2 Nov
2004
2 Nov
'04
6:31 p.m.
On Tue, 2 Nov 2004 23:25:15 +0100, Edward Barrow <edward(a)copyweb.co.uk> wrote:
On Tuesday 2 November 2004 16:10, Mark Knecht wrote:
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
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