There is (or at least was) an Interex Policy that states (or stated) "The
conference should not be held on any important national or religious holiday
where a significant number of members would feel descriminated against."
The policy was put in place because Interex liked to hold conferences on the
Jewish holidays because they could get a good price at that time.
 
I would vote NO !!! Holding the conference over Good Friday doesn't affect
me, but it will affect others and if we ignore the policy this time, why
shouldn't we ignore it in the future.
 
Why not get the office to plan the conference further in the future so we
won't have this problem - it would also help other groups plan their
conference.  SCRUG is holding our conference on March 24 and 25, 1997 !!!
So I have to vote a double NO (one because of the holiday and two because it
conflicts with an already scheduled conference here in California).
 
Sorry to get on the soap box, but I am the person who is responsible for the
policy and I still have the battle scars from having to fight to get the
policy passed and later from having to fight with the office every time they
wanted to ignore it and hold a conference over a major Jewish holiday.
 
I will now get off my soap box and return you to your regularly scheduled
programming...
 
Judy
 
At 07:20 PM 9/16/96 P, Ken Sletten b894 c332 x62525 wrote:
 
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>Remembering the fiasco that occurred several years
>ago when an Interex Management Symposium got
>scheduled during Passover (I think it was), I wanted
>to get opinions from the members of this list who might
>be able to attend IPROF-97:  Should we go for the
>23-28 March slot if we can get it ??
 
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