On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 12:20 PM, Andrew Sullivan <ajs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Wed, Oct 01, 2014 at 11:58:53AM -0500, Mary Barnes wrote:
> [MB] I just registered for a W3C meeting and that was $75.00/day and they
> will be providing me a gluten-free lunch. So, that would be $600 for 6
> meeting days. [/MB]
As Ray pointed out, however, the fruit:vegetable comparison issues
show up pretty quickly, even with other SDOs working in similar areas.
W3C, for example, is a membership organization, and so it not only has
the meeting fees but also the corporate fees (which, for US firms, is
either $2250, $7900, or $68500 per year).
[MB] Actually, I'm attending the meetings as an observer, although, I think I'm now legally an individual participant (since I own no IPR, those terms were easy to agree with). That's something most other membership based SDOs don't allow. In these roles, I'm not required to pay a membership fee in order to attend meetings. [/MB]
(I have no opinion on the fee increase. I just don't think
comparisons with other orgs are too helpful here. I'd be more
influenced by value for money arguments; I haven't seen one yet.)
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