On 8/2/11 13:31 Kent E. Taylor said:
Oh, please, please, please, not the first weekend in June. I have
another commitment for that weekend....
And thus it begins... ;-)
For all the years I organized the Rexx Symposium, we would start out
with a location, set a date that the greatest number of people could
attend, canvass venues for availability & prices, change the date to a
less-optimal based on the canvass, lather, rinse, and repeat until we
had the perfect compromise: everyone was equally unhappy.
Invariably, the date of the Symposium was set by factors completely
beyond our control. But it's nice to ask everyone what they would
like, if only to show that you are trying to be accommodating. :-/
Until you've successfully pulled off an event such as the Workshop or
the Symposium (both of which were notable for affordability) you have
no idea how hard it is to make it happen.
Even though I couldn't be there this year, I'm grateful to the
organizers for the effort that went into reviving one of the more
valuable conferences I attended "back in the day".
-Chip-
