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Re: [802SEC] Using the existing 'deadbeat policy' for virtual meeting fees

Greetings.
I have been monitoring WebEx reports vs IMAT reports.
For a Plenary or Interim week, I found that there are many that show up as "observers" (seen on Webex, but not on IMAT).
I also found many that claimed credit for attendance that did not show up on the Webex Report (IMAT recorded, Webex absent).
Now it can be argued that "getting attendance" credit to claim voting rights is important enough to mark IMAT even when not on a call is not a "big deal".
We had this same issue debated when we had in person sessions, and we audited the attendance counts vs IMAT reporting.
In that case, some were embarrassed, and then claimed that we should take their money and give them credit toward voting rights.
The leadership at the time were accused of treating them like school children, requiring them to mark attendance accurately.

so if we have Electronic, in person, or hybrid sessions.  We have the same issue to cope with.
Some will want to attend without paying the price, whether it is as simple as IMAT recording, or some monetary value.

As for follow up on the "Deadbeats", we have to note them when it occurs...
In the in person meetings, seeing people without a badge in the meeting rooms or participating in the F&B, we make note of it and follow-up.
do we "catch" 100%...no, but we do Audit the hotel registration for those claiming to be in our group and ensure that they are registered and paid the meeting fee.  We audit those claiming attendance and ensure they are registered and paid the meeting fee.

For Electronic meetings, I would expect no different. 
If you are on Webex, then you should have paid a registration fee (if one applies). 
If you are claiming attendance, then you should have paid a registration fee (if one applies).

It should also be noted that "Deadbeats" also pay the onsite registration (the highest rate).
This includes folks that "forgot" to pay earlier....Jon Rosdahl and Paul Nikolich included (at least once each).

So enforcement will require an audit report from the WG chairs on who was present and who requested attendance credit to compare with those that paid the agreed upon meeting fee.
That is within the rules that George pointed out, and is what the Treasurer and Exec Secretary do in general.

Regards,
Jon


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On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 7:36 PM Andrew Myles (amyles) <00000b706269bb8b-dmarc-request@listserv.ieee.org> wrote:

G’day George,

 

I fully support the concept of using existing policy to enforce meeting fees for virtual meetings. The fees should not be very high anyway  because no cookies are included. 😊

 

You raised the issue of individuals ‘ghosting’ the meeting not paying a meeting fee. I don’t have a problem with such people. Indeed, I like the idea of lots of observers because they may become participants in the future.

 

However, I would prefer that they registered their attendance in IMAT so that we know who is observing. Maybe we specify that observers

  • Shall record their attendance in IMAT
  • Shall not obtain attendance credit
  • Shall not present (unless requested to do so by the Chair)
  • Shall not speak (unless requested to do so by the Chair)

 

In the context of the rules, the registration policy for observers would be “no fee”

 

Andrew

 

From: ***** IEEE 802 Executive Committee List ***** <STDS-802-SEC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG> On Behalf Of George Zimmerman
Sent: Tuesday, 23 February 2021 12:26 PM
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Subject: [802SEC] Using the existing 'deadbeat policy' for virtual meeting fees

 

All –

As suggested by David at the last meeting, and with his help, I think that we should consider just using the existing policy for enforcing virtual meeting fees.  The existing policy can be found in  subclause 5.4 of the IEEE 802 Operations Manual <https://mentor.ieee.org/802-ec/dcn/17/ec-17-0090-24-0PNP-ieee-802-lmsc-operations-manual.pdf#page=13 >.

 

The policy itself is a variation on the ‘no attendance credit and no voting’, where ethe voting rights would be revoked after the meeting (and period to cure).  The policy also allows for the Treasurer and Executive Secretary to implement, and I believe we could allow for a reasonable grace period for individuals to pay.

 

There is the corner case of individuals ‘ghosting’ the meeting by not logging into IMAT, voting or otherwise, but then again, they are not getting attendance credit or exercising voting rights anyways.  It’s probably not worth spending a huge amount of effort on these ‘observers’.

 

Please look at the existing policy in preparation for our discussion at the next EC meeting.

 

George Zimmerman, Ph.D.

President & Principal

CME Consulting, Inc.

Experts in Advanced PHYsical Communications

george@cmephyconsulting.com

310-920-3860

 

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