scs@m2-net.UUCP (Steve C. Simmons) (03/02/88)
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? ------------------- On the "USENIX Plague" -- this whole discussion is a waste of bandwidth. "It happened to four of us -- it must be a conspiracy!" Yeesh. -- Steve Simmons Just Another M-Net News Reader scs@lokkur.uucp At Home In Dexter, MI. "Just eight scenic miles from Hell"
jsq@uunet.UU.NET (John S. Quarterman) (03/07/88)
In article <1598@m2-net.UUCP> scs@m-net.UUCP (Steve C. Simmons) writes: >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. It's /usr/group who picks sites for UniForum: 408-986-8840. Incidentally, New York and Boston (there was a Boston USENIX in 1982) also have facilities, but they, like Chicago, are quite expensive due to their union arrangements. >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. There is no summer UniForum (yes, I know about August 89 in D.C.: that's not a regular conference).