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Re: [802SEC] Responses on venue for March 2009 - Please VOTE Now !!!



An extra fee for those attendees was suggested by Buzz when I raised the
concern about room pick-up given the availability of lower priced hotels
in Rome. I believe that the recent Seoul meeting of 802.3 had an extra
fee for those not staying in the hotel. If Buzz can put forward a plan
where it isn't necessary, than I'm fine with that but it is an option
I'm willing to accept.

Regards,
Pat 

-----Original Message-----
From: Roger B. Marks [mailto:r.b.marks@ieee.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 3:43 PM
To: Pat Thaler
Cc: STDS-802-SEC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG
Subject: Re: [802SEC] Responses on venue for March 2009 - Please VOTE
Now !!!

Pat,

I think that

> extra registration fee of up to $200 for attendees that don't stay  
> at the meeting hotel

would be exceedingly difficult to administer.

Roger


On Sep 26, 2007, at 03:59 PM, Pat Thaler wrote:

> Can Rome be set up with the following parameters?
>
> Budget can be made to work with
> 	anticipated attendance of 1000
> 	registration fee no more than $100 over our usual plenary
> registration fee
> 		(or $150 if buffet lunch is included)
> 	extra registration fee of up to $200 for attendees that don't
> stay at the meeting hotel
> 	difference between cost and registration fees decreases for
> higher attendance
> 	difference between meeting cost and registration at 1000
> attendees is within our ability to subsidize from the IEEE 802  
> Treasury
>
> And our attendees staying at the hotel are not subjected to excessive
> fees (compared to what we pay at our customary venues) for the usual
> hotel services. Specifically:
> 	access to fitness center and hotel indoor pool should be free
> 	in room internet should be no more than 10 Euros
>
> Note: I expect that 1000 is the minimum attendance we will get. Buzz's
> information memo said 800 to 1000 but looking at the past meeting
> history for interims we don't have that much fall off for NA vs non- 
> NA,
> actually attendance looks pretty good at previous non-NA meetings.  
> "our
> ability to subsidize from the IEEE 802 Treasury" means using the
> treasury funds we have been building up to help with the expected  
> extra
> cost of non-NA and not reducing our treasury to a point that endangers
> our ability to operate going forward.
>
> If and only if those parameters can be met, then I vote approve.
>
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