[Chapter-delegates] INET registration

[Eduardo Diaz]

Presently, I believe that entrance to *ALL* INET activities should be free
for all ISOC members. Chapter members continuously invest lots of volunteer
hours to support ISOC's mission around the world. Should this be taken into
consideration? What you all think?

-ed

On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 7:30 AM, Veni Markovski <veni at veni.com> wrote:

> Marcin, in 2001 ISOC was an almost bankrupt organization. Today it has
> millions of dollars, which it can't spend, and has increased the staff tens
> of times, compared to 2001. Let's not compare expenses, but income.
>
> veni
>
>
> On 1/13/2012 06:17, Marcin Cieslak wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 13 Jan 2012, Veni Markovski wrote:
>>
>>  ISOC could and should do much better, ESPECIALLY for its members. With a
>>> budget in the tens of millions of USD, it just doesn't make sense to
>>> charge
>>> for participation. Tell me that the participation fee is not because the
>>> management of the conference is being done outside of ISOC?
>>>
>> When we met last time in Stockholm in 2001 the price was $499 for ISOC
>> members,
>> which makes it 580 of today's Swiss Francs! So you get two gala dinners
>> included now for that price! It's a bargain! :)
>>
>> I sneaked in for free as a volunteer and this was my first contact with
>> a global Internet community.
>>
>> //Marcin
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