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LUV-92 Theme and Speaker Quest

    Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1991 11:36 EST
    From: Jay Mellman <jmm@lucid.com>


    I know that we have traveled fairly far down the path toward a
    location for LUV-92.  I want to reiterate my concern about having
    the conference in an area without a large Lisp user base.  To
    summarize the most important reasons I have heard, 

      (1)  If we hold it in a location with a large user base, we
	   a much better chance of getting higher attendance
	   than if we hold it in a 'resort'-type city.  I would
	   really like to see Seattle, but I would rather see a
	   LUV that has 250 or more people attending.  There are only 2
	   places with that sort of concentration, namely the San
	   Francisco area and the Boston area.  

      (2)  We are more likely to encourage other, larger vendors to
	   contribute to the effort if we can promise a larger turnout.  

      (3)  Travel is likely to be more expensive, especially for
	   international participants, if we hold it in either of 
	   the three venues being proposed.  

    I've heard the discussion about Gaithersburg being chosen for its
    walk-in traffic.  Who was there locally to drum up that support
    for the show?  I also know that SLUG was in the Bay Area two
    years ago, but we are now in the position of having learned from
    the last two years and from having a large local presence here.  

    Given the "less than ideal" state of the Lisp market, I encourage
    us to do everything we can to leverage our existing user base.

It has just occurred to me (and I don't know why no one else thought of
it) that no East Coast manager is going to approve sending the same guy
to two similiar West Coast conferences one month apart.  Easterners will
have to choose between AAAI and LUV '92.  Which will win?


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