NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #20/NN_1992_20.iso/spool/comp/sys/hp/10119

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From: [e-mail] (Chris Nelson)
Subject: Re: INTEREX Trade Show - One Vendors Impression
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Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 05:18:57 GMT
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Stan,

Thanks for your note.  I think that it gives a more accurate picture
of what happened at the show (with respect to Hurricane Andrew) than
the "press release" from ki.  As a member of the Interex Board of
Directors, I was in and out of the conference office at the convention
center during the anticipation and anticlimax; mostly, I watched a very
professional conference staff do their job very well.

As for fleeing, I, for one, would not have left a disaster shelter
(the hotel and convention center) to get on an airplane; even if the
roads had not been clogged and the airport closed.  (BTW, there were
quite a few HP9000 users at the convention center attending a hefty
HP-UX track focused on 800 series systems.  InterWorks is a
workstation group, not a HP-UX group.)

Surely, the damage to New Orleans, the downtown show area, and
attendees would have been much worse had Andrew hit head on.  I feel
for those who felt his wrath.  However, I think that the situation was
very well handled all around and heard of few people bailing out due
to weather.

                                  Chris Nelson
                                  Interex

P.S. While I have NOT consulted with the rest of the BoD or with the
staff, I speak, more or less officially, for Interex and take heat for
it as appropriate.  Feel free to direct comments to or through me as
appropriate.