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Subject:Re: The Problem with STC From:Mike Stockman <stockman -at- jagunet -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 11 Dec 2000 15:19:39 -0500
On 12/11/00 2:02 PM, Janice Gelb (janiceg -at- marvin -dot- eng -dot- sun -dot- com) wrote:
>Interesting -- I've spoken at the International STC
>Conference for several years now and at every stage
>of paper submission, they have made it clear that
>speakers must pay to attend the conference (albeit
>at a reduced rate). I believe the idea is that one
>will attend the entire conference, not just come in
>to give a speech.
That doesn't speak highly about the kind of organization the STC is. When
I hear that policy, I immediately assume that the STC is an organization
focused more on an inflated self-image and in lining its own pockets than
in enriching its members and providing a sense of community. My own
several years of membership in the STC (past tense, of course) don't
contradict that assumption at all.
Of course, they may have their reasons for nickel-and-diming their
members like that. The Boston Computer Society, for example, was the kind
of organization that really did enrich its members and provide a sense of
community, but they went out of business.
For what it's worth...
----->Mike
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