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The rationale was what Jeff said: because we planned CHI 2021 to be in east Asia, and likely Japan, we thought of Hawaii literally as a “step towards” the next Asian CHI. We learned that Hawaii is pretty easily accessible from east Asia, particularly Japan... 2/
... and is a popular destination for many Asians, particularly Japanese. Like Jeff, I would not personally choose to have CHI in Hawaii, and am in fact dreading the travel time and cost. 3/
Everyone involved in deciding to locate CHI 2020 in Hawaii understood the pluses and minuses, and I can tell you *none of the decision makers* sees selecting a conference location as an opportunity for a “vacation for senior faculty".
I appreciate the additional context, Dr. Terveen - consider me corrected on that front, and my apologies for that unfair bit of hyperbole. I recognize that CHI has a ton of moving pieces/tradeoffs.
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