West Coast Technical-ONLY meeting?

[Lauren Weinstein]

Greetings.  I've continued to investigate the issues surrounding
the re-establishment of regional technical meetings, much as we
used to have in the "old days".  So, now it's time for an opinion
poll.  Assuming that a "West Coast" meeting was announced (range
from Washington State to San Diego to Salt Lake City or so), how
many of you would be interested in attending?  The meeting would
probably be held either in Los Angeles or the Bay Area, and
would be technical ONLY -- no booths, sales pitches or other 
similar activities.  This would NOT be a "fancy" event.  Cost would
be the absolute minimum to get some space, and it would be strongly
recommended that only technical personnel attend.  Basically, this
would be a meeting to present interesting technical topics, chat,
and try to accomplish something useful without being 
treated like cattle.

I would probably be organizing this meeting, hopefully with some
minor financial backing from Usenix.  I'd like to make such meetings
a regular part of our agenda into the future -- regardless of what
the national meetings end up doing.  Anybody interested?  Please
reply by direct MAIL.  Thanks much.

--Lauren--
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