Agreed in principle. However, some of the sub-symposia (smaller-scale, less instruction-oriented events) I've attended certainly fit the context I mentioned. In either case, no moral highground, real or imagined, right or wrongness was implied. (Of course, there's a lot of beer drinking and womanizing at some of the symposiums! :-) ) Doug Lloyd Victoria BC > I don't think that is entirely the case with symposiums. The skills > symposiums started by Atlantic Kayak Tours and the Sweetwater symposium > are very much skills development/training oriented. From what I've read > of some of the others classes, off-water instruction, and tours seem to > make up a large part of what happens at them as well. > > John Fereira > jaf30_at_cornell.edu > Ithaca, NY *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Dec 31 2004 - 06:22:11 PST
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