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I would have to agree with Jonah.  Especially for those on the east coast who
will need a day to travel - and in this time of tight budgets its hard to justify
paying those kinds of expenses for a much shorter time.  ASTC has always been
very careful to avoid these dates - I am wondering why it happened now.
Lynn Baum

Jonah Cohen wrote:

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> I just noticed something! The 2004 ASTC conference in San Jose is
> September 18-21. But according to my calender, 9/16+17 are Rosh Hashanah.
> Frankly, I don't know that I'll be able to attend since the dates mean
> I'd have to miss the NEON preconference session and would have to travel
> (cross-country) to California on the 18th, missing much/most of the stuff
> on the 18th as well. You think it's tough to get your institution to
> commit the resources to sending you to the conference? Try it when you'd
> have to miss about a third of said conference.
>
> Let me be frank: the conference always includes sessions on reaching
> diverse audiences and inclusiveness and all - so who the heck scheduled
> it on dates that make it prohibitive for Jewish science center folks to
> attend? I don't think "ironic" is quite the right word...
>
> Jonah Cohen
> Outreach & Public Programs Manager
> Science Center of Connecticut
>
> "Too many whites are getting away with drug use.
> The answer is to... find the ones who are getting away with it, convict
> them,
> and send them up the river."
>       -Rush Limbaugh
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