> Another thought might be to have SigAda stop spending money on a = conference > devoted solely to Ada. It's like preaching to the choir. Maybe, = in light of > this policy, it would be better to increase Ada's visibility in = the > commercial market by sponsoring more booths and perhaps even = sponsoring > authors at other conferences. We've had booths at other conferences over 3 years now. (I can't = remember when Mike Feldman started exhibiting at SIGCSE/ACM Computing = Week.) This year=20 we've been to 9 conferences, including Object World East & West, ACM = Computing=20 Week, SEI Software Engineering Symposium & SEPG, FCRC, Object Expo, Fed=20 OOTs, OOPSLA. Huntsville SIGAda also had a booth at a local IEEE = conference=20 for 2 years in a row. And, we've either had a table-top exhibit at or = sent CD-ROMS=20 to attendees of the Small College Computer Conferences. Just about every year, I've asked for suggestions of other conferences = that we can exhibit at. I got 2 this year and we exhibited at both. In January, = we'll exhibit at=20 conference, Lab Automation '97, that has a very different focus from = those that=20 we've attended in the past (i.e., medical lab equipment). Let me know = if you have suggestions? Between SIGAda's budget (sustained by TRI-Ada) and ACM support, we've = had=20 sufficient funds for a few more conferences. Our biggest constraint is = labor. I have=20 had a hard time getting volunteers to staff the booth. =20 If you're on this mail list, you probably meet the 2 requirements = necessary to staff=20 the booth: (1) the ability to talk about Ada's technical strength's; (2) = the desire to see=20 Ada used. For next year our preliminary exhibit schedule is: Jan 18-22 San Diego Lab Tech '97 Feb 28- Mar 1 ? ACM Computing Week/SAC '97 Mar 3-7 Boston Object World East '97 Jun 2-5 New York Object Expo, NY '97 Jul 22-25 San Francisco Object World West '97 You don't have to be at the conference every day to help. Volunteering = always gets you into the exhibits and some special events. Some shows also allow = exhibitors to sit in on a few sessions. Let me know if you know other shows that would be good to exhibit at, = and tell me when you can volunteer. Take Care, Ed Colbert SIGAda Ada Awareness Manager/Booth Coordinator