Dr Omidyar was proposing an International Conference in India in 2006. I do not see this reflected in the minutes - or do I miss something? I have put him in touch with "people who matter" in Bangalore.
Professor S V Raghavan Email: svr@cs.iitm.ernet.in
Currently Visiting University at Buffalo Department of Computer Science Phone: 716-645-3180 x 163 Email remains the same.
Permanent Address: Department of Computer Science and Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai 600036 INDIA Tel: +91 44 2257 4359/4350 (Messages) Fax:+91 44 2257 0563 Email: svr@cs.iitm.ernet.in -----Original Message----- From: ifip-tc6-bounces@lists.RWTH-Aachen.DE [mailto:ifip-tc6-bounces@lists.RWTH-Aachen.DE] On Behalf Of Otto Spaniol Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 7:26 PM To: Ana Pont Sanjuan; ifip-tc6@informatik.rwth-aachen.de Subject: Re: [ifip-tc6] Minutes received?
Dear Ana,
In the minutes you sent us, there is a miss regarding to the proposal I made about considering all the events organized by WG 6.9 (under its main aim) as Working Conferences in order to reduce the sponsorship fee for IFIP.
The structure of the event is not determined beforehand by the name of the working group but by the content and by the size of the event.
Typically the smallest is a WORKSHOP (up to 50 participants; by personal invitation, not always a publication, no sponsorship fee at all).
Secondly we have a WORKING CONFERENCE (up to 150 participants; reviewed manuscripts, sponsorship fee to IFIP 5 EURO per full paying participant per day).
And then we have a CONFERENCE or even a SYMPOSIUM (10 EURO per participant per day as sponsorship fee to IFIP).
In the case of WG 6.9 we can always discuss about the structure, even about the requested sponsorship fee. To divert all the events beforehand as being a workshop or a working conference would not be the best idea (to my opinion). There might be events in developing countries which could have 500 participants, this could happen e.g. in India. To name such an event a workshop would not be correct.
I made this proposal during the report of WG 6.9.
Everybody agreed with the proposal and Guy Leduc added that there is no fee in the case of Working Conferences.
This must be a misinterpretation (see above). For a working conference a sponsorship fee is requested.
I propose that we discuss the WG 6.9 events on a case by case basis with a tendency of naming them workshops or working conferences (or with a special agreement for reduced sponsorship fee).
Best regards Otto
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