On Tue, 2 Nov 2004 23:25:15 +0100, Edward Barrow <edward@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tuesday 2 November 2004 16:10, Mark Knecht wrote: > > > IEEE membership is about $100 IIRC. Meetings take place where the > > group votes to have them. Voting rights in the group are based on > > attendance. If you have attended 2 of the last 3 meetings (including > > the one you are sitting in at the time) then you are allowed to vote. > > Therefore meetings could go back and forth between the west coast and > > New York, but if I attended only the west coast meetings I'd still be > > able to vote. > > But there are other places in the world... If you were based in Southampton, > London, Bangalore, Tokyo, Ouagadougo or even the midwest of the USA your > cost of participation would quickly become prohibitive under this model.... > > -- > Edward Barrow > Edward, So what? You do yours. I'll do mine. The market dictates what makes a difference. Neither of us participate in Japan. What's the point? Life's unfair to both of us. - Mark
