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Re: Discrimination at SUG Conference

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From: Doug Shaker
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 20:38
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In article 145109@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV, llittle@tis.llnl.gov (Larry Little) writes:
>I attended the December national Sun User Group conference in San Jose, 
[Description of guard attempting to refuse entry to son under 18, though
accompanied by father, both registered.
>
>1)  I want to know *why* this guy took this position?   He said that it
>    was "policy".  
Sounds like BS to me.
>2)  Is it SUG's policy?  
>3)  If not, is it the SJ Convention Center's policy?  
>4)  Do I recall that a company is hired to run/coordinate the
>    conference?  Is it *their* policy?
>5)  If it is not *anyone's* policy, I want to know what to do in the
>    future if it should occur again.

Well, what I would do is go down the hall to another door where the guard
is (probabilities being what they are) likely to be either untrained in
such a "policy", asleep, or doing something else.  Always works for me.
>
>Larry Little
>SLUG Chairman
>University of California, LLNL


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