[sigcomm] attendance policies for SIGCOMM-affiliated events

[Joe Touch]

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

Just exploring ways to get them to come - discounted registration,
subsidized travel, etc. I'm not sure about invited papers - those tend
to work well for some participants, but not others.

The point is that getting gadflies to attend depends on attracting
gadflies, not as much on keeping a meeting 'closed'.

Joe
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