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In <1992Aug31.220014.15661@news.arc.nasa.gov> mcmahon@tgv.com (John 'Fast-Eddie/FuzzFace' McMahon) writes:
>Let's see if we can get this back on the right track.  I'm trying to
>echo the concerns I hear from other members about "why" people can't
>go to Symposium.  I realize it's a complex issue.

>I would like to think that people would be willing to exchange a
>reasonable decrease in price for a longer lag time on the bus and
>reduced (not eliminated) meal service.

 The bus ride was one of the *major* thing thatkilled Boslanta last year.
 There woulda been bus rides of over an hour to get all the DECUS attendees
 into hotels in the Boston area (after the DECworld bookings).

>Opinion: It seems to me that in Atlanta we already brush up
>against the 15 minute limit during rush hour.  

 likely so... I dont think it's an absolute rule (this is DECUS, after all ;-)

>I can't speak for function space, my guess is that the limiting factor 
>is the big rooms.  And those do fill up during the Symposium.  So I
>doubt a cut there would be useful.


 It's actually *not* the big rooms, its the count and variety.

>I heard the Symposium Committee polled attendees about this a while ago,
>what was the results of the poll ? 

 I dunno - none of this stuff I'm writing should be taken as "official
 Symposia committee propaganda", I'm just trying to add a few facts and
 some extra perspective into the thread...

>Finding housing bargains is a lot easier if they are suggested
>by official publications, or you have some DECUS experience.
>If you are a newcomer, you  are likely to use the housing bureau
>(pricey) since it's the limit of the housing information available.

 actually, there is at least one bargain in the housing form this time -
 discovering it is left as an exercise for the reader (at least till my
 confirmation comes back :-)

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