Radical change at UniForum

[Ian F. Darwin]

I sent an ECOM mail to the address given for PEMCO, and got back
a polite hardcopy letter from the president of PEMCO, a Mr. John
Dobbertin, Jr. 

I don't normally publish private letters without the consent of the
sender, but in view of the short time between now and UniForum,
and the fact that people might be making last-minute decisions
based on information that is significantly incorrect, I think
I am justified in doing so this time.
Anyway, he knew he was writing for a semi-public forum.

The following is excerpted from his letter to me.

"There has been a great deal of conversation on the
network... some of it accurately reflecting early
planning discussions... some of it not correct.

Here is the UniForum conference plan as it now stands:

1. There will be no tickets issued for the
   conference sessions held Wednesday, Thursday
   and Friday.
2. Anyone may move from any session to any other
   session on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
3. For joint conference sessions, we have the
   capability of seating 4,200 persons. That is more
   than twice as many persons as attended any past
   UNIX conference to our knowledge.
4. The tutorials on Tuesday are being handled as
   they have in past such events: Tickets
   are being issued to these six concurrent
   tutorials.

Also, for the record, the exhibit area is
approximately three-and-one-half times larger
than the San Diego event held in January of 1983.

I hope this answers your questions, and puts you
at ease regarding arrangements for UniForum.''

(signed) John Dobbertin, Jr., President, Professional
	Exposition Management Company.

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I guess that either he reads the network news, or somebody
on the Board who does gave him hardcopies of all the
discussion.

It sure looks a lot better than it did a few weeks ago,
doesn't it?
-- 
Ian F. Darwin, Toronto		uucp: utcsstat!ian