Why not pick *nice* places for the Usenix conventions?

[Robert J. Granvin]

|> >I understand that for some (obscure) reason international Usenix conventions
|> >have to be held in mainland USA (rather than in Canada or Mexico, say...
|> 
|> They've been in Canada in the past, and that may happen again.  But it is
|> primarily a North American conference and the bulk of attendees are from
|> the USA.

And, except for a few instances, the bulk of the attendees must be from
regions geographically noted as "south" or "coastal."

Sigh.

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Robert J. Granvin                                       School of Statistics
rjg at umnstat.stat.umn.edu                             University of Minnesota