Edward M. Corrado wrote:
> Eric Lease Morgan wrote:
>> ...
>> I was thinking it would happen on a weekday. There would be more stuff going on here on campus, as well as give everybody a break from their normal work week. More specifically, I would suggest such an event take place on a Friday so the poeple who stayed over night would not have to take so many days off of work.
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> While I'm not in the Midwest, I think that any of these type of one day, 
> weekday, conferences are best done on a Monday or a Friday to allow for 
> less time off of work. Sure there are some disadvantages if work wants 
> to give you the travel days, but I could certainly sell 1 or 1.5 days 
> off from work a lot easier then 2 or 3.

I agree with this.  I don't mind attending conferences on weekends, and 
if a conference is on a Monday or Friday, I can spend the one day of the 
weekend traveling and the other exploring the city where the conference 
is held.  It's also a lot for convenient for with a working spouse (with 
a limited amount of vacation time available) and a 6 year old son.

Of course, some trips ara a little more difficult to plan.  Two weeks 
from tomorrow I'll be taking a business trip which will consist of three 
days of meetings, and five days devoted to travel.  The trip will take 
me to Paris, Johannesburg, South Africa and a little town in Tanzania 
called Morogoro.