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- Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix
- Path: sparky!uunet!utcsri!utzoo!henry
- From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
- Subject: Re: bringing family to usenix
- Message-ID: <BzBGEI.9FA@zoo.toronto.edu>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 19:49:25 GMT
- References: <tommy.724214172@hilbert> <1992Dec14.080137.25979@ads.com> <tommy.724347299@hilbert>
- Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
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- In article <tommy.724347299@hilbert> tommy@boole.att.com writes:
- >$ you don't. a conference is not vacation (unless you are defrauding
- >$ your company); it is work.
- >
- >It seems that both Henrys misunderstood me. My company will pay my
- >airfare and hotel. Of course I do not expect them to pay a dime for my
- >wife's or children's expenses. And my intention is to enjoy San Diego
- >before or after the conference. I hope no one sees anything wrong with
- >taking advantage that I'll already be there without having paid my
- >airfare out of pocket.
-
- I can't speak for the other Henry, but I'd say you misunderstood me,
- rather than vice-versa. :-) There's nothing immoral about the plans you
- outline above. My point was that if you plan to "do" the conference
- thoroughly, getting full benefit from both formal and informal events,
- you will have no free time during it, and you should plan accordingly.
- --
- "God willing... we shall return." | Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
- -Gene Cernan, the Moon, Dec 1972 | henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry
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