On Thu, 31 Aug 1995, MR JOHN P BURKE wrote:
 
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>
> Finally, on the subject of schedules, perhaps someone who has
> worked on the conference committee could enlighten us on how
> dates are chosen; specifically, August versus September. Having
> lived near both Toronto and Denver at various times in my life, I
> know that Toronto weather is generally nicer in September than in
> August and Denver weather is much more predictable in August than
> in September (one year we had over a foot of snow on September
> 15th). Interex '94 (Denver) should have been held in August and
> Interex '95 (Toronto) should have been held in September.
>
 
As someone who worked on the 1984 Anaheim, 1990 San Diego, first ICMS, and
also was Conference Chairman from the INTEREX Board stand point in 1986
and 1987, I hopefully can answer this question and it won't be too out of
date.
 
When conferences are scheduled "off season", INTEREX and the attendees
save considerable amount of money.  When INTEREX saves money, they can
keep the conference fees lower.  They also can negiotiate better room
rates for the attendees.
 
So it all boils down to saving money, which hopefully we can all apppreciate.
 
 
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