On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 06:37:05AM -0400, Rich L. Graham wrote:
We went to Atlanta in the winter to avoid Chicago that time of year. I never really understood this argument. We're not going on vacation and Microsoft has heating in their facility afaik.
If people are really against Atlanta - and I have only heard a small number of people that are against it and know that there are several in favor of it - we will just have Jan meeting in CA. Last year most people preferred Atlanta to going to CA 3 times in a row. I disagree to this. It's just a financial and balance question. It is a stretch to go to CA for some of us who need to stay in tight budgets. We should also take into account that the NSF funding will probably run out this year.
At this stage I will keep that meeting in Atlanta, unless more people speak up. I think it is unreasonable to expect that a majority of the Forum will speak up via email (or even read this thread :-). It would be reasonable to do statistical sampling. I heard 4 people against Atlanta and 0 in favor so far. Speak up!
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