Along those same lines, it would be nice to be able to speak in a normal
tone of voice at the social events.  Even if you have to move to the far end
of the room. My main goal in going to a conference is to meet with people.
It was almost impossible to talk with people in the Wednesday night event.
We had to either go outside or go to some far corner just to avoid shouting
hurting our vocal cords. Still even in that far corner we had to shout.

Charles Finley
Transformix Computer Corporation
(310) 630-1773
(310) 630-1770

> -----Original Message-----
> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> Behalf Of Stan Sieler
> Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 2:57 PM
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> Subject: HPWORLD 2000 proposal: NO AMPLIFIERS!
>
>
> Hi,
>
> As an attendee at HP WORLD 99 (and many prior ones), I'd like to
> make a simple proposal that would make life nicer for all vendor show
> attendees *and* vendors:
>
>    Interex should ban (audio) amplifiers from the show.
>
> This means *all* means of amplifying sound!
>
> The goal is to reduce the sound level and to allow people to actually
> hear each other!
>
> (As a compromise, if a booth built a soundproof room, they should be
> able to have an amplifier in it, *if* you can't hear it from outside the
> booth.)
>
> Yes, you could attempt to set a decible level instead ... but that
> leaves it open to measurement problems, interpretation, and other
> types of debate/indecision/impreciseness/failure.   I'd recommend
> against this!
>
> --
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>