Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!convex!killer!mit-eddie!bloom-beacon!ZERMATT.LCS.MIT.EDU!RWS From: RWS@ZERMATT.LCS.MIT.EDU (Robert Scheifler) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: planning for 3rd Annual X Technical Conference Message-ID: <19880630222532.1.RWS@KILLINGTON.LCS.MIT.EDU> Date: 30 Jun 88 22:25:00 GMT References: <8806302208.AA13241@s3snorkel> Sender: daemon@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 20 Date: Thu, 30 Jun 88 15:08:57 PDT From: warner%s3snorkel@s3dawn.ARPA (Ken Warner) o If you are determined to have it in January, hold it in a warm place like Florida or California. o If you are determined to hold it at MIT, have it in the spring or early summer. The reasons are simple. By holding it at MIT, we pay essentially nothing for the facilities. This keeps our costs way down (which means we can charge you less, like last year's $0), and makes logistics a whole lot easier. But, to hold it at MIT, given that we need to consume a significant amount of space for a number of days, the only really feasible times are when classes aren't going on. This pretty much means January (during Independent Activities Period) or summer. Summer is clogged with enough conferences already. (Besides, the cold weather helps keep the size of the crowd down to those who are *really* interested :-)