kind of old-skool, but I figured that NANOG was a group of peers meeting to learn/share with each other. most of the time i would expect each particpant to pay her own way... under -limited- hardship cases, as a member, i'd be happy to have my dues contribute to a stellar speaker who is otherwise unable to attend. but that should be a rare thing. otherwise, i'd want the other members to occasionally pay for me to attend.
IMHO. /bill On Fri, Sep 02, 2011 at 10:19:34AM -0500, Jorge Amodio wrote: > I agree that only those organizing or with a real need of financial > support (folks from developing countries or from non-profit orgs or > some students without substantial resources) could have their > admission fee waived or reduced, all the rest MUST pay, even if you > give a talk or serve in other capacity. > > As others said you are doing a "public service" to the rest of the > community and if you give a nice and valuable talk you will get the > recognition of the NANOG community and your colleagues, and we can put > into consideration including a gold star sticker for your service. > > It will be really unfair for those paying (even if their companies do > it for them or don't care because they have a mountain of cash) if > there is a special benefit for some so they don't pay. > > My .02 > -J
