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Subject:RE: The Business of Conferences From:"David Berg" <dberg -at- dmpnet -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 14 Dec 2000 17:15:55 -0600
> If STC is out of line with general practice in the professional
> society-sponsored conference arena, it would seem that it is because
> STC offers a discount to speakers, not that it fails to waive
> speakers' registration fees.
>
> --George Hayhoe (george -at- ghayhoe -dot- com)
Uh, George? Aren't you drawing your conclusion based on an awfully small
sample? I'm not sure what the current standard is, but the world is much
bigger than the STC and IEEE. What about ACM conferences (such as SIGGRAPH),
and any number of other professional conferences.
David
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