One more argument: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/sep/05/publish-perish-peer-review-science
If you feel a need to dispute this proposal or give feedback please do not hesitate. (The TCCC chair permitted to open this thread) Pars On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 8:24 AM, Pars Mutaf <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear researcher, > > A mediocre quality scientific conference costs ~1M dollars to the world > just for registration fees. > Millions of dollars are spent each year for a few reviews and after > waiting long months. > We need to see the real merit of our work and much faster using on-line > open research solutions. > > If you believe that you can change this, please sign the petition: > > > http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/replacing-scientific-conferences-with-a-cheap-and-effic.html > > If you feel the need for a discussion list for expressing your opinions, > which is quite normal and preferred, it is available: > > http://groups.google.com/group/on-line-scientific-research > > The group is closed (who knows we may prefer it). Only members can view > your identity and group content. > Feel free to send me a request I will subscribe you. > > Please share the message with all your colleagues. > > Love and light > > Asst. Prof. Pars Mutaf > web-admin for the campaign _______________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC) - for discussions on computer networking and communication. [email protected] https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc
