RE: tlug: Regarding information of sympodium in Japanese Society.

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull@example.com>]

>>>>> "Shinji" == Shinji Kikuchi <skikuchi@example.com> writes:

    Shinji> Surely it's still in Tokyo, however, according to my
    Shinji> information, the nearest station is TAKAO on Chuo-Line,

Make it after July so I can use my travel fund to pay for the hotel I
will surely need.... ;-)

    Shinji>   As my impression, surely the offering is very helpful
    Shinji> and thankful, however, I am also anxious about
    Shinji> disappointment by long distance from center of Tokyo.

I think that if you make some effort to get a good program, people
will come and not be disappointed.  Maybe you have to do a little more
than just set up a room for a lecture, as Temple U. does (we've
thought about having a tech meeting at Tsukuba-dai, and we know we'd
have to set up for dinner reservation in advance, maybe some hotel for
speakers if they want, etc).  If you have a Linux cluster, or some
other large setup, many people would be interested in a "ken-gaku" I
think.

Also you can get local people to come who wouldn't want to go to Tokyo
for a meeting they don't know, but once they enjoy it they might be
very active.

So don't give up on the idea.

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