Return-Path: Received: from ted.cs.uidaho.edu by swan.cl.cam.ac.uk with SMTP (PP-6.0) id <09891-0@swan.cl.cam.ac.uk>; Thu, 12 Mar 1992 23:38:24 +0000 Received: by ted.cs.uidaho.edu (16.6/1.34) id AA10672; Thu, 12 Mar 92 15:26:11 -0800 Sender: info-hol-request@edu.uidaho.cs.ted Errors-To: info-hol-request@edu.uidaho.cs.ted Received: from panther.cs.uidaho.edu by ted.cs.uidaho.edu (16.6/1.34) id AA10667; Thu, 12 Mar 92 15:25:59 -0800 Received: from localhost by panther.cs.uidaho.edu with SMTP id AA01237 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for info-hol@cs.uidaho.edu); Thu, 12 Mar 1992 15:32:12 -0800 Message-Id: <199203122332.AA01237@panther.cs.uidaho.edu> To: info-hol@edu.uidaho.cs.ted Subject: Re: CALL FOR VOTES - HUG-93 In-Reply-To: Your message of 12 Mar 92 22:50:00. <4365*joyce@cs.ubc.ca> Date: Thu, 12 Mar 92 15:32:11 -0800 From: Phil Windley X-Mts: smtp On 12 Mar 92 22:50:00, joyce@cs.ubc.ca wrote: +------------ | So it is not, and never was, a matter of life-and-death to | host the HUG-93 at UBC. I would be just as glad, personally, | to let someone else do the work. Nevertheless, the real issue | is whether or not the meeting should be in North America or | Europe. I echo *all* of Jeff's sentiments. The reason I conditionally withdrew our offer was exactly because it is much more important to me that HOL93 be in NA, than that it be in Idaho. Jeff did an excellent job of explaining why this is important. I don't think this needs to be complicated. In fact, the de facto decision to alternate continents was an attempt to keep the thing from becoming complicated. Is anyone willing to speak for *NOT* alternating continents? --phil--