Just adding to the data set. In the past Rob offered me funding. I declined.
To be clear this was not when I was working for the Commission. They have a more than adequate budget! And anyway the conflict of interest there woukd have been uncomfortable. But where do people see this going? Anyone who has a particular role - WG chairs, PC, speakers - will be eligible for funding? Will people still volunteer if others are getting funding? I presume that people will always need to get funding from elsewhere initially. And then? In recent times I have been self-funding. The meeting fees have not influenced my participation. The choice of venue has. I appreciated virtual Berlin. But I did miss the coffee! Gordon > On 15 Jun 2020, at 12:06, Sander Steffann <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > >> While the offer looks generous and quite anybody could advertise sponsorship, >> I do think that the neutrality that was expressed as being expected from NCC >> staff >> in recent discussions would also extend to the NCC's Board. To that extent I >> think the Board maybe overreached a bit - nobody had asked for this well to >> be drilled. > > As a former WG chair I strongly disagree. The NCC is not overreaching at all > here, they are responding to requests from the community. I have asked Hans > Petter for support in the past, and as the result of that the NCC gave me a > refund of the meeting fee. That at least made it a little bit easier to > attend the meeting. I am very happy to see better support for WG chairs that > need it, on request. > >> But then, why focus on WG chairs? >> What about the program committee and what about the contributors and >> presenters? > > More can be done in the future, but one step at a time. > > I am happy with the current step! > > Cheers, > Sander >
