I personally find this discussion perplexing. For more than twenty years I have missed almost every Fathers' Day with my family because it uncannily coincided with AJL Convention.
When I asked (a number of years ago) why, davka, our Convention is held the third weekend in June, I was told, "In order to accommodate the SSC librarians, so many of whom cannot get off until the term ends."]! Just my two cents... Phil Miller Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org