Dear all,
In order to avoid any kind of conflict I agree with the suggestion of discussing again the fees policy of WG6.9 -as well as the cooperation of WG6.9 in any activity to be done in some developing country- in the next meeting.
However, at this point I would like to say that I´m not especially happy with the way the things have happened.
All of us make a big effort to attend the meetings so we must be more precise in our conclusions and agreements and if we need more time to study the problem, just take it but don’t change our decisions.
Take it easy and relax. Life is too short to argue!
Best regards
anA
Ramon Puigjaner escribió:
Dear Otto,
Otto Spaniol wrote:
Dear Ramon and all others,
I agree that is convenient to discuss the fees policy of WG6.9 as well as the cooperation of WG6.9 in any activity to be done in some developing country. However, I disagree that a workshop is always just by invitation. There a lot of workshops with an open call for papers, even inside IFIP and more preciseley inside the TC6.
You are right. The IFIP rules say (cf. Event Approval Guidelines http://www.ifip.or.at/events/eag.htm): Workshop (WS): general category for events within a special subject area, organized by a WG for professional/scientific purpose, a restricted and rather small attendance (less than 50), and with unrefereed contributions, normally not intended for publication.
I had the Dagstuhl organisation in mind (where everything is based on personal invitations). Nevertheless it will be not possivle to treat every event in developing countries as a workshop by means of the mere purpose to get rid of the sponsorship fee request.
I agree with you. However, I think, and I have always said, that while all the WGs (excepts 6.9) are gerators of funds, WG6.9 should be considered as expender of funds. A discussion on how to treat the events organised by WG6.9 should be planned in one of the coming meetings (the next one, if possible).
A WG 6.9 event could even be a seminar (without any sponsorship fee requirement). This is defined as: Seminar (SE): general category for events characterized by special scope, usually organized by a TC or a WG for educational purpose, a restricted and moderate attendance, and with invited contributions, normally not intended for publication.
This is the case, for example, of the tutorialists we send to CLEI in many occassions. Best regards Ramon
Best regards Otto