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Article #1133Re: Why not pick *nice* places for the Usenix conventions?
From: Amanda Walker
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1991 21:45
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1991 21:45
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In article <1991Jun28.165006.713@oar.net> karl.kleinpaste@osc.edu writes: If Usenix is going to start adopting political viewpoints on every subject that comes along, I'm just going to drop out entirely and take up carpentry again. I agree. I belong to "political" organizations, and I belong to "technical" organizations; they are different, and I belong to them for different reasons. As much as I might sympathize with or share Peter's concerns, I am not interested in USENIX becoming a lever for anyone's political agenda, even if it happens to agree with my own feelings. We have enough internal politics already. Let's not add in external politics as well... I think that selection of USENIX sites should be a matter of cost, services, and convenience for the members, and that's about it. It should not be a political soapbox for anyone. -- Amanda Walker amanda@visix.com Visix Software Inc. ...!uunet!visix!amanda -- "Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than from the arguments of its opposers." --William Penn, _Fruits of Solitude_
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!uunet!visix!news From: amanda@visix.com (Amanda Walker) Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix Subject: Re: Why not pick *nice* places for the Usenix conventions? Message-ID: <1991Jun28.214536.21138@visix.com> Date: 28 Jun 91 21:45:36 GMT References: <1991Jun28.123120.20479@crl.dec.com> <1991Jun28.165006.713@oar.net> Sender: news@visix.com Organization: Visix Software Inc., Reston, VA Lines: 23