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- From: lesnyd@monsanto.com (Larry E. Snyder)
- Subject: Re: EXECUTION of DECUS Standards
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.163158.26676@tin.monsanto.com>
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 16:31:58 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec21.155222@mccall.com>, tp@mccall.com (Terry Poot) writes:
- >
- >
- > Unfortunately, the size of a symposium is one of its major benefits. The more
- > people you have, the more information exchange there is. If we had 2 symposia
- > instead of one, and provide all the same sessions at each, you double the
- > expense to both DECUS and DEC. Even if you could get DECUS to do this, DEC
- > wouldn't. So what would happen is that each would have fewer sessions, thus
- > reducing their value.
- >
- I believe that the size of the symposium does reach a point of diminishing
- returns. The size of a symposium can now be overwhelming to an individual.
- And, believe it or not, it's easier to remain in the background and not talk
- to ANYBODY now than it was back in the days of 1800 attendees! If I go as
- a system manager, there are THOUSANDS of other system managers, and I can
- be intimidated both by the knowledge of others and by the sheer size of
- sessions. Many of us aren't shy, that's true, but then, many are.
-
- I agree that it is very unlikely that this could happen. Perhaps the
- symposia won't bee too big in the future, considering our economy...
-
- I'm glad you have no trouble getting funding, Terry, but such is not the
- case for me. I have had to push to get to attend one symposium a year.
-
- Good answers, Terry. I guess I sometimes yearn for the 70s symposia that
- seemed smaller and more intimate.
-
- Larry
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-