To: WG chairs (predominantly).
Dear WG chairpersons,
I received a message that a lot of Event Request Forms are missing. Please ensure that these forms come in due time.
Remark: MMNS'04 was indeed "forgotten" by me, DAIS 2005 and FMOODS 2005 arrived just today. But the others are indeed unknown to me. WG chairs should fax the documents (even without my signature) to the IFIP secretariat in order not to loose time. My signature can then come some weeks later.
Best regards Otto
Dear Prof. Spaniol,
due to queries and payment request forms that are being presented to me, I have become aware of the fact that there are numerous TC6 events which are unknown to IFIP and do not exist in the IFIP database. Examples of such are:
INTELLCOM 2004; MMNS 2004 & 2005; WONS 2005; ONDM'05; WOCN2005; FMOODS'2005; DAIS'2005; EUNICE 2005; ICI 2005, etc, just to name a few.
The absence of such from the data base is based on the fact that Event Forms for such events are, were, and have not been forwarded to the Secretariat by the Organizers for proper recording in the system.
A major set-back of this negligence is that the due Sponsorship Fees are, have not and will not be paid to IFIP for crediting to the TC6 account. While this is happening, signed payment requests are being forwarded by participants to these events and these payments are and will be deducted from TC6.
In the future, payments requests made on events that are "non-existent" cannot be honoured or recognised.
Please advise accordingly.
Christine.