Re: TRI-ADA

[cis.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!darwin.s ura.net!seas.gwu.edu!mfeldman@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Michael Feldman)]

In article <2333.237.uupcb@nitelog.com> michael.hagerty@nitelog.com (Michael Ha
gerty)  writes:
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>Is there really a reason why, year after year, getting information about
>Tri-Ada so one can register is like pulling teeth?  Here we are less than
>two months from Tri-Ada and the first info on the conference shows up in
>Ada Letters.  No flyers have been received, even though I have attended
>the past two Tri-Ada conferences.
>
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>Is it the goal of those organizing Tri-Ada to withhold the information 
>until the end to see just who is really committed to Ada (and will attend)?
>I would think that it would be beneficial to the spread of Ada usage to 
>promote the meetings long in advance, provide details sufficiently far in
>advance that potential attendees can solicit management/funding approval
>and be able to plan schedules to account for being at the conference.
>
>Over the years I have attended many conferences and do not recall another
>series of conferences which have gone as far to inconvenience potential
>attendees as does Tri-Ada.  And it appears to be consistent from year to
>year...
>
Amen to that! Considering how much money Tri-Ada pulls in for SIGAda, I
think the SIGAda powers-that-be should whip the Tri-Ada powers-that-be
into shape. I won't bore you all with more anecdotes...

Cheers -

Mike
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