[sigcomm] attendance policies for SIGCOMM-affiliated events

[Craig Partridge]

In message <435E90A4.2030601 at isi.edu>, Joe Touch writes:

>> You can keep a group lively as it grows -- but it requires inviting
>> people known to be willing to provoke discussion.  Eventually the process
>> breaks and I don't know if it breaks at 60 or 80 or 100 people.
>
>That might also be facilitated by discounted registration. If you really
>want gadflies there, attract them (this can be incorporated into the
>budget fairly easily if it's limited).

Hi Joe:

I'm afraid I don't understand the economic model here.  Is the idea that
gadflies are cheap -- and only come if the registration cost is low?

Craig