Suggestion on USENIX scheduling
Chris Torek
chris at mimsy.UUCP
Sun Feb 7 08:36:27 AEST 1988
In article <3148 at mtgzy.UUCP> ecl at mtgzy.UUCP (Evelyn C. Leeper) writes:
>Ken Mandelberg suggests that Usenix run Wednesday through Saturday rather than
>Tuesday through Friday. [various objections deleted]
>Perhaps having the tutorials on Wednesday and Saturday, with the main sessions
>not changed, would satisfy the most people. On the other hand, those who stand
>in the middle of the road get hit by trucks coming from both directions.
(indeed!)
Speaking from a mostly-outsider-but-having-heard-some-things point
of view, I note that this argument (as well as the one-vs-two-vs-n-tracks)
apparently occurs during the scheduling of *every* USENIX, and in
the end the arguers wind up agreeing that the current situation is
best. Unless something unusual happens, I doubt the scheduling
will change until USENIX grows large enough that the conference
itself changes from one to two weeks. (When that may occur I dare
not guess.)
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