On the flip side of this, many of our employers donate "our" time that they are paying us for in order for us to serve NANOG with nary a benefit. If you take just committee calls for the PC alone, this is 48 hours a year - a workweek. Perhaps they should feel that this donation nets them something.
-Dave On Sep 1, 2011 6:41 PM, "Jared Mauch" <ja...@puck.nether.net> wrote: > I have had my registration fee refunded when I was a speaker when my employer was happy to pay. This frustrated me when the meeting had low registration and lost money. > > I'm fine with people getting it waived, but the idea of everyone showing up for a "roll-call" so they can get in free is certainly not the case. This is why I suggested the BoD would have the authority to waive the fee if recommended by someone else. The reason is less important to me honestly. > > Then again, the bar for giving a bad talk is really low. People can just put in that effort instead. > > Jared Mauch > > On Sep 1, 2011, at 6:12 PM, David Temkin <d...@temk.in> wrote: > >> Randy, >> >> How is that "getting paid"? Receiving services in kind? >> >> Don't know if you've ever done Habitat for Humanity, but you get a free >> lunch, paid for by those who have given cash to support the cause and not >> labor. >> >> To bring it closer to home - we give our presenters a free admission - >> should we also stop that? >> >> -Dave >> On Sep 1, 2011 3:27 PM, "Randy Bush" <ra...@psg.com> wrote: >>> i do not support getting paid for community service. a primrose path. >>> >>> randy >>>