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In article <145109@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV> llittle@tis.llnl.gov (Larry Little) writes:
>He said that it was "policy" that no one under the age of 18
>have admittance to the show.  "It has to do with insurance," he said.

Huh? This is the first I've heard of this...

>1)  I want to know *why* this guy took this position?   He said that it
>    was "policy".  
>2)  Is it SUG's policy?  

Absolutely NOT. We don't have a policy on kids. Well, some of the board
have a policy that says they should have kids, but other than that... 8{)

>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?

It may really be an insurance policy that I don't know about. 
This year, we had the conference and exhibits produced by PCI, and as a 
result, used whatever their insurance was. It never occurred to anyone to 
ask about such things, as frankly, it probably never occurred to any of the 
board or staff to bring their offspring to the show.

>5)  If it is not *anyone's* policy, I want to know what to do in the
>    future if it should occur again.

My first line of attack anytime someone says I can't do something that
otherwise seems sensible to do is have the obstuctionist produce their
manager, or take their name and employee ID number and find the manager
myself. Shit *DOES* run downhill, you know....

If I got no satisfaction that way, I'd escalate to the show management
then SUG management then SUG officers. I assure you, if such a thing
happens (let's clarify that: if something happens that seems *WRONG*
that has a "just because" explaination -- not "if someone won't let
you bring your kid in") next year, I want to know about it.

Sincerely,

Stan Hanks,
President, Sun Users Group, Inc.

>Larry Little
>SLUG Chairman
>University of California, LLNL


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