HIS@NIHCU.BITNET (Howard Schreier) (01/13/90)
I have just learned that the 1991 SUGI conference (that is, *next* year's) is to begin on Sunday, March 31, 1991, which is both Easter Sunday and the second day of Passover. This scheduling will undoubtedly make it impossible for a number of people to attend and participate. In my opinion, it is also simply inappropriate and inconsiderate. Anyone who agrees may want to ask that the conference be rescheduled (although that is hardly feasible at this relatively late date) and that arrangements for future conferences be made with more care and sensitivity. I suggest directing such messages to Kathy Council, the SAS Institute executive with primary responsibility for SUGI arrangements, and to the members of the SUGI Exec. Committee (perhaps one who is on the list will volunteer to receive communications on this issue).
phil@WUBIOS.WUSTL.EDU (J. Philip Miller) (01/13/90)
Howard Schreier <HIS@NIHCU.BITNET> writes > > I have just learned that the 1991 SUGI conference (that is, > *next* year's) is to begin on Sunday, March 31, 1991, which > is both Easter Sunday and the second day of Passover. > > I suggest directing such messages to Kathy Council, the SAS > Institute executive with primary responsibility for SUGI > arrangements, and to the members of the SUGI Exec. > Committee (perhaps one who is on the list will volunteer to > receive communications on this issue). > I encourage any who feel this way to communicate directly with Kathy. I will also accept any communications about this for raising the issue at the Executive Committee Meeting. Unless my memory fails me, I raised this issue when the dates where first suggested and the sentiment of the group was that the scheduling opportunities for the sites which were acceptible to us outweighed the inconvenience to some participants. This was in part due to the lack of comments about previous conflicts. As I recall in Atlanta SUGI was over Ash Wed and Orlando was Holy Week. Selecting times & places is a very difficult problem, please communicate your desires. -phil -- J. Philip Miller, Professor, Division of Biostatistics, Box 8067 Washington University Medical School, St. Louis MO 63110 phil@wubios.WUstl.edu - Internet (314) 362-3617 phil@wubios.wustl - bitnet uunet!wucs1!wubios!phil - UUCP C90562JM@WUVMD - alternate bitnet