jsq@ut-sally.UUCP (John Quarterman) (07/01/87)
Those of you who went to the Phoenix USENIX Conference will remember
the daily newsletter, /etc/motd. There will be a final edition
distributed by mail. It will include the following article,
which is relevant to some of the discussion that has been in this
newsgroup lately. -jsq
/etc/motd - Final Edition for Phoenix Summer 1987
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT...
The USENIX Association tried several experiments at the
Phoenix conference. Please let us know what you think of
each of them. Please send your response to Peter Salus at
usenix!peter or at:
USENIX
P.O. Box 2299
Berkeley, CA 94710
The experiments tried at the Phoenix conference include
the Face Saver,
the /etc/motd daily conference newsletter,
the Work in Progress sessions,
pre-scheduled BoFs (Birds of a Feather sessions),
the panel discussion on UNIX Directions,
and a well-known keynote speaker.
Please give us your opinion of each experiment. Can
you suggest any improvements?
The USENIX Association is also considering several
experiments for the next conference in Dallas, Texas in
Winter 1988. Please give us your opinion of each possible
experiment.
1. BoFs - Running BoFs during the day while technical ses-
sions are occurring; in effect, a partial double track.
This will allow more BoFs to be held.
2. A USENIX-sponsored hospitality suite for USENIX members
- This would be a suite in the conference hotel for USENIX
members to meet with other members in a quiet environment,
rather than in a restaurant or hotel lobby. However, this
proposal will incur some costs to the association, including
the cost of renting the suite, stocking it with soft drinks,
and finding volunteers to admit members to the suite during
the day or evening.
3. Graphics Exhibit - This experiment may be tried at the
San Francisco conference in Summer 1988. This exhibit would
include film and video graphics presentations. All USENIX
members would be invited to submit exhibits.
4. Previous USENIX conference exhibit photographs - This
experiment may be tried at either the Dallas conference or
the San Francisco conference. This exhibit would include
photographs from previous USENIX conferences. All associa-
tion members would be invited to submit photographs.
Now, we'd like to ask you for your ideas. Can you suggest
anything that you think would improve USENIX conferences?
Can you think of anything new or interesting to try this
year? Please let us know.
Donnalyn Frey
Editor
/etc/motdjsq@uunet.UU.NET (John Quarterman) (07/18/87)
Peter tells me he's been getting quite a bit of feedback from people after my previous posting about conference ideas. Good. Here's the address, once again, in case you haven't sent him something and want to. Also, suggestions don't have to be limited to the subjects of the original posting. In article <8379@ut-sally.UUCP> jsq@ut-sally.UUCP (John Quarterman) writes: > > /etc/motd - Final Edition for Phoenix Summer 1987 > > WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT... > > The USENIX Association tried several experiments at the > Phoenix conference. Please let us know what you think of > each of them. Please send your response to Peter Salus at > usenix!peter or at: > > USENIX > P.O. Box 2299 > Berkeley, CA 94710 The masthead of the latest issue of ;login:, the Newsletter of the USENIX Association, contains electronic addresses for not only Peter, but also for each of the board members. If you want to address the board as a whole, there are at least three methods to do so: go to the open meeting with the board at a USENIX Conference; mail a paper note to the above address; or mail a note to usenix!peter and ask him to forward it.