From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,729bff287ce641cf X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-12-19 04:52:43 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!HSNX.atgi.net!cyclone-sf.pbi.net!151.164.30.35!cyclone.swbell.net!newsfeed1.easynews.com!easynews.com!easynews!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!harp.news.atl.earthlink.net!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: A personal view of SigAda Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 07:52:07 -0500 Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: d1.56.b4.ea X-Server-Date: 19 Dec 2002 12:52:42 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:32079 Date: 2002-12-19T12:52:42+00:00 List-Id: Thanks for the report. What was attendance like? I can remember being at some of these gigs where there were maybe 1500 or so people. After the dropping of The Mandate, it looked like more in the neighborhood of 400 or so - a lot less corporate support to go to the conferences, I guess. I know that personally I can't get the corporate sponsorship these days to go and footing the bill onesself makes for a pretty expensive vacation. Maybe it would help to look into technology to see if there is a way to have "Virtual Conventions"? MDC -- ====================================================================== Marin David Condic I work for: http://www.belcan.com/ My project is: http://www.jast.mil/ Send Replies To: m c o n d i c @ a c m . o r g "I'd trade it all for just a little more" -- Charles Montgomery Burns, [4F10] ====================================================================== Rod Chapman wrote in message news:cf2c6063.0212190356.36c09@posting.google.com... > SIGAda 2002 - A brief report > ----------------------------