source file: m1568.txt Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 13:32:42 +0800 Subject: Conference proposals From: Leigh Smith As a microtonalist in Perth, Western Australia, voting for San Diego vs. some other U.S. city is voting for Mars rather than Jupiter... It's not out of the question that I would make the effort to fly over (same sentiment as Lydia in HK, I understand), particularly as I expect to have a couple of more conferences to attend next year in the Northern summer. What would put me off is if I didn't think it was worthwhile, i.e if the conference was poorly organised, didn't have a good program of papers and concerts etc. The Int. Computer Music Conference is a model of how such a conference could be organised, lunch and evening concerts, daily papers, keynote presentations. I strongly suggest organising via an academic institution, with a widely selected panel of referees for papers and music (practictioners and theorists) to ensure it doesn't become an ivory tower. The ICMC moves each year according to the hosting organisation. Given how cheap travelling in the U.S is (in comparison to Australia - I have to travel 4000Kms to get to another capital city, it's cheaper to get to Bali than to Sydney), I don't think the location within the continental U.S. should be the highest priority. Regards Leigh --- Leigh Computer Music Lab, Computer Science Dept, Smith University of Western Australia +61-8-9380-2279 leigh@cs.uwa.edu.au (NeXTMail/MIME) Microsoft - Where do you want to compromise today?