Re: Paying to present

[Bernard Cleyet <anngeorg@PACBELL.NET>]

If Dwight "takes me up" on my suggestion, I'll happily send him a
year's, or more, worth of stamped envelopes.

bc

p.s. every month.

Herbert H Gottlieb wrote:

> On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 11:13:15 -0800 Bernard Cleyet <anngeorg@PACBELL.NET>
> writes:
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> > I think Dwight should present the organizers an honorarium bill.
> > Repeat it every month and add 1/2% interest after 60 days, just as do
> the
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> > other pros.
> > This contretemps  reminds me of how well the NCNsection AAPT
> > observes what ME's questions imply, etc.
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> The idea of sending them "honorarium bills" is a novel
> approach that sounds interesting but might be self defeating.
> I agree that the bills are likely to annoy the officers
> of the sponsoring organization when they arrive every 60 days.
> But Dwight will have to pay 37 cents postage for each bill that he sends.
>
> Sending the bills by messenger or by other carriers may
> cost Dwight even more money. Perhaps he should send them
> daily bills via e-mail instead.
>
> Herb Gottlieb from New York City
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> > Michael Edmiston wrote:
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> > > I do not have a good solution to the problem of financing
> > conferences
> >
> >
> > > and publications, but I admit I am often upset about it.
> > >
> > > When I have worked at places (such as national lab) that paid all
> > my
> >
> >
> > > expenses to go to a meeting, even if I was not presenting, I was
> > amazed
> >
> >
> > > at the overall cost, but I didn't have to pay it, so I did not
> > complain.
> >
> >
> > > Now I am in a situation where the annual amount my employer will
> > pay
> >
> >
> > > (even if I present) barely covers the registration fee, and I get
> > stuck
> >
> >
> > > with transportation, meals, and lodging.  Also, if I publish a
> > paper in
> >
> >
> > > a journal with page charges, my employer will not pay.  Yet, I am
> > > expected to attend conferences and pursue a modest number of
> > > publications as part of "keeping current in my field."
> > >
> > > I often wonder if conferences have become things that can only be
> > > attended by people who have generous support from their employers,
> > while
> >
> >
> > > others are simply left out or have to pay substantial costs
> > personally.
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> > > I, myself, am likely to attend regional meetings I can drive to,
> > and I
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> > > appreciate it best when these are held in cities where it is
> > possible to
> >
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> > > stay in reasonably-priced motels that are fairly conveniently
> > located
> >
> >
> > > with respect to the meetings.  Sadly, there aren't too many of
> > these,
> >
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> > > and those that exist sometimes (but not always) have registration
> > fees
> >
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> > > as high as national meetings.
> > >
> > > Some of the questions I have are...
> > >
> > > (1) Are conference planners making any attempts to keep costs down?
> > > (2) Could registration fees be graduated according to the size or
> > type
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> > > of the participant's employer?
> > > (3) Should there be more regional or state meetings held in
> > smaller
> >
> >
> > > cities where it is assumed the participants will drive, and could
> > the
> >
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> > > registration fees be held in check a little better than the
> > national
> >
> >
> > > meetings?
> > >
> > >
> > > Michael D. Edmiston, Ph.D.
> > > Professor of Physics and Chemistry
> > > Bluffton College
> > > Bluffton, OH 45817
> > > (419)-358-3270
> > > edmiston@bluffton.edu
>
>
> Herb Gottlieb from New York City
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