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A recent note complains about late posting of dates for TRI-Ada '93.  In
responding to that note, I looked up listings for it in Ada Letters.  I
must say that I was disappointed.

The first listing in the "Meetings" section is in the Mar/Apr 1993
issue.  That issue also contains a "call for participation", which
lists a submission deadline of March 17, 1993.  I received my copy of
that issue on March 22, five days PAST the deadline.

Now, I had received back in December a Call for Participation, which
does provide enough time for preparation.  However, I do not much like
the idea that only those on some sort of preferred list (I attended
TRI-Ada '92) get told in time to prepare papers.

Moreover, there should have been meeting announcements starting much
earlier than Mar/Apr.  OOPSLA '93, taking place within a week of TRI-Ada
'93 but not really an Ada conference, was announced starting in Nov/Dec
1992.  We should do at least as well.  The date and location for TRI-Ada
'93 were known, as I remember, at TRI-Ada '92 last November.

Art Evans
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