Dear Dipak,
I received until today (August 13, 2004) the following expressions of interest for DCSC funding in 2005:
From: For: Remark:
Kiril Boyanov MWCN'05; 750 EURO for Fall 2005; Vedrin Jeliaskov Marrakesh, Morocco
Koos Koen Comm. Syst. Conf. Not yet specified in Abuja, Nigeria
Guy Leduc Middleware 2005; 750 EURO for a November 05; participant from a Grenoble, France developing country
Ramon Puigjaner IFIP/ACM Latin America Some delegates feel Networking Conference; that we should not Fall 05; Cali, Colombia sponsor events in Colombia due to the level of criminality (especially in Cali)
Guy Pujolle Networking for MAN; March 05; Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Remarks:
- Colombia, Morocco, Nigeria, and Vietmnam are no members of IFIP (and are therefore not elegible for the moment being since DCSC funding is only for IFIP member countries; this might be changed, however, if the motion of Max Bramer for removing that restriction is accepted in Toulouse; on the other hand: if the condition is not any more valid: what might be the reason of a country for joining IFIP?).
- The requests are necessarily inconcrete: It is impossible to ask for support of a speaker who has an accepted paper since sometimes we don't even have a Call for Paper. I feel that we will have to change the rules for DCSC funding. You might allocate a reasonable sum for each TC (maybe Proportional to the global TC fund) and that sum could be Discussed and distributed at the occasion of the TC meetings (in the case of TC6: at meetings 2004/2 and 2005/1).
- A priority ranking cannot be made since: - I would have to ask the other delegates - the requests are not concrete enough (see above) I have ordered the requests alphabetically by the last name of the delegate who presented it.
The request for Velin Jeliaskov is attached.
Best wishes Otto Spaniol cc.: TC6 delegates
p.s.: I will be out of the office for vacation during the next two weeks (and for that reason I can't attend GA in Toulouse; TC6 will be represented by Ramon)