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