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Subject:Re: The Business of Conferences From:Janice Gelb <janiceg -at- marvin -dot- eng -dot- sun -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 13 Dec 2000 16:49:18 -0800 (PST)
In article ORG -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com, bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com (Bruce Byfield) writes:
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>
>| >You seem to be confusing guests of honor, who of course are
>| >remunerated for attending the convention, with writers who
>| >do programming, who are *not* remunerated.
>| And it should be made clear that such remuneration does not include an
>| honorarium or speaking fee, but only repayment of travel, lodging, and
>| associated expenses.
>
>Practice varies widely - and, no, I'm not just talking about media
>conventions, which I know little about and have never attended.
>
>Why you make a distinction between guests of honor and regular guests,
Because there *is* a distinction. Most SF cons have between
1 and 4 guests of honor. They are invited by the convention,
and their expenses are paid. This is very distinct from
program participants, whose expenses are *not* paid as a
general rule, and who are not referred to as "guests."
>
>I'm not sure, but I know for a fact that, at some regional conventions,
>some regular guests have had some or all their expenses paid. In at
>least one case, the writer received a lump sum for expenses which they
>didn't need to account for.
>
> How widespread this practice is, I'm not sure - possibly not very - but
>it does happen.
>
As you can gather from the responses from Beth and myself,
this practice is not widespread at all, and is at considerable
variance from the norm.
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