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- From: tower@raisin-nut.ai.mit.edu (Leonard H. Tower Jr.)
- Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix
- Subject: Re: Whither SAGE?
- Message-ID: <27111@life.ai.mit.edu>
- Date: 23 Aug 92 18:42:28 GMT
- References: <59783@mimsy.umd.edu> <scs.714324889@hela.iti.org>
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- In article <scs.714324889@hela.iti.org> scs@iti.org (Steve Simmons) writes:
- ...
- |Your money went (every penny) to the USENIX Association. They will use
- |it to fund the elections, legal costs, "office costs" that USENIX incurs
- |on our behalf, and meeting space at San Antonio and Long Beach. The ad-hoc
- |board has not and will get get a penny. We do it all out of our own pockets
- |or the pockets of our employers. It is our feeling that the same should
- |apply to the elected board. [[Potential board members take note -- you
- |should expect to spend a lot of time and $$$ attending meetings, in
- |teleconferences, etc, etc. At this point it is simply not feasible for
- |your expenses to be convered by SAGE.]]
- ...
- |Steve
-
- Hmm, USENIX pays for members of the USENIX board to come to USENIX
- board meetings.
-
- It would seem fair for SAGE Board Members to also have their
- out-of-pocket expenses picked up. Perhaps phased in over a few years?
- And only after a SAGE Board is elected.
-
- It's a small consideration for the substantial amount of time it takes
- to run an organization.
-
- I suspect this is one of those "corporate" matters, that Steve
- mentioned SAGE and USENIX are talking about.
-
- I would hope, in time, that USENIX would turn LISA over to SAGE,
- including it's profit (or loss), and focus on SAGE running well,
- instead of LISA being ran well.
-
- thanx -len
-
- Member of the League for Programming Freedom.
- Ask <league@prep.ai.mit.edu> via e-mail for information.
-