On Fri, 16 Aug 2013, Keith Moore wrote: > On 08/16/2013 09:38 AM, Janet P Gunn wrote: > > > > > ...I want it from > > > people who can't get approval for even a $100 expense, from people > > > who are between jobs, people from academia, and even from just plain > > > ordinary users rather than just vendors or big corps. > > > > I agree. > > > > The realities of internal politics/funding being what they are, it is > > sometimes going to be just as hard to get $100 "remote" fee approved as it > > as to get the whole f2f trip approved. > As someone who just spent $3.5K out of pocket to show up in Berlin, I have a > hard time being sympathetic to someone who won't participate because he has to > spend $100 out of pocket. As someone who couldn't justify the $3k+ to attend the meeting, and for whom attending a meeting implies substantial lost revenue opportunities, the $100 (or more) fee for first class remote participation would be awesome.