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In article <5710@vtserf.cc.vt.edu>, jarrell@vtserf.cc.vt.edu (Ron Jarrell) writes:
> DON'T DO THIS if you intend to go to the symposium.. The new
> "streamlined" registration package arrives in a small white 4x11
> envelope, and contains a color brochure with real small type.  As part
> of the new DECUS this brochure contains about, well, absolutely no
> information content.. At least, nothing beyond a lot of really obnoxious
> marketing hype, the price list, and the hotel list.  No list of
> sessions, no sag, nada.
> 
> Gee, maybe if they're not going to be producing any of this info
> anymore, they can move some of the deadlines down, so that speakers for
> next may won't have to commit to giving a session before they leave Las
> Vegas in december.

  Well, I received mine today, and I like it! For one thing, it seems to be
a new record for advance notice. [I usually have to call the office and ask
"where is my ^&*$ program", possibly because the mail carrier was hospital-
ized from carrying all of those books].

  I think the new program presents the information in an attractive manner.
Frankly, the old style brochure was rather drab. The new one makes a lot of
good points in a concise manner. IMHO, if I had to justify my attending to
my boss, I'd have better luck with the new style.

  As far as tossing out junk mail, did you throw out the "FREE MOTIF OFFER"
from DEC? How about surveys with $5 bills enclosed? Maybe I'm weird, but I
don't toss my mail based on the outside. Everything gets opened and looked
at (possibly for just a few nanoseconds) and then either punted or acted up-
on.

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