Re: *STRAW POLL* - LISA and location...

[delta.eecs.nwu.edu">bonomi]

+ To: sage-membersusenix.org
+ Subject: *STRAW POLL* - LISA and location...
+ Date: Mon, 06 Jun 94 17:46:43 EDT
+ From: Pat Wilson <pawrigel.dartmouth.edu>


+ The SAGE Board will be discussing issues related to the LISA conference (including
+ location) in the next several months, and we'd appreciate your input on the
+ following questions:

+ 1) Do you attend LISA or plan to in the next two years?  _X yes  __no

+ 2) What factor is/would be *the most important* in your decision to attend LISA?
+ 	X_ technical program
+ 	__ tutorial offerings
+ 	__ invited talks/other track at meeting
+ 	__ meet other sysadmins
+ 	__ location of conference
+ 	__ cost of hotel
+ 	__ other (please specify)

+ 3) How does location of the conference affect your decision?
+ 	__ more likely to go to West Coast LISA
+ 	__ more likely to go to East Coast LISA
+ 	X_ more likely to go to mid-West LISA (e.g. Chicago)
+ 	__ really don't care at all

Chicago-area attendance guaranteed (thats *home* :), elsewhere is -probable-

+ 4) Is cost of the rooms at conference hotels an issue for you?
+ 	__ yes, but I'll find a way
+ 	__ yes, it prevents me from attending
+ 	__ no (but cheaper is better)
+ 	__ I never notice

Is significant consideration.  Self-employed, its *all* directly out of _my_
pocket.

+ 5) Is any particular time between late September and early November
+   (historically, the range of LISA dates) consistently bad for you?


+ Thanks!  We'll have other questions as time goes on...  Please do respond
+ to the survey - every opinion point counts!  Send responses to
+ pawusenix.org (and I apologive in advance for any vacation message you
+ might see - I'm off to Usenix tomorrow).

+ Pat Wilson
+ Member, SAGE Board of Directors
+ pawusenix.org