NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #30/NN_1992_30.iso/spool/comp/org/usenix/1088

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From: [e-mail] (William LeFebvre)
Subject: Re: bringing family to Usenix
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Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 20:32:37 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (John Hascall) writes:
>[e-mail] (Lori S. Grob) writes:
>}[e-mail] (John Hascall) writes:
>}>[e-mail] writes:
>}>}[e-mail] (Henry Mensch) writes:
>}>}$[e-mail] (Tom Reingold) wrote:
>}>}$->I'll be at the January Usenix in San Diego.  Since my company pays my
>}>}$->airfare, I figure I'll take my family.  It's a good time for a vacation
>}>}$->and I've never seen San Diego.  How do people manage this?
>
>}>}$ you don't.  a conference is not vacation (unless you are defrauding
>}>}$ your company); it is work.
>
>}So while it is clear that for you, the conference ends at 5pm, I
>}think that you are being a little quick to assume that this is the
>}case for everyone.
>
>Oh, this is just rich.  *I'm* being a little quick to assume???
>I'm not the one painting everyone who doesn't attend every second
>of every event with the broad brush of ``defrauding your company''.

I think you are misinterpreting that original comment.  I took it to
mean "a conference is not a vacation unless you are getting the
company to pay your way when you have no intention to participate in
ANY aspect of the conference."  I seriously doubt that (um, who was it
that said that) Henry meant you were being fradulent by keeping
evenings to yourself.  I think you are way way overinterpreting it....

        William LeFebvre
        Computing Facilities Manager and Analyst
        Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
        Northwestern University
        <[e-mail]>