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- Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix
- Path: sparky!uunet!hela.iti.org!lokkur!scs
- From: scs@lokkur.dexter.mi.us (Steve Simmons)
- Subject: Re: joining SIGS (was Whither SAGE?)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug27.112933.12449@lokkur.dexter.mi.us>
- Organization: Inland Sea
- References: <1992Aug26.225236.13848@sics.se>
- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 11:29:33 GMT
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- craig@sics.se (Craig Partridge) writes:
-
- >Rich Salz notes:
- >> Can't join ACM sigs without being an ACM member.
-
- > Yes you can join most ACM SIGs without being an ACM member. It just costs
- >more (since ACM likes to encourage folks to join). But if you're
- >only interested in one SIG, joining that SIG is cheaper than joining the
- >SIG plus ACM.
-
- > Example: ACM SIGCOMM charges $50 to join for non-ACM members, and $22
- >for ACM members (but that's on top of $75 ACM rates).
-
- Hmmm... hadn't noticed that. OK, I'll put the idea of charging a higher
- SAGE-only membership fee to the SAGE and USENIX boards, both of which
- would have to approve. Financially it would be to SAGEs benefit, but
- I don't know what it would mean to USENIX.
- --
- "When Dexter's on the Internet, can Hell be far behind?"
- -- Steve Simmons, scs@lokkur.dexter.mi.us
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