Yes, but there were a few glitches ...

How about the Jamestown buffet venue that had a posted maximum 
capacity of "60 persons" ...  I'm guessing that that there were 2x to 
5x that number in there for several hours ...

But more seriously, the one that several of us were talking about 
concerned the printed program ...

I thought that the idea of combining the program with the abstracts 
was generally bad, and resulting in everyone lugging around something 
about the size of a Gideon's Bible for four days.  I would suggest 
reverting to the old short program that you can stuff in your pocket 
or purse, and a separate published abstract volume.

Further, perhaps I'm wrong, but I thought that I noticed that neither 
the program nor the abstracts including ANY institutional 
affiliations.  Most of us (or our sponsors) spent a lot of time and 
money, either organizing sessions or presenting papers.  As such, I 
think that it is important to include those credentials for public 
consumption ...  Further, if no institutional affiliation is 
published, tracking down papers and/or participants after the 
conference gets pretty dicey ...

Otherwise, I thought the organizers did a great job ...  I heard 
1500+ registrations and 700+ papers.

Looking forward to Albuquerque ....

-- 

Mark C. Branstner
Historic Archaeologist

Illinois Transportation
Archaeological Research Program
209 Nuclear Physics Lab, MC-571
23 East Stadium Drive
Champaign, IL 61820

Phone: 217.244.0892
Fax: 217.244.7458
Cell: 517.927.4556
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- Gerhard Branstner (1927- )

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