1984 Winter conference sponsored by /usr/group and USENIX will be held in Washington D.C. January 17-20, 1984 at the Washington Hilton. Conference arrangements are being handled by Pemco Inc. (800) 323-5155. There will be two concurrent programs; one programmed by /usr/group, the other by USENIX. This is a call for papers for the USENIX program. Papers should be technical in nature and of interest to the USENIX community. Talks presented at previous meetings will not be accepted. Suggested topic areas include but are by no means limited to: Systems - kernel enhancements, ports to new machines, net- works, optimizations, performance issues, real time mods, distributed processing, ... Programming tools and environments - editors, utilities, new languages and reports on developments in esta- blished languages, etc. Applications - database systems, graphics, mail systems, real time projects, etc. UNIX issues - trends and/or directions in the UNIX world, standards, security, etc. Authors must submit an abstract of at least 250 words by 1 November 1983. Abstracts will be included in the program of the conference and papers in the Proceedings. Papers will be chosen from these abstracts. Abstracts must include the following: Title Name of Author Institution or Company Mailing address (U.S. Mail and network) Audio-visual requirements. Abstracts should be submitted to the USENIX program chairman: Reidar Bornholdt Room 9-451 P&S 630 W. 168 St. New York, NY 10032 Electronic mail is preferred. -- Reidar Bornholdt ..!harpo!cucard!reidar
donn@sdchema.UUCP (Donn Seeley) (12/16/83)
I think it's a mistake to get put out of shape before the conference starts. Let's just do our best to make sure that the respective leaderships of /vendor/group and Usenix know what the rank and file expects to find. If things don't look right when we get there, well, there are plenty of board members to lean on and we can always do some impromptu organization of our own. It doesn't have to be the '68 Democratic Convention but there are many of us and few of them... If all else fails I plan to wear my '83 conference Official Staff T-shirt. If Usenix and /usr/group really do end up filing for divorce, then I think it will be a loss, although not that big of a loss. As Mike O'Dell has said, it is useful to peruse the vendor exhibits at these conferences -- at the very least these give you some colorful lapel buttons to wear on the plane back home... And it is only fair to let the vendors make a good pitch, by giving them their marketing talks. But I agree with Lauren that there is no need to let matters get out of hand. I think Usenix members in general feel that technical conferences are more interesting and more profitable, and I for one would support a return to a more technical format. I remember some gripes a year ago about how hard it was for the vendors to do two Unix exhibitions a year -- why don't we schedule two conferences a year, but make only one of them a joint conference? I just KNOW my plane will get nailed by ground-to-air missiles from the White House, Donn Seeley UCSD Chemistry Dept. RRCF ucbvax!sdcsvax!sdchema!donn
schoff@bbncca.ARPA (Martin Schoffstall) (12/21/83)
I am coming into this late so, can anyone tell me how I can quickly register for this conference? schoff at bbnu decvax!bbncca!schoff Martin Lee Schoffstall BBNCC 50 Moulton Street Cambridge, MA 02238 617-497-2779
mo@seismo.UUCP (Mike O'Dell) (01/05/84)
I am quite glad to see that the arrangements for the January meeting seem to have turned out OK. I appreciate the manager from PEMCO providing accurate information as the the real situation. I will be the first to admit that I got quite excited over the whole ordeal and flamed at people who possibly didn't deserve it (and quite probably in the presence of inaccurate information on my part). I now chose to believe that everyone was trying to do the Right Thing (possibly biased as he saw it) and it was one of those unfortunate Things That Happen in complex systems. Anyway, many thanks to all the parties involved in getting the situation straightened-out. Be seeing you at the fair... -Mike O'Dell