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Open-ended responses on why respondents haven't attended a           
SIGAPL conference in the past 5 years                                
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Last one I attended was 1986.                                        
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no money                                                             
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I didn't know about it.                                              
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Never heard of it before a month ago.                                
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Had conflicts/didn't have time.                                      
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Shortage of time/money                                               
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Too busy with work.                                                  
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[illegible]                                                          
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Too little business related.                                         
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My company doesn't pay the expenses.                                 
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What is SIGAPL?                                                      
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Started APL in September 1993                                        
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Requires $$$, holiday.                                               
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Visiting international conference every year.                        
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No company funds, and also APL just a tool on job.                   
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Not job related [paraphrased]                                        
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Expense.                                                             
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Attend job-related conferences.                                      
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Can't afford it.                                                     
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They sound so boring.                                                
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Not enough APL knowledge.                                            
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Too far to go.                                                       
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not release from work, expense                                       
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Was not aware of it.  Was involved with other (illegible).           
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Not a member.                                                        
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Don't do that much apl any more.                                     
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cost                                                                 
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Lack of time.                                                        
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No time.                                                             
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Too expensive, no subsidy available.                                 
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generally not worth expense (exc. Toronto 93, which I couldn't       
for other reasons)                                                   
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I can't afford them and I have no rich organization                  
that backs me up.                                                    
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Don't like conferences.                                              
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Too expensive.                                                       
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Never heard of them.                                                 
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No time or money.                                                    
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Company doesn't pay.                                                 
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No longer using or assisting with APL.                               
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no funds                                                             
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Lack of funds (company doesn't want to pay).                         
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Not a conference person.                                             
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COST!!!                                                              
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Too many meetings to go to already.                                  
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No bucks or interest.                                                
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Submitted paper was not accepted.                                    
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I'm an xx and tend to use my travel funds for                        
xx conferences.                                                      
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Cost and our ages.                                                   
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No funds/time for travel.                                            
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Travel not supported by office                                       
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Too far, not enough time.                                            
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Not in corporate budget.                                             
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Not aware of it.                                                     
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no money                                                             
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I'm new in the business.                                             
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Cannot find the opportunity.                                         
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Financially beyond reach.                                            
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On to other things.                                                  
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time & money                                                         
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My work doesn't justify.                                             
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Travel money used for philosophy conference.                         
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New user.                                                            
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I am a xx professor.  I go to conferences in my research area.       
Although I use APL for some of my research programming, I'm not      
really interested in keeping up with APL.                            
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$ and time                                                           
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(1) cost. (2) perception of APL as out of main stream.  Desire not   
to be behind the times in  more common languages.                    
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Loaction and expense not convenient.                                 
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Don't live in USA                                                    
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Never get around to it.                                              
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Did not know about it.                                               
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Wasn't possible, attending APL94                                     
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Time and budget restrictions.                                        
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My xx management are Fortran bigots.                                 
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No time or money.                                                    
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No time and money.                                                   
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Wish I could, but cost/location.                                     
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Just starting to use APL again after 15 years after having used      
APL/SV in a xx seminar.                                              
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Came to APL too recently.  Also hate to travel.  Will when it        
comes near me.                                                       
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Not ACM member.  Don't use APL at work.                              
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