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- From: terry@spcvxb.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr.)
- Newsgroups: comp.org.decus
- Subject: Re: Danger Will Robinson! New Registration format for Symp
- Message-ID: <1992Aug17.211751.3637@spcvxb.spc.edu>
- Date: 18 Aug 92 01:17:49 GMT
- References: <5710@vtserf.cc.vt.edu>
- Organization: St. Peter's College, US
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- In article <5710@vtserf.cc.vt.edu>, jarrell@vtserf.cc.vt.edu (Ron Jarrell) writes:
- > DON'T DO THIS if you intend to go to the symposium.. The new
- > "streamlined" registration package arrives in a small white 4x11
- > envelope, and contains a color brochure with real small type. As part
- > of the new DECUS this brochure contains about, well, absolutely no
- > information content.. At least, nothing beyond a lot of really obnoxious
- > marketing hype, the price list, and the hotel list. No list of
- > sessions, no sag, nada.
- >
- > Gee, maybe if they're not going to be producing any of this info
- > anymore, they can move some of the deadlines down, so that speakers for
- > next may won't have to commit to giving a session before they leave Las
- > Vegas in december.
-
- Well, I received mine today, and I like it! For one thing, it seems to be
- a new record for advance notice. [I usually have to call the office and ask
- "where is my ^&*$ program", possibly because the mail carrier was hospital-
- ized from carrying all of those books].
-
- I think the new program presents the information in an attractive manner.
- Frankly, the old style brochure was rather drab. The new one makes a lot of
- good points in a concise manner. IMHO, if I had to justify my attending to
- my boss, I'd have better luck with the new style.
-
- As far as tossing out junk mail, did you throw out the "FREE MOTIF OFFER"
- from DEC? How about surveys with $5 bills enclosed? Maybe I'm weird, but I
- don't toss my mail based on the outside. Everything gets opened and looked
- at (possibly for just a few nanoseconds) and then either punted or acted up-
- on.
-
- Terry Kennedy Operations Manager, Academic Computing
- terry@spcvxa.bitnet St. Peter's College, Jersey City, NJ USA
- terry@spcvxa.spc.edu +1 201 915 9381
-