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Re: Jacket+Tie for attending the Z Used Group AGM (was: Z User Group AGM

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From: George Maney
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 21:11
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roberto@dcs.gla.ac.uk (roberto) writes:
> Jonathan Bowen (Jonathan.Bowen@prg.oxford.ac.uk) writes:
> 
> [Invitation for the meeting deleted]
> 
> | .................    Please note however that a jacket and tie are required at 
> | the Oxford and Cambridge University Club(!).    ***************************
> 
> It has been a couple of weeks now since I first heard about this requirement 
> to attend both the Z User Group AGM and the Z User Meeting Conference Dinner. 
> 
> After some thought, I still think this requirement is unnappropriate for an 
> otherwise quite informal workshop (The Z Meeting). 
> 
> So, I am inclined not to attend any of them, even though I am going to 
> the Z meeting. Perhaps, if enough people thinks the same way this 
> requirement could be relaxed (e.g. Jacket but no tie).
> 
> Roberto Barros

It seems clear to me that a dinner jacket and tie are exactly the right attire 
for discussing a formal method.  My question is about the degree of formality:  
is Z black tie, or is it white tie?

-George
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Subject: Re: Jacket+Tie for attending the Z Used Group AGM (was: Z User Group AGM
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