Re: [linux-audio-user] Linux and Standards [moving OT]

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Linux and Standards [moving OT]
From: Mark Knecht (markknecht_AT_gmail.com)
Date: Wed Nov 03 2004 - 01:30:34 EET


On Tue, 2 Nov 2004 23:25:15 +0100, Edward Barrow <edward_AT_copyweb.co.uk> wrote:
> On Tuesday 2 November 2004 16:10, Mark Knecht wrote:
>
> > IEEE membership is about $100 IIRC. Meetings take place where the
> > group votes to have them. Voting rights in the group are based on
> > attendance. If you have attended 2 of the last 3 meetings (including
> > the one you are sitting in at the time) then you are allowed to vote.
> > Therefore meetings could go back and forth between the west coast and
> > New York, but if I attended only the west coast meetings I'd still be
> > able to vote.
>
> But there are other places in the world... If you were based in Southampton,
> London, Bangalore, Tokyo, Ouagadougo or even the midwest of the USA your
> cost of participation would quickly become prohibitive under this model....
>
> --
> Edward Barrow
>

Edward,
   So what? You do yours. I'll do mine. The market dictates what makes
a difference.

   Neither of us participate in Japan. What's the point? Life's unfair
to both of us.

- Mark


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